Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods
at Case Western Reserve University
As the anchor of HIP-Cuyahoga’s Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) activities, the PRCHN has trained two cohorts of Cleveland residents to act as Community Health Ambassadors. These Ambassadors are working to improve health equity in their communities and help act Read More …
ssociate Director Darcy Freedman, PhD, was asked by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to share information about four PRCHN studies that affect the reach, adoption, and impact of farmers’ markets by people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Read More …
To what extent is use of little cigars and cigarillos (LCC) creating nicotine dependence among adolescents and young adults? In Cleveland, the use of LCC among adolescents exceeds the use of cigarettes, and LCC sales have increased nationally by 76% Read More …
Do SNAP recipients shop at farmers’ markets? According to the first data released from the FreshLink study, more than two-thirds of SNAP recipients have shopped at a farmers’ market. This is just one of the findings the FreshLink data brief, Farmers’ Read More …
The Ideas Moving Parents and Adolescents to Change Together—better known as IMPACT—is a three-year intervention program working with Cleveland families to improve their health with a focus on nutrition, physical activity, stress and sleep. Spring 2016 marks a major milestone for the IMPACT study: This will be the final race season for IMPACT participants.