Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) welcomes submissions for its upcoming collection, “Public Health and Medicine: Combating Racism Through Research, Training, Practice, and Public Health Policies.” In April 2021, CDC declared racism as a public health threat, …
Year: 2021
Call for papers: Building Foundations: How Neighborhood Social and Built Environment Factors Impact Children’s Learning
Special Issue, Cross-listed in Frontiers in Education (Educational Psychology) and Frontiers in Psychology (Environmental Psychology, Educational Psychology) Special Issue Title: Building Foundations: How Neighborhood Social and Built Environment Factors Impact Children’s Learning Guest Editors: …
Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Proceedings of a Workshop
The United States faces an alarmingly high rate of maternal morbidity and mortality, distinguishing it from other high-income countries that have achieved decreases in these rates in recent years. U.S. maternal morbidity and mortality rates …
2021 Small Grants recipients announced
We are excited to announce that the 2021 Small Grants have been awarded to Dr. Tuyen Huynh from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dr. Janean Dilworth-Bart from the School of Human Ecology. Dr. …
Translational and Outcomes Research in Health and Health Care – Spring 2022 course
POP HLTH 709 will introduce you to translational research methods, issues, and competencies, including effectiveness, dissemination, implementation and policy research. Professor Andrew Quanbeck will take you through the steps of designing a sound and competitive …
SWCAP closes on funding for housing for low-income farm workers & families
UWPRC partner, Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP), recently closed on funding for The Meadows, a 32-unit, $8 million dollar rental housing building for low income farm workers and their families in Darlington, Wisconsin. Construction should …
APA: Helping your patients overcome vaccine hesitancy
There are more effective strategies than shaming or scaring them into getting the shot. In her work as a clinical psychologist in Washington, D.C., Victoria Sylos-Labini, PsyD, encounters a lot of people—both patients and coworkers—who …
Call for Abstracts: Advancing the Adaptability of Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Through Implementation Science
DEADLINE: October 15, 2021 Please see information below about a call for abstracts for a Prevention Science supplemental issue entitled, “Advancing the Adaptability of Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Through Implementation Science.” The supplemental issue, …
New Tool for Babies Exposed to Opioids – UWPRC Small Grants Projects
UWPRC staff met with Dr. Ann Allen, one of our 2020 Small Grants Recipients, to talk more about her project, Pilot Testing an Evidence-based, Family-Centered Intervention for Opioid Exposed Newborns in Wisconsin’s Rural and Community …