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Health Promotion Practicum Program Each semester, the PRC offers up to three practica with PRC partners. Past interships have been hosted by the Office of Recovery and Development Administration, Steps to a Healthier LA/New Orleans, the Renaissance Project, YMCA New Orleans, Women with a Vision, and KaBOOM! Under the program, Interns are required to work a total of 200 hours for the designated organization in a health promotion capacity. Students are also required to fulfill all reporting requirements mandated by the School’s practicum manual. Each accepted student will receive a $1,500.00 stipend. If desired by both the student and the organization, the student may work with the host organization for an additional 100 hours for the student’s “culminating experience,” but the PRC will not provide additional funds for this extension. (Please note that the hours requirement and the stipend have aligned to coordinate with the changes to the School's practicum requirements.) In April of 2008, four PRC practica students received awards in a departmental poster session contest. To learn more, visit this page. The program is generally announced at the end of each semester for the following semester. Please check back at this site for further announcements. The program is also announced via Tulane SPHTM list serves and through elevator notices. Seminar Series Each month during the spring and fall semesters, the Prevention Research Center offers seminars on topics relating to our mission. For Fall 2008, we look forward to the following seminar presentations:
Safe Routes to School
Learn about this wonderful grant program by visiting the state's Safe Routes to School website. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design In March of 2007, the Prevention Research Center invited Art Hushen of the National Institute of Crime Prevention to explain the principals of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED, pronounced sep-ted). Safer neighborhoods are more walkable neighborhoods. Here is a link to Mr. Hushen's presentation. CPTED Food Policy Advisory Committee The Prevention Research Center supports the development of a Food Policy Advisory Committee in New Orleans. To learn more, read the policy brief. Food: A Question of Access
Rebuilding New Orleans PRC Neighborhood Survey Results PRC Healthy Neighborhood Pamphlet Article about the Safe Routes to School Initiative Community Rebuilding Resources Framework for a Healthy Greater New Orleans Bring New Orleans Back Commission Report on Health and Social Services
Prevention Research
Prevention Research Centers are funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Our cooperative agreement # is UP48 DP000047. The program's 33 centers function as a network of academic researchers, public health agencies, and community members, conducting applied research in disease prevention and control.
CDC Prevention Research Centers
Center for Applied Environmental Health
The mission of the Center for Applied Environmental Public Health (CAEPH) is to advance the science of environmental public health by conducting research to solve occupational and environmental health problems, linking and translating research to environmental health practice, and providing education and training to occupational and environmental public health professionals. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary, collaborative, population-based approach, and by incorporating innovative technology as tool to advance environmental public health research and education. Learn more by visiting the CAEPH Web page.
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