Emory University
Prevention Research Center

Comprehensive Center

First funded: 2004

Center’s Web site

Core Research Focus

Increasing physical activity and improving nutrition in rural southwest Georgia

 

Core Research Projects

Current (2010-2014)
Coaching Rural Families to Improve Diet and Exercise

Past (1998-2009)
Preventing Cancer Through Environmental Changes

 

Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area

Cancer
SIP# 16-2004	Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network
SIP# 25-2004	Analyzing Treatment Effects of Localized Prostate Cancer on Health-Related Quality of Life
SIP# 07-2005	Understanding Factors Associated with Discontinued or Insufficient Cancer Treatment Among Adults Enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare
SIP# 01-2006	Inventory and Assessment of National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Interventions

Cardiovascular Health
SIP# 06-2006	Reliability and Validity of BRFSS Questions on High Blood Pressure

Community Health
SIP# 11-2007	Evaluating Whether Employees’ Physical Activity and Travel Behaviors are Affected by Relocating to a Mixed-Use Work Place

Epilepsy
SIP# 02-2005	Using Computers to Develop an Epilepsy Self-Management Program
SIP# 07-2006	Using Distance Technology for Treating Depression in People with Epilepsy
SIP# 06-2007	Managing Epilepsy Well: Network for Epilepsy Self-Management

Mental Health
SIP# 07-2006	Using Distance Technology for Treating Depression in People with Epilepsy

Nutrition and Physical Activity for Adults
SIP# 06-2006	Reliability and Validity of BRFSS Questions on High Blood Pressure
SIP# 11-2007	Evaluating Whether Employees’ Physical Activity and Travel Behaviors are Affected by Relocating to a Mixed-Use Work Place

 

Contact Information

Center
Emory University
Prevention Research Center
Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road NE, Room 526
Atlanta, GA 30322

Director
Michele Kegler, DrPH, MPH
Phone: (404) 712-9957
Fax: (404) 727-1369
E-mail: mkegler@sph.emory