# DP19-001, Policy, Practice and Prevention Research Center (P3RC) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

> **NIH ALLCDC U48** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2021 · $750,000

## Abstract

The mission of the Policy, Practice and Prevention Research Center (P3RC) at the University of Illinois at
Chicago (UIC) is to collaborate with communities, agencies, state and local government, and other partners to
engage in interdisciplinary health prevention research to develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based
public health (EBPH) policy, program, systems and environmental (PPSE) approaches aimed at improving
child well-being, and nutrition, physical activity, and risky health behaviors to reduce chronic disease risk and
related health disparities. The P3RC will build partner capacity through the provision of technical assistance,
education and training programs and provide a comprehensive translation agenda to effectively translate
EBPH research findings into PPSE changes. The unifying theme of the proposed P3RC is building evidence,
leadership and capacity for PPSE change aimed at improving health behaviors and reducing disparities and
will be reflected in all P3RC activities. The P3RC proposed activities are guided by the CDC Prevention
Research Center Program Logic Model and will address five overarching aims: 1) Engage researchers and
community partners in expert multi-disciplinary applied health promotion and health prevention community-
based research and public health practice aimed at improving health behaviors and reducing chronic disease
through effective evidenced-based PPSE changes; 2) Effectively disseminate and translate evidence-based
research findings into best practices and policies for sustainability and wide-spread scale-up; 3) Conduct
community and student training, provide technical assistance, and serve as a resource at the local/state level
to increase researcher, practitioner, stakeholder, and community capacity to conduct community-based health
prevention research and PPSE evaluations and effectively implement evidence-based changes; 4)
Communicate and support information sharing about programmatic, educational and scientific activities and
products for a variety of audiences including the public health practice community; local, state and national
health coalitions, advocacy groups, and policy-makers; prevention researchers; and, the public; and, 5) Identify
and address racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and rural disparities in all aspects of the P3RC's research,
community engagement, training, communication, and translation activities to improve health behaviors and
reduce related disease risks and outcomes among disadvantaged populations. The P3RC evidence-based
public health practice core research project will provide evidence on the effectiveness of a health-related
initiative that provides a school network-based Specialist who will coordinate health-related services,
programming, and instruction for schools within the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)
framework. Working with local school and state-level partners, the project capitalizes on an identified need to
evaluate WSCC strategies for imp...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10244864
- **Project number:** 5U48DP006392-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Lisa Powell
- **Activity code:** U48 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $750,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-30 → 2024-09-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10244864

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10244864, DP19-001, Policy, Practice and Prevention Research Center (P3RC) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) (5U48DP006392-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10244864. Licensed CC0.

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