Wisconsin Partnership Awards Grants for Community Academic Partnerships
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The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health's Wisconsin Partnership Program, through its Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC), has awarded approximately $1.3 million to six Community Academic Partnerships around Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Partnership Program, as part of its mission to improve the health of the people of Wisconsin by supporting public health, medical education and research projects, provided the funding for these projects. Since 2004, the OAC has awarded over 100 community grants totaling $24 million.
This money will be used for collaborative programs aimed at eliminating health disparities, promoting health and improving Wisconsin's public health system. To qualify for these grants, community organizations partnered with academic researchers and clinicians to address pressing health concerns.
Here is the list of funding awards made by the Oversight and Advisory Committee on September 16, 2009:
Collaboration Implementation Grant Awards
The Wisconsin Partnership for Activity & Nutrition WI PAN (statewide) received $407,750 for the project "Assessing the Nutrition Environment in Wisconsin Communities" to improve the diet of Wisconsin residents by identifying effective strategies to improve the state's food and nutrition environment in restaurants, grocery and convenience stores.
Academic partner: Javier Nieto, MD, PhD, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences
Contact: Susan Nitzke, PhD, (608) 262-1692, nitzke@nutrisci.wisc.edu
Portage County CAN (Portage County) received $403,101 for the project "Fit Families-Fit Communities," which seeks to reduce the rates of obesity by promoting community strategies for improving lifelong physical activity for residents of Portage County.
Academic partner: Annie Wetter PhD, UW-Stevens Point, School of Health Promotion and Human Development
Contact: Faye Tetzloff, (715) 345-5745, tetzloff@co.portage.wi.us
The Milwaukee County Breastfeeding Coalition (Milwaukee) received $403,750 for the project "Implementing Strategies to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in Milwaukee County." The project aims to improve the health and nutrition of infants by implementing evidence-based and culturally relevant strategies to increase breastfeeding rates in Milwaukee County.
Academic partner: Teresa Johnson PhD, UW-Milwaukee, College of Nursing
Contact: Mary Shaw, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, (414) 219-5387, m.elizabeth.shaw@aurora.org
Collaboration Development Grant Awards
The Social Development Commission (Milwaukee) received $56,950 for the project "Piloting the SHOW Project Community Advisory Board: Partners in Dissemination." The funds will be used to create a community advisory board from the African American community to participate in the implementation of the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), which is also funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Academic Partner: Loren Galvao, MD, MPH, UW School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Population Health Sciences
Contact: Deborah Blanks, (414) 906-2704, dblanks@cr-sdc.org
Wisconsin Family Ties, Inc. (statewide) received $56,948 for the project, "Child and Adolescent Mental Health Scorecard," which will examine the feasibility of a scorecard of key indicators to measure the status of Wisconsin's child and adolescent mental health system and inform health policy and decision making.
Academic Partner: Susan Zahner, PhD, RN, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences and UW-Madison School of Nursing
Contact: Hugh Davis, (608) 267-6866, hugh@wifamilyties.org
Jewish Family Services, Inc.; (Milwaukee) received $55,281 for the project, "Collaborative AODA Service - Identifying Cost Effective Models." This initiative will explore best practice or evidence-based models for the development of multi-agency shared services and training in outpatient treatment of substance abuse and dependence.
Academic Partner: Randall Brown, MD, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Family Medicine
Contact: Hirsh Larkey, (414) 225-1382, hlarkey@jfsmilw.org
Date Published: 10/20/2009
