Community Initiatives

The Medical University of South Carolina has a long history of community partnerships that promote health and reduce the risk of illness and disease.  CCHP investigators have received funding from leading national agencies to work with community partners in research and practice related activities to promote health in South Carolina and the wider Southeastern region of the US.

Funded Programs

Community Partnership models

	Community Integration after Spinal Cord Injury - Funded by The Rehabilition Nursing Foundation (S. Newman)
	Partnership Readiness for Community Based Participatory Research - Funded by NINR (J. Andrews and Meadows)
	Partnerships with Title I Schools to Reduce Health Disparities - Funded by The Duke Endowment (M. Laken)
	Strategic Levering of the MUSC Center for Community Health Partnership - Funded by RWJ Nurse Executive Fellow Program (J. Andrews)
	Using the Interactive Health Equity Atlas - Funded by NLM (L. Vandemark)
Elderly/geriatrics
	Carolina Conversations: A Multi-Ethnic Digital Corpus of Speech for Older Person - Funded by NIH (C. Pope)
	Feeding in Elderly Late Stage Dementia: The Field Trial - Funded by NIDDK (E. Amella)
	Prolonging Remission in the Elderly - Funded by NIMH (M. Mueller)
	Alleviating Mealtime Difficulties in Older Adults with Dementia - Funded by The American Academy of Nursing (M. Aselage)
	Cooking Healthy Eating Smart - Funded by USDA (E. Amella, M. Mueller)
Health Behaviors (primary and secondary prevention)
	A Partnership to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating. A.K.A. "Health-E-AME" - Funded by NHLBI (M. Laken)
	A Social Ecological Based Smoking Cessation Intervention in Public Housing Neighborhoods. A.K.A. "Sister to Sister": Women Helping Women to Quit Smoking" - Funded by NHLBI (J. Andrews)
	Emergency Department Use - African Americans with Diabetes - Funded by NINR (C. Jenkins)
	Racial Variations in Communications, Decision Making, and Diabetes - Funded by the Veterans Administration (C. Pope)
	Southeastern African American Diabetes, Hypertension, and Stroke. A.K.A. "REACH US SEA-CEED" - Funded by CDC (C. Jenkins)
	Translating an Efficacious HPV Vaccine for Cervical Cancer - Funded by NCI (S. Bond)
	Behavioral/Support Intervention - Funded by NIH/NIDDK (G. Magwood)
Youth and families
	Depression Screening in Youth with Epilepsy - Funded by The Epilepsy Foundation (Smith and Wagner)
	Early Intervention to Reduce Domestic Violence - Funded by The Duke Endowment (D. Williamson)
	Hispanic Health Initiative - Funded by The Duke Endowment (D. Williamson)
	SAFE Initiative (Johns Island Teen Clinic) - Funded by Communities in Schools (D. Williamson)
	Teen Health Advocate Leadership Program - Funded by The Center for Public Service Communication (D. Williamson)
	The Impact of a Tobacco Control Intervention in African American Families - Funded by NCI (J. Andrews)
	Video Medical Interpretation - Funded by NLM (D. Williamson)
	Portales de Salud - Gateway to Health-Funded by SCAI (D. Williamson)
	Promotoras of Health - Funded by CIS (D. Williamson)
	Teen Health Advocate Leadership Program Planning Grant - Funded by NIH/NLM (D. Williamson)
	Abrazos Child Development Program - Funded by CCSD (D. Williamson)
Other
	Nurse Faculty Loan Program - Funded by HRSA (S. Stroud)
	A Survey of Unmet Needs After Spinal Cord Injury - Funded by SCTR (S. Newman)
	Reducing Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics by Primary Care Physicians - Funded by AHRQ (L. Nemeth)
	Patient and Provider Outcomes of E-learning in CAMS - Funded by VAMC (J. Grossman)
For more information about College of Nursing funded programs, please consult our Funded Projects page