Linking Research and Public Health Practice -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- A VISION FOR THE PREVENTION CENTERS RESEARCH PROGRAM -- THE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS -- Innovation -- Setting Priorities in the PRCs -- Dissemination and Implementation Activities -- MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM -- Vision and Goals -- Thematic Focus -- CDC's Role in Networking, Communication, and Dissemination -- Criteria for Evaluating Prevention Research Centers -- Funding for the PRC Program -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 1 Introduction -- HISTORY OF THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM -- GROWTH OF THE PRC PROGRAM -- CDC'S REQUEST FOR A REVIEW OF THE PRC PROGRAM -- Organization of the Study -- Methodology for Reviewing the PRC Program -- OVERALL IMPRESSIONS -- ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRC PROGRAM -- 2 A Vision for the Prevention Research Centers Program -- THE CHALLENGE AHEAD -- Purpose of the PRC Program -- A Vision for the Future -- A Focus on Risk Conditions and Social Determinants of Health -- An Orientation Toward the Community -- Interdisciplinarity -- A Means for Dissemination Research in Public Health -- An Interactive Process for Establishing Research Priorities -- A Role in Setting National Research Priorities -- 3 The Research and Demonstration Projects Conducted by the Prevention Research Centers -- INNOVATIONS -- SETTING PRIORITIES IN THE PRCS -- Criteria for Project Selection -- Quality Control -- Peer Review -- Public Health Impact -- Balance in Research Portfolios -- DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES -- Prevention Networks -- Dissemination Research -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 4 Management and Oversight of the Prevention Research Centers Program -- VISION AND GOALS.

Prevention Research -- THEMATIC FOCUS -- NETWORKING, COMMUNICATION, AND DISSEMINATION -- Improved Communication and Interaction -- Community Input -- Dissemination Research -- CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING PRCS -- Progress Reports -- Peer Review -- FUNDING FOR THE PRC PROGRAM -- Core Funding -- Open Competition -- Special Interest Projects -- Allocation of Core Funds -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Appendix A Committee Biographies -- Appendix B Charge to the Committee -- Appendix C Protocol for Site Visits and Telephone Interviews, June 1996 -- PROTOCOL FOR SITE VISIT TO CDC -- Appendix D The CDC Prevention Research Centers Program: A Decade of Achievement, 1986-1996, and an Agenda for the Decade … -- THE CDC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM: A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1986-1996 AND AN AGENDA FOR THE DECADE AHEAD -- The Critical Need for "Prevention Research" -- Achievements of the Program: 1986-1996 -- The Agenda for a Second Decade of Success -- THE CDC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM: A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1986-1996 AND AN AGENDA FOR THE DECADE AHEAD -- Summary -- Introduction -- The Background of Program Authorization and implementation -- The Critical Need for "Prevention Research" -- Achievements of the Program: 1986-1996 -- The Agenda for a Second Decade of Success -- Program Objectives, 1996-2006 -- Acknowledgments -- THE CDC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM: A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1986-1996 AND AN AGENDA FOR THE DECADE AHEAD -- PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: 1996-2006 -- Appendix E Prevention Research Centers: Investing in the Nation's Health, 1986-1996 -- National Research Network -- High-Priority Research Themes -- Support for National Health Objectives -- Value-Added Funding of Prevention Research -- Benefits of Continuity -- Extending the Public Health Mission -- Key Accomplishments.