Our projects are the heart of our center. They come from partnerships with a variety of health and human service agencies. Below are a sample of our current projects.
| Project | Abstract |
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| Culturally Responsive Evaluation of a Father Engagement Program |
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Culturally Responsive Evaluation of a Father Engagement ProgramDecember 2018 - July 2019 The purpose of the program is to support Detroit-area boys and men of color nonprofit organizations to build their capacity to collect and analyze data in a way that furthers organizational missions and contributes to boys and men of color research, evaluation, and program replication and adaption. |
| Evaluation of 482Forward Training Programs |
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Evaluation of 482Forward Training ProgramsAugust 2018 - July 2019 No abstract found |
| Evaluation of the Detroit Justice Center Pre-Release Program |
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Evaluation of the Detroit Justice Center Pre-Release ProgramAugust 2018 - August 2019 No abstract found |
| Evaluation of the Young Adult Re-entry Initiative |
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Evaluation of the Young Adult Re-entry InitiativeJanuary 2018 - June 2020 The major goals of the Young Adult Reentry Initiative evaluation are to compare the program models across the three sites to identify efficiencies in program design and delivery, identify best practices, and offer recommendations for areas of improvement. In response, this proposal outlines an evaluation process to elucidate both processes and outcomes of the reentry initiative and coordinate the development of a corresponding program implementation guide. |
| Interprofessional Health Education and Collaborative Care: A Transformative Model for the Health Sciences |
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Interprofessional Health Education and Collaborative Care: A Transformative Model for the Health SciencesJanuary 2015 - June 2020 The seven health science schools at the University of Mich igan have cooperated in this submission to outline a program to transform how we teach our health professions students. Currently, the >4,000 students from our schools are taught almost exclusively by faculty from their own units; very rarely do they learn alongside their peers from the other health science schools. Dental, Medical, Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work, Kinesiology, and Public Health students learning in these educational silos are expected to work in collaborative teams after graduation to provide quality patient care. Not surprisingly, this suboptimal educational approach has been criticized by the major health organizations (World Health Organization, Institute of Medicine,Institute of Healthcare Improvement, etc.) as an ineffective model for positively influencing the “Triple Aims” of health care: improving 1) patient experience of care; 2) population health; 3) cost of health care. The accreditation bodies for our health schools have responded to these criticisms by requiring increased implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) methods as a means to improve the development of more effective collaborative care models. Implementing more IPE experiences seems to be an obvious strategy, but thus far, the barriers to coordinating IPE between seven units have limited Michigan’s IPE offerings to small pilot projects led by individual faculty champions. |
| National Program Office for the Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care |
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National Program Office for the Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer CareFebruary 2017 - January 2022 The University of Michigan is pleased to submit a proposal to serve as the National Program Office (NPO) for the Merck Foundation Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care (Alliance). Michigan is well-positioned to serve as the Alliance’s NPO due to its extraordinary depth and breadth in patient-centered cancer care delivery research, outstanding accrual into complex clinical trials, national-level expertise on health disparities, cancer symptom management, and dissemination/implementation research. Unique assets include a robust Comprehensive Cancer Center, Survey Research Institute, and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, which serve to leverage existing resources to assure high impact of the Alliance’s grantees. Over the five-year award, we will monitor and assure that high-quality scientific research is conducted in a fiscally responsive manner. We will draw upon our local and national network to render technical assistance to grantees. We will partner with key groups at the local, regional, and national level to disseminate findings and identify opportunities to implement promising interventions. These activities coalesce with our vision to support the delivery of outstanding patient-centered cancer care in a manner that promotes optimal outcomes for all. |
| OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTERS (T42) |
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTERS (T42)October 2018 - June 2023 The University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE), a NIOSH Education and Research Center (ERC), has been continuously funded by NIOSH since its establishment in 1982. Our Center has a distinguished legacy, building on NIOSH Trainee Program grants in the early 1970s, the Institute of Industrial Health founded in 1951, and may other milestones dating back to the establishment of the Laboratory of Hygiene in 1888. The mission of the Center is to serve the region, nation and world as a center of excellence for graduate education and research in occupational health and safety. We maintain outstanding Master’s, doctoral and research programs in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics, and Occupational Epidemiology. Our academic and research programs provide broad-based interdisciplinary academic training to ensure that graduates are qualified to pursue careers and assume leadership roles in the practice of occupational health and safety, and to help ensure an adequate supply of well-trained researchers. Complementing the academic programs, our suite of Research-to-Practice projects, Continuing Education programs, and Outreach activities are aimed at transferring state-of-the-art knowledge to professionals and practitioners in occupational health and safety and allied disciplines. As a NIOSH Education and Research Center, we serve a number of constituencies, including: (1) NIOSH; (2) industry, labor and professional interests in our region and beyond; (3) academic units within the University of Michigan that provide critical teaching and research resources necessary for Center success; and (4) our students. The broad goals of the Center are to: • Promote excellence in our professional training and research training programs in each core program; • Increase the financial resources needed to improve the number, quality and diversity of graduate students in each core area; • Enhance the quality of our continuing education courses and other service and outreach activities; • Increase external research funding to improve our research infrastructure, expand opportunities for research training, and promote interdisciplinary research related to occupational health and safety; • Provide an organizational structure to coordinate and promote interdisciplinary educational activities for all core programs; • Promote awareness and education of occupational health and safety in undergraduate and graduate courses in other departments and schools; • Utilize a variety of research-to-practice (R2P) mechanisms, including our Visiting Partners Program, to develop skills and capabilities of mid-career occupational health and safety professionals; and • Assist Center programs and affiliated academic units in recruiting, promoting and retaining faculty |
| Promoting Infant Health and Wellbeing by Engaging Fathers in Healthy Start Home Visitation |
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Promoting Infant Health and Wellbeing by Engaging Fathers in Healthy Start Home VisitationNovember 2017 - December 2019 The health challenge that this program addresses is the need to reduce infant mortality, low birth weight, and other negative infant health outcomes that are disproportionately experienced by low-income communities and by race and ethnic minorities in the U.S. In 2013, 8.02% of all infants were born at low birth weight (LBW; <2500 grams, or 5 lbs 8 oz). Although the U.S. infant mortality rate has declined in recent years, major disparities persist. More than twice as many African American babies do not live to see their first birthdays as their white counterparts. African American women are more likely than white or Hispanic women to deliver their babies before 37 weeks gestation, increasing risk for infant death. Healthy Start programs use home visitation and support strategies to serve communities where health disparities in infant mortality persist, with 90% of families identifying as African American, Hispanic, or Native American. |
| COHSE Evaluation |
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COHSE EvaluationMarch 2016 - June 2018 Our evaluation of COHSE’s programming will be comprised of two phases. During the first phase of project discovery and planning, CC-PEG will work with COHSE stakeholders to create an evaluation plan and develop any information tracking systems needed for evaluation implementation. In the second phase, CC-PEG will pilot test the evaluation. Quantitative approaches (e.g. analysis of exit surveys, needs assessments and program performance data) will be utilized to assess the need for, quality and effectiveness of COHSE programming, whereas qualitative approaches (e.g. media content analysis, focus groups/key informant interviews) will be utilized to capture the impacts of COHSE programming, as well as facilitators and barriers to COHSE program effectiveness. |
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