 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 - 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)
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 (M. Delegge, E. Amella)
- Alleviating Mealtime Difficulties in Older Adults with Dementia - Funded by The American Academy of Nursing (M. Aselage)
- Nutrition and Food Safety Education Targeting Rural Older Adults: A Volunter-Based Train-The-Team Approach - Funded by USDA (E. Amella, M. Mueller)
- 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)
- 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)
- Behavioral/Support Intervention - Funded by NIH/NIDDK (G. Magwood)
- Southeastern Virtual Institute for Health Equity and Wellness (SE VIEW) - Project 10 - Funded by US Army/USAMRAA (S. Slaughter, J. Andrews)
- The Technology Center to Enhance Healthful Lifestyles - Funded by Center of Economic Excellence (C. Jenkins)
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- PASOs (Perinatal Awareness for Successful Outcomes) - Funded by Duke Endowment (D. Williamson)
- Nurse Education Practice and Retention: Hispanic Health Initative - Funded by HRSA (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)
- Synthesizing Lessons Learned Using Health Information Technology - Funded by AHRQ (L. Nemeth)
- A Peer Navigator Intervention for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury - Funded by NIH/NICHD (S. Newman)
- Genetic Contributors to Diabetes and Dyslipdemia in African Americans - Funded by NIH/NIDDK (I. Spruill)
- Attitudes and Acceptance from the Community toward Establishing a Sample Biorepository/Clinical Data Warehouse at MUSC - Funded by SCTR (I. Spruill)
- Sociodemographic Regulation of CV Function and Structure - Funded by NIH/NHLBI (F. Treiber)
- Stress Reduction: Impact on BP in African American Youth - Funded by NIH/NHLBI (F. Treiber)
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