The purpose of this research is to continue the ongoing evaluation of the North Carolina Healthy Start Initiative, currently in seven rural Eastern counties and five rural counties in the Northeastern region of the State. This infant mortality reduction initiative of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Women’s and Children’s… Read more »
Diagnosis and Treatment of Infections in Nursing Homes
This project will design, implement, and evaluate a quality improvement program to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes and assisted living communities in order to reduce infections in nursing homes.
Development of an Assisted Living Consensus Instrument – Phase II
The purpose of this Task Order proposal is to support the development of an assisted living consensus instrument designed to obtain provider reported information on the services and characteristics of individual assisted living residences.
Expansion of the Region IV Network for Data Management & Utilization (RNDMU) Project to Continue to Address Issues Related to the Evaluation of the Impact of Family Planning Services and to Continue to Address Issues of Women’s Health in General
In an effort to continue to help states better identify their women’s health problems and plan and evaluate services to address these problems, the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research has been asked to provide the following services to the DHHS Regional Office and family planning directors in the eight states in DHHS… Read more »
PROMIS Pediatrics: Longitudinal Validation and Linking Pediatric and Adult Items Banks
The overall objectives of this project are to validate the PROMIS pediatric item banks in 4 pediatric chronic illnesses, and to link pediatric and adult item banks. We developed 9 pediatric item banks during the first PROMIS grant cycle and have performed cross-sectional testing in children with several chronic illnesses. The proposed work is the… Read more »
Acute Coronary Syndrome Outcomes for Medicare Patients (ARRA Supplement to parent)
This administrative supplement will investigate the causes of repeat revascularization among Medicare patients admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome
PROMIS Pediatrics: Longitudinal Validation and Linking Pediatric and Adult Items Banks
This study will enable researchers to have comparable scores between children and adults participating in the same study and enable longitudinal studies that follow children into adulthood.
Comprehensive EPC Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
The RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) will build on existing work of the EPC program within the context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Effective Health Care (EHC) program to expand the scope and delineation of a comprehensive approach to systematic review for evidence synthesis.
Evaluation of the PAP Pilot Project
The MARP program has worked well in North Carolina and offers the potential to greatly enhance low-income rural residents’ access to needed pharmaceuticals.
The Importance of Surgery to Rural Hospital Financial Condition and Market Share
This study explores the provision of surgical services in rural hospitals and its relationship to financial performance.
Rural Medicaid and CHIP Mini-Studies
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are important sources of health insurance coverage in rural communities and it is likely that the importance of rural Medicaid /CHIP will grow as job-based health insurance coverage continues to erode and policymakers pursue the goal of expanding coverage.
A Feasibility Study to Improve Older Patient and Physician Communication
This study will determine the feasibility of implementing the Electronic Enhancement of Health Assessments in Clinical Encounters (ENHANCE) system in primary care settings to improve physician communication.
Implementing Systemic Interventions to Close the Discovery-Delivery Gap (ARRA Supplement))
This project developed a model and produced a template for community-based provider organizations to evaluate the business case for participating in the Community Clinical Oncology Program.
A Family-Focused Lay Health Advisor Program to Reduce the Rate of Cardiovascular Disease among African Americans
Provide consultation and guidance for the development of the Train-the-Trainers curriculum for a lay health advisor program and the revision of the Power 2 Prevent (P2P) curriculum.
Developing a Spanish Language Decision Aid for Colorectal Cancer Prevention: The CHOICES/ OPCIONES Project
Our overall objective is to develop an appropriate Spanish language decision aid for CRC screening that could be used in a future clinical trial to improve CRC screening and decision-making in LEP Latinos.