The YRBS team has worked closely with the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland to create this report. Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) youth represent a large portion of Cuyahoga County high school students. SGM youth are less likely to than Read More …

Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods
at Case Western Reserve University
The YRBS team has worked closely with the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland to create this report. Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) youth represent a large portion of Cuyahoga County high school students. SGM youth are less likely to than Read More …
“Healthy People 2020: Where Do Cuyahoga County Adolescents Stand?” is an end-of-decade status report of progress made locally toward achieving national health goals established for adolescents. Preventing risk behavior engagement and reducing rates of engagement are known to contribute to Read More …
Community spread of the COVID virus, its consequences, and links to disparities have left public health and health care systems scrambling for ways to identify and understand the experiences of the most vulnerable populations. A widely employed approach in public Read More …
The CFLASH team (Cigarillo Flavor and Abuse Liability, Attention, and Substitution in Youth) has been awarded $96,954 of supplemental funding from NIH to explore the role of flavor with regard to appeal, purchasing and risk perceptions, and substitutability of cigarillo products specifically among young adult sexual and gender minority (SGM) females.
On Tuesday, June 16th, The City Club of Cleveland hosted a forum called “Black Mental Health Matters”. During the forum, Dr. Ramirez prompted panelists with questions using the 2019 YRBS data as a foundation.
Erika Trapl, PhD has been appointed as Associate Director (AD) for Community Outreach and Engagement for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC).
In communities with minimal access to supermarkets, residents often rely on convenience stores for groceries. Most often these stores sell highly processed, high-calorie foods with low nutritional quality, and very few of them sell fresh produce, whole grains or healthy Read More …
Erika Trapl, PhD named Director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods effective February 1, 2020, succeeding Founding Director, Elaine A. Borawski, PhD, whose vision led the Center in addressing chronic health issues faced in disadvantaged Greater Cleveland neighborhoods for more than Read More …