The PRC-MI conducts evaluations of programs across a wide range of public health topics including:
• Adolescent Health
• Violence Prevention
• Maternal-Child Health
• Chronic disease prevention and control
• Social determinants of health
The faculty and staff provide services, training, and technical assistance in the following methods:
• Process and outcome evaluation
• Community level and cross-site designs
• Quantitative and qualitative data analyses
• GIS and spatial analyses
• Collaborative participatory evaluation
• Logic models
Current and past evaluation projects include:
- Building Capacity to Assist Head Start Children with Asthma
- Environmental Assessment for Physical Activity Surveillance
- Friendly Access Infant Mortality Initiative Evaluation (FAIMI)
- Flint Summer Youth Initiative Evaluation
- Flint/Genesee County Friendly Access Project Evaluation Study
- Great Lakes Camp Needs Assessment (2007-2008)
- Health Disparity Reduction Program
- Healthy Lifestyle Initiative Pilot and Evaluation
- Health Status and Health Information in the US Insular Areas
- Michigan Model Curriculum Evaluation
- Michigan Steps Up Youth Leadership and Advocacy Summit Evaluation
- National Violence Prevention Collaborative Cross-Site Evaluation
- Promoting Active Communities
- Evaluation of PRIME: Practices to Reduce Infant Mortality through Equity
The PRIME project aims to develop & pilot of a strategy to address social determinants of racial disparities in infant mortality in Michigan. - Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
The REACH project focuses on reducing disparities in perinatal health and infant mortality in Genesee County, Michigan, through multi-faceted community based intervention strategies. - Ruth Mott Beautification Initiative Cross-Site Evaluation (2008-2010)
