Institute for Urban Health Partnerships Initiatives: Research
Practice-Based Research Initiatives
The IUHP conducts ongoing research projects that explore innovative
models of health care delivery and their effectiveness in reducing
health disparities by improving health outcomes of at-risk
populations. Local, state and federal funding has been received
from a variety of foundations and governmental agencies including
the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Agency
for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, the American Cancer Society and the Susan Komen
Foundation.
Recent research initiatives include
- The Midwest Nursing Center Consortium
Research Network (MNCCRN): The MNCCRN is funded by the Agency for Health Care
Research and Quality (AHRQ) as a Practice-Based Research Network
(PBRN). The PBRN is a regional research network of academic nursing
centers that includes 17 nursing centers in 8 academic institutions
- Give it Up to Live it Up: Community-based exercise and nutrition
project for populations at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular
disease
- Wellness for a Lifetime: Community-based exercise and nutrition
project studying provider behaviors in supporting healthy lifestyles
in eight participating MNCCRN nursing centers
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Pregnancy Prevention Services: A longitudinal
study that utilizes a life options model for adolescent pregnancy
prevention and tests community-based case management strategies
for parents
- Automated Community Health Information System: Development and
testing of a system that helps assess a community's health,
utilized in collaboration with local health departments
- Outcomes of Advanced Practice Nurse Interventions in African
Americans with Type 2 Diabetes. Identifying nurse interventions
that help reduce complications from Type 2 diabetes using the
Omaha Classification System Type 2 diabetes. Anxiety, Depression,
and Positive Funcitoning in Women with Heart
Failure: Can Social Role Experiences Make a Difference?
Other Ongoing Quality Assurance/Program Management Studies
- Analysis of cost effectiveness of case management as
a primary care initiative
- Impact of W2 on health care practices of vulnerable urban families
- Analysis of client outcomes associated with nursing interventions
as outlined in the Omaha Classification System
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