This project proposes to develop such an approach by compiling the best, evidence-based tools that are in the public domain or made available by copyright holders, and by developing tools to fill gaps where no practice-appropriate tools exist, thereby creating a Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit.
American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute
The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute is an organization which studies and reports on issues related to the state of the surgical profession, the surgical workforce, and surgical utilization in the United States.
Better Payment Policies for Quality of Care: Fostering the Business Case for Quality (BCQ) Phase III – Medicaid Managed Care Initiatives
The UNC evaluation team will analyze claims and financial data from three Medicaid Managed Care sites to determine return on investment.
The UNC-Chapel Hill/Shaw University Comprehensive National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) Research Center
With the Goal of eliminating health disparities, the UNC-Shaw NCMHD Research Center aims to be a research incubator that will conduct innovative minority health research among adult African-American populations in North Carolina.
Implementing Systemic Interventions to Close the Discovery-Delivery Gap
This project examines the implementation, impact, sustainability, and business case of the NCI’s Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP), a federally funded national provider-based research network (PBRN) that NIH sees as a model for PBRNs in other disease areas.
Multi-site Collaborative Study for Adherence Virologic and Clinical Virologic and Clinical Outcomes
Adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy is closely associated with HIV viral suppression, drug resistance development, disease progression, and death.
Stigma in the Cultural Context of Residential Settings for the Elderly
Anecdotal data indicate that the more services a setting offers, the more its residents are stigmatized. Unfortunately, this stigma may act to delay an individual’s willingness to seek and accept necessary services.
A Family Staff Partnership to Improve Long-term Care Quality
Therefore, the aim of this project is to conduct a six-month randomized clinical trial of a family-staff partnership program in 24 nursing homes and residential care/assisted living facilities to improve long-term care quality.
Health Literacy and Self-Management in Heart Failure
A multi-site randomized trial to test whether a literacy-sensitive intervention to improve heart failure self-management skills can improve health outcomes for all patients, and particularly those with inadequate literacy.
Trauma Center Brief Alcohol Treatment and Cost Effectiveness
The proposed study will evaluate these two different strategies (specialist MI counseling and brief physician advice) and compare them with standard care at a Level I Trauma Center using a randomized clinical trial with 375 trauma patients.
Develop Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness: The DEcIDE Network
The DEcIDE network provides a variety of services and products to support the development of new scientific knowledge through research on the outcomes of healthcare items and services. Activities performed by the DEcIDE network reflect the general principle that clinicians and patients should have the best available evidence upon which to make choices in health… Read more »
Evaluation of the NC Healthy Start Baby Love Plus Program to Address Racial Disparities in the Eastern, Northeastern, and Triad Regions of North Carolina
The goal of the program is to reduce disparities in infant mortality through strengthening community capacity and enhanced individual perinatal services
Acute Coronary Syndromes Outcomes for Medicare Patients
This study aims to improve the outcomes of elderly patients with ACS by identifying the most efficacious treatments.
Health and Literacy in Child and Adult Assessment
This project is developing patient reported outcome measures (PRO) for adults and children across all levels of literacy. As a cooperative agreement with NIH, UNC is part of a network of sites to develop measures for adults. UNC is also focusing its efforts on an independent project to develop measures for children ages 8-17. Patient… Read more »
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (NC RHRPAC)
Extending and expanding the work of the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program at UNC-CH, this project primarily focuses on Federal insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid) and their effect on rural populations and providers.