A research collaboration between the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) and RTI International has been selected as a prime contractor to support state and local public health actions to prevent and control diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity … Read more
UNC’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) recently launched Research4NC. This new website centralizes health promotion and disease prevention programs and resources that UNC researchers developed in collaboration with their public health and community partners. The website provides … Read more
Members of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention family will be teaching various courses in nutrition, health behavior, research methodologies and epidemiology at the University in Spring 2015. EPID 810 Course name/number: EPID 810 Department: Epidemiology Title: Physical Activity … Read more
A new partnership with NC State aims to bring more strategic obesity prevention services to those with a limited budget in underserved communities. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been chosen to house one of four new … Read more
A new center will combine the expertise of researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University to develop strategies to promote healthy food choices, particularly among the 50 million Americans receiving federal food benefits. The … Read more
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded UNC researchers from the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health more than $2 million to study the effects of physical activity food labeling on consumer food choices and exercise. A … Read more
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention continues to bring essential health promotion resources to underserved areas of North Carolina with an initial focus on heart disease in Hertford County (Chapel Hill, N.C.—Oct. 1, 2014) The Center for Health Promotion … Read more
A group of HPDP researchers recently entered their heart healthy hushpuppies in the Kinston BBQ Festival. Check out the video to see if they won! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr-YBe6ggWY&feature=em-upload_owner
No Kid Hungry North Carolina, under leadership of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and in partnership with the NC Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) and the Southeast Dairy Industry, is inviting K-12 public schools throughout … Read more
Counter Tobacco launched their third annual photo contest yesterday. Each year, Counter Tobacco holds a photo contest encouraging the public to use their mobile devices to capture the tobacco industry’s point-of-sale marketing tactics in their communities. The contest is looking … Read more
