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National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control
| Title of Project |
A Randomized Trial to
Prevent Pressure Ulcers after Spinal Cord Injury" |
| Category |
Research |
| Objectives and
Description |
The goal of this project is to
develop recommendations on the most effective and efficient methods of preventing pressure
ulcers among non-institutionalized patients with newly acquired spinal cord injury. Both
the lead agency and the secondary site for this project contract with numerous managed
care organizations. |
| Outcomes: |
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| External
Institution/Principal Investigator |
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
and Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital
Rosemarie King, PhD (312) 908-8038 |
| CDC Project Officer |
Renee L. Johnson, R.P.T., MSP.H.
(770) 488-1479 |
| Other CIOs/Agencies Involved |
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| Annual Extramural
Funding |
FY 1997: $242,000 FY 1998: $242,000 |
| Funding Mechanism |
Cooperative Agreement |
| Project Status |
Ongoing |
| Special Populations |
Persons with permanent paralysis
resulting from acute spinal cord injury. |
| Published Abstracts/Articles |
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| Title of Project |
Screening and Brief Intervention for
Alcohol Problems in a Rural Emergency Department |
| Category |
Research |
| Objectives and Description |
This project will evaluate the feasibility of
implementing screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems in a rural
university-based hospital emergency department with a mix of fee-for-service patients and
managed care enrollees. |
| Outcomes: |
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| External Institution/Principal
Investigator |
West Virginia University
Center for Rural Emergency MedicineJanet Williams, MD (304) 293-6682 |
| CDC Project Officer |
Daniel W. Hungerford, DrPH (770) 488-4142 |
| Other CIOs/Agencies Involved |
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| Annual Extramural Funding |
FY 1998: $214,000 |
| Funding Mechanism |
Grant |
| Project Status |
Ongoing |
| Special Populations |
18 - 29 year old alcohol users presenting for
emergency services |
| Published Abstracts/Articles |
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| Title of Project |
Violence Against Women: Medical Care
Utilization Before and After Recognition of Abuse Status |
| Category |
Prevention Effectiveness |
| Objectives and Description |
The purpose of this project is to (1) determine
the ability of two large Health Maintenance Organizations to contribute to the
understanding and management of violence against women by linking data from their various
data sources (e.g., hospital, emergency department, primary care); (2) compare rates and
costs of injury, illness, and medical care utilization of identified abused women HMO
enrollees before and after identification; (3) compare rates and costs of injury, illness,
and medical care utilization of identified abused women HMO enrollees to rates and costs
of injury, illness, and medical care utilization of women HMO enrollees not identified as
abused; and (4) compare and contrast the findings from items 2 and 3 for the two different
HMO study populations. |
| Outcomes: |
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| Contractor/Project Manager |
Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and
Evaluation
Barbara Rader, PhD (206) 528-3139 |
| Subcontractor/Principal Investigator |
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| CDC Project Officer |
Mary S. Moreman (770) 488-8188 |
| CDC Technical Monitor(s) |
Linda Saltzman, PhD (770) 488-4280 |
| Other CIOs/Agencies Involved |
EPO |
| Annual Extramural Funding |
FY 1994-1996 $186,468 |
| Funding Mechanism |
Contract |
| Project Status |
Completed |
| Special Populations |
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| Published Abstracts/Articles |
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