Category: Health Equity
Weight Wise leads to weight loss through local health departments
March 22, 2010A project at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) has found that a weight loss program based in local health departments can lead to significant weight loss and improved h … Read more
New research fellows join HPDP
February 5, 2010Three new research fellows recently joined the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. The Center currently has 36 research fellows who come from a number of UNC departments and school … Read more
Empowerment approach brings research teams together
January 20, 2010At first glance, Bangladeshi women in the Bronx and African American, Latino and Native American women in rural Eastern North Carolina might appear to have very little in common. But researchers at th … Read more
Rogers Road community advocate headed to White House
November 18, 2009Rev. Robert Campbell will travel to the White House on Friday to discuss the water and air quality issues of the Rogers Road community, a historically black neighborhood in Chapel Hill, NC. Campbell w … Read more
New HPDP project to bridge the gap between economic status and health
October 17, 2009A new $1 million project based at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention will use federal Recovery Act funds to help women in rural eastern North Carolina overcome poverty and impr … Read more
HOPE shines through clouds at project celebration
October 8, 2009CLINTON, NC – A high chance of rain, an outdoor walkathon and an early Saturday morning. In normal circumstances, this combination might make for a dismal day. Yet it was nothing but energy and excite … Read more
HPDP co-sponsors videoconference addressing education and health disparities
June 9, 2009The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention is co-sponsoring the 15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health on June 9. This year’s conference theme is … Read more
Five more years of health promotion and disease prevention research
March 30, 2009The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) will continue to be a part of a major federal network of prevention research centers until at least 2014. The Centers for Disease Cont … Read more
HPDP students lead Minority Health Conference
February 27, 2009On February 27, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host the largest and oldest student-run conference addressing minority health issues in the nation. Two students working with the U … Read more