Will grocery store customers use Produce Perks? A new PRCHN data brief documents findings from the supermarket pilot test of the Produce Perks program, Ohio’s nutrition incentive program that seeks to increase access to fresh and healthy food options for families who use Supplemental Read More …
Category: Archived News
PRCHN Director Elaine Borawski, PhD, Named AAHB Fellow
We are delighted to announce that PRCHN Director Elaine Borawski, PhD, has been named one of the American Academy of Health Behavior’s (AAHB) 2017 Fellows. Fellow status in the AAHB is granted in recognition of significant contributions to the field Read More …
What’s the Value of Training at the PRCHN?
A graduate assistantship offers young researchers and scholars the opportunity to expand and sharpen their skills alongside faculty and staff. The experience gained through an assistantship can often lead to employment and research grants, as it has for former graduate Read More …
Expanding the Reach of Healthy Food Incentives across Ohio
Through funding from the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Nutrition Incentive Program (OH-NIP) is working to expand healthy food access through statewide implementation of the Produce Perks healthy food incentive program. Produce Perks, which initially started as a farmers’ Read More …
Breathe Free Project Launches Marketing Campaign
Breathe Free: We Share Air is working with community residents and organizations in three Greater Cleveland neighborhoods to change the conversation around smoking in homes and neighborhoods. The project is launching a series of bus ads as well as radio Read More …
Expanding Training Opportunities at the PRCHN
The PRCHN is host to Pre-doctoral research students in the School of Medicine’s new rotation as well as Capstone Nursing, Nutrition, and MPH students
CWRU Welcomes Young African Leaders Initiative
PRCHN Associate Director Darcy Freedman, PhD, is heading one of the academic tracks for a group of 25 rising young leaders from sub-Saharan African countries. These young leaders are spending six weeks at Case Western Reserve University through a federal Read More …
PRCHN Hosts Tobacco Research Symposium
On May 31, 2017, the PRCHN PRCHN and its partners hosted a Tobacco Research Symposium at CWRU’s Tinkham Veale University Center. The symposium explored the prevalence of tobacco in Northeast Ohio, in particular the epidemiology of little cigar and cigarillo Read More …
Evaluating the Expansion of Produce Perks
The PRCHN is combining its evaluative expertise and broad knowledge of nutrition incentive programs to evaluate the Ohio Statewide Nutrition Incentive Program (OH-NIP). Implemented by the Ohio Department of Health, the project will expand the Produce Perks Program across the state in Read More …
Healthy Retail Stores Become Community Partners
The Healthy Retail Initiative has memos of understanding with 20 corner stores, and these relationships are deepening. Community Health Ambassadors Hank Smith and Delores Collins have hosted outreach events at two “Good Food Here” stores to promote upcoming Chronic Disease Read More …