# Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center: Advancing Health Equity through Community-Led Applied Public Health Prevention Research and Translation

> **NIH ALLCDC U48** · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2022 · $749,577

## Abstract

The Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC) conducts
interdisciplinary community-based prevention research in African American and other minority
communities; trains minority community-based researchers and public health practitioners; and
demonstrates the value of community coalitions in conducting research. MSM PRC is governed
by a Community Coalition Board. The CCB serves as a governing body with the majority being
comprised of community residents and its Chair is always a community representative. Our
research addressess priorites set by the Board and the leading causes of health disparities and
health problems in their communities.
 The overarching goal of the MSM PRC will be to implement community-engaged,
evidence-based strategies in response to obstinate and emerging health disparities/inequities
thereby advancing applied public health prevention and health equity in the State of Georgia.
The Center components aims to engage (inform, partner and support) local, state, regional and
national translation partners in efforts to scale core implementation research and center
strategies (Specific Aim 1) and demonstrate leadership (in collaboration with multisector
partners toward broad scale implementation of effective population health approaches to
address health disparities and advance health equity (Specific Aim 3)
 The proposed core research project will be an implementation research study to address
the high rates of HIV among minority young adult populations by implementing Project Take
Charge, an evidence-based HIV testing, education and condom distribution intervention, at
Minority Serving Institutions and the surrounding communities (Specific Aim 3). Through
Research Aim 1 we will Implement Project Take Charge at three Atlanta-based HBCUs and at
one rural school. We will generate novel data on HIV testing, identify HIV positive persons, and
provide health education to reduce engagement in risky sexual behaviors in these previously
untested settings and will evaluate fidelity, impact and cost. Research Aim 2 will allow us to
identify the facilitators and barriers to implementation at a new rural site and an urban commuter
campus, using a mixed-methods data collection approach. Research Aim 3 will assess the
effectiveness of condom distribution, modeled after a well-established web-based strategy on
condom use and risky sexual behavior in these communities. Through Research Aim 4 we will
develop a toolkit for dissemination to guide implementation of Project Take Charge in other MSI
communities across the country.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10437580
- **Project number:** 5U48DP006411-04
- **Recipient organization:** MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Tabia Henry-Akintobi
- **Activity code:** U48 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $749,577
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-30 → 2024-09-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10437580

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10437580, Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center: Advancing Health Equity through Community-Led Applied Public Health Prevention Research and Translation (5U48DP006411-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10437580. Licensed CC0.

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