PRCHN Press Room
Here's a collection of the most relevant and insightful news articles about the PRCHN and our various research projects. We feel these articles illuminate what we do and place our efforts in the broader context of public health.
On this page the articles listed in reverse chronological order, so the newest articles are always at the top. All articles will automatically open in a new browser window or tab.
Also, check out our home page for the latest news on the PRCHN. See also FreshLink's In the News page.
FreshLink, CWRU and local citizens are profiled in AllBusiness magazine.
July, 2011 Click here to read the full story, "CWRU and citizens createFreshLink in food deserts"
WKYC/Channel 3's Darrielle Snipes took an in-depth look at healthy food access in Cleveland on June 22, 23, 24, 2011. In her three reports, she focuses on FreshLink and its partners, including OSU Extension, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, Building Healthier Communities, and others.
June 22, 2011 - Click here to see the story featuring Sharon Glaspie and the Garden Boyz project.
June 23, 2011 - Click here to see the story featuring EBT cards at local farmer's markets and Morgan Taggert of OSU-Extension and the Food Policy Coalition.
June 24, 2011 - Click here to see the story featuring EFNEP nutrition classes at Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority sites.
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06/07/11 - Cleveland Plain Dealer article and WCPN 90.3 news story
"Little cigars are tobacco of choice for middle schoolers in Cuyahoga County"
Plain Dealer health reporter Ellen Kleinerman takes an in-depth look at this rising public health problem with information provided by the PRC's Erika Trapl, Lewis Burrell (CDPH) and the YRBS, a survey done every two years by the Prevention Research Center.
06/06/11 - Centers for Disease Control PRC video
"Prevention Research Center Program Overview"
An overview of who the PRC's are and what they do created by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
05/02/2011 - WEWS, Channel 5 story on CWRU Health Initiatives
"CWRU presents to Cleveland City Council on Health initiatives"
The Prevention Research Center and other Case Western Reserve University health initiatives presented an overview of their efforts to improve the health of northeast Ohioans to Cleveland City Council on May 2, 2011. Elaine Borawski, Co-Director of the PRCHN and Jessica Kelley-Moore, Principal Investigator of FreshLInk (PRCHN's core project) both spoke about the work the PRCHN is doing in local neighborhoods. They also included information about data resources the PRCHN could provide to help the new Healthy Cleveland Initiative recently put forth by the city.
03/16/11 - WKYC Channel 3
"Cleveland Marathon has kids running for life"
WKYC's health reporter Monica Robbins takes a look at the YMCA's We Run This City program.
02/08/11 - CWRU's "Bigger Picture" Annual Report
"Good Food for All"
In this special effects-enhanced video, Co-Principal Investigator of the core project Dr. Kelly-Moore explains the broad strokes of the project - definitely worth a look!
02/02/11 - CWRU Daily
"CWRU Students Help Kids Prepare for Cleveland Marathon"
This short article takes a look at the role of the PRCHN in taking various health measurements (including "a high-tech body composition scale") for Cleveland Metropolitan School District students participating in the Marathon Program.
01/28/11 - ideastream (WCPN 90.3)
"Cleveland Kids Shape Up for Youth Marathon"
Here's a radio story (with transcription) about the We Run This City Youth Marathon Program, where student's health factors are evaluated by PRCHN researchers before and after the significant fitness program.
12/03/10 - CWRU art/sci Magazine
"An Expanded Menu"
A broad overview of the core project that takes a look at the high value being placed upon knowledge within the communities where the interventions are being developed.
11/15/10 - Plain Dealer
"NIH funded obesity study to track kids in 400 Cleveland families"
"Three researchers at Case Western Reserve University (including the PRCHN's Co-Director Dr. Borawski) will recruit overweight and obese students with high blood pressure from 50 Cleveland schools over the next two years to participate in a seven-year, $12.5 million National Institutes of Health-funded study."
11/15/10 - CWRU Daily
"CWRU receives 12.5 million grant to study obesity in Cleveland's urban youth"
"The goals of the seven-year project are to reduce obesity and high blood pressure by increasing physical activity, along with healthy eating, sleep, and stress management."
11/08/10 - CWRU Think
"Stimulus money to establish CWRU behavioral science resource lab"
"Within the next year, a new one-stop, campus-wide Behavioral Science Measurement Resource Laboratory will open to all Case Western Reserve University researchers to help them incorporate behavior as part of understanding health, social or psychological issues in their studies." The PRCHN's Survey Development Lab is one of three entities merging as part of this project.
09/29/10 - Plain Dealer
"Cleveland's smoking rate remains stubbornly high"
PRCHN Associate Director Dr. Trapl had this letter to the editor published in Cleveland's main newspaper in response to an article it had run about tobacco use in Cuyahoga County. Dr. Trapl's response draws attention to the PRCHN as a resource for valuable BRFSS data on behavioral risk factors in the local population.
09/07/10 - CWRU Daily
"Staff Members Dig into Gardening Project, Helping Residents Pick Healthy Food Options"
This article takes a look at a gardening project members of the PRCHN started in their local community in 2010. You can learn more about our garden here.
08/20/10 - ASPH Friday Letter
"ASPH Welcomes Class of 2010 ASPH/CDC/PRC Minority Health Fellows"
Melinda Laroco Boehm, a FreshLink research assistant, has been named a 2010 CDC/ASPH/PRC Minority Health Doctoral Fellow, one of four chosen nationally.
06/30/10 - CWRU Daily
"The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods recently showcased its new space with an open house" (See "Et al" section)
Recap of our June 10, 2010 open house to officially launch the PRCHN, with a general overview of the Center and comments from the Director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health.
06/29/10 - CWRU Video Research Report
"Bringing Healthy Foods to the Neighborhood"
This expertly-produced video outlines the basic intent and strategy of the core project, particularly as it relates to the convenience stores where people in underserved urban communities often get much of their food.
Summer 2010 - CWRU School of Medicine's Medicus
"Cleveland's Nutrition Intervention: Bringing food that's good to the neighborhood"
Also a broad overview of the core project, which puts emphasis on the types of environment-based problems that have been shown to contribute to obesity and diet-related diseases.
Summer 2010 - CWRU School of Medicine's "Lab to Life" Annual Report
"Inspiring Healthy Appetites" (See p. 32)
Here's a basic description of the core project that by virtue of being included in the SOM Annual Report shows the school's interest engaging the surrounding community.
Summer 2010 - CDC/PRC News & Notes
"Crossing America’s Food Deserts To Fight Obesity"
An article highlighting what the PRCHN and various PRCs across the country are doing to address the "food desert" issue recently highlighted by First Lady Michelle Obama.
Summer 2010 - CWRU School of Medicine's Medicus
"Neighbors Helping Neighbors: New Prevention Research Center"
In conjunction with the cover story on the core project (see below), Medicus succinctly profiles the PRCHN. Includes a great quote from the Director of the national Prevention Research Center network, Eduardo Simoes, MD.
02/12/10 - CWRU News Center
"East Cleveland Wants Change; CWRU Social Justice Alliance Plans to Help"
This article about CWRU's efforts in East Cleveland touches on Dr. Kelly-Moore's core project, which has chosen the neighborhood as one of four for FreshLink's intervention.
10/29/09 - Plain Dealer
"CWRU grant of nearly $800,000 to create center for researching urban health issues"
Here's a succinct overview of the new Center in Cleveland's primary newspaper, including a quote from the Cuyahoga County Health Commissioner.
10/23/09 - CWRU News Center
"Case Western Reserve University Launches Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods"
This article provides a thorough overview of the Center, including perspective on how it relates to the existing public health community in Cleveland as well as its relation to the national network of PRCs.
10/21/09 - CWRU Think
"Grant Helps Case Western Reserve & Cleveland Work Together for Healthy Neighborhoods"
This general overview of the new Center features quotes from Co-Directors Dr. Borawski and Dr. Flocke, as well as the Co-Principal Investigator of the core project, Dr. Kelly-Moore.
03/27/09 - CDC Chronic Disease Center
"CDC Program Expands to Study Health Needs of Underserved Communities"
Press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announcing the PRCHN as one of two new comprehensive centers in the nationwide Prevention Research Center network
