Publications

Examining schools’ lack of response to food insecurity (Links to an external site)

The Source December 17, 2020

As schools across the United States have moved to online learning or hybrid models due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis investigates the responses of child nutrition administrative agencies.

Use and awareness of the community guide in state and local health department chronic disease programs (Links to an external site)

Centers for Disease Control December 16, 2020

Since most deaths in the United States are due to chronic disease, evidence-based interventions are available to prevent or lessen disease burden.

New Text by Eyler Focuses on Public Health Research Skills

By a.heffleyDecember 9, 2020

“After teaching our Research Methods course for ten years without an adequate public health-focused textbook, I decided to write one,” said Amy Eyler, associate professor at the Brown School and co-director of the Prevention Research Center. The textbook, Research Methods for Public Health (Springer, 2020), fills a gap in methods texts to focus on skills that are particularly needed for graduate students in public health in areas such as epidemiology and biostatistics. Learn more about all our Brown School authors: https://bit.ly/3lUe63T

Citing the PRC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requires that investigators who work under the umbrella of the Prevention Research Center acknowledge the CDC in publications.

Please use the following statement:

“This publication (report, peer-reviewed manuscript, peer-reviewed presentation, tool, etc.) is a product of a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U48DP006395 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings and conclusions in this report [peer-reviewed manuscript, etc.] are those of the author (s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”

The investigator also agrees to comply with NIH Public Access Policy and submit into the NIHMS system an electronic version of the final, peer-reviewed manuscript of any such work developed under this award upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication.