Institute for Health, Policy AND EVALUATION RESEARCH
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The Center
for Health Statistics assesses and monitors the health status of people in
the community, identifies and diagnoses community health problems and
hazards, as well as informs and educates the community about the findings.
The Center
for Health Statistics facilitates access to a wide range of census based
and public use databases including but not limited to: Vital Statistics,
Notifiable Diseases, Cancer Registry, Communicable Diseases, Linked Files,
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, U.S. Census Bureau and
Hospital Discharge and Emergency Room data. The Center for Health Statistics provides GIS mapping, statistical analysis, and health data in response to data requests for educators, researchers, community organizations, health care providers, faith based organizations, individuals, and UF faculty. The Center regularly provides health data to various programs within the local Health Department and to other health related agencies within the county The Center issues bimonthly reports featuring national progress, challenges and disparities, a Healthy People 2010 community report card, a health disparities status report and an analysis of all of the data available for a selected health issue, and feature articles on local programs and projects aimed at addressing the health issue.
top The Institute provides program evaluation support including grant development support for programs within the County Health Department and for community based organizations. Examples of externally funded projects include evaluation of College of Medicine initiatives designed to train pediatric residents in a broad range of public and community health competencies, community based projects to reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, federally funded projects to evaluate an HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment program for prisoners, programs to enhance health care services for infants and mothers, and projects to enhance child health through working relationships with child care centers. Quality Improvement and data analysis is also provided through the Institute for programs such as the local Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs, school-based initiatives to reduce child obesity and an impact assessment of Psychiatric Consultant Model in Pediatric clinics on Physician diagnostic and referral behaviors.
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Community Health Research has a primary emphasis on Community-Based
Participatory Research (CBPR) and Translational Research.
The purpose of community-based participatory research is for the
community to guide research for its interest in solving community
problems, rather than serving as a “research guinea pig” for other
institutions. Translational
research is designed to adapt and apply the large body of public health
science to those communities that have not benefited from that research.
Mixed method approaches using both quantitative and qualitative
research methods and designs are used in these efforts to empower
communities to use research as a community problem-solving tool.
As an example, the Center applied quantitative and qualitative
research methodologies in completing a major statewide needs assessment
for HIV/AIDS health care in
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Center for Health Policy Research facilitates the study and development of
health policy that affects the local Jacksonville Community. Public health
threats and concerns impact local communities in different ways, and the
Center for Health Policy Research examines how local, state and national
health policies affect the health and well being of the citizens of Recent projects include reports on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity Prevention and Infant Mortality; an economic analysis of the Academic-Agency Partnership of the Duval County Health Department over the past 12 years and a localized impact assessment.
top Center for Health Services Research for Vulnerable Children The newly formed Center for
Health Services Research
for Vulnerable Children has a number of externally funded research
projects in process. Current
efforts include a research project to analyze Medicaid Claim files to
determine access to primary
and specialty care for persons with developmental disabilities in Florida,
a prospective cohort study with mixed methods research to evaluate the
effectiveness of the Medical Home model, and a research project to assess
access to primary care immunizations for premature infants born to
inner-city, poor families.
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Institute for Health, Policy and Evaluation Research 900 University Boulevard North, Suite 604 Jacksonville, FL 32211 (904) 253-1370
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