Institute of Public Health
Research
The Institute is engaged in developing research efforts focused on finding solutions to pressing urban health issues. Much of this applied research is directed at understanding and eliminating disparities in health. The Institute employs community-based participatory research to fully engage populations as partners in the study and learning processes.
As a university-wide initiative at Georgia State University , the Institute fosters public health-related research among faculty in the university's six colleges. Georgia State has a rich portfolio of public health-related research projects underway. Current areas of focus include:
- tobacco control and policy
- cancer and chronic disease
- public health workforce and financing
- urban health and disparities
Current Institute Research
One of the goals of the Institute of Public Health is to foster public health related research among faculty in the university's six colleges. Fortunately, Georgia State already has a rich portfolio of public health related research projects under way, with more planned in the future.
Please click below to read about current public health related research by Georgia State Faculty:
- Georgia Cancer Coalition
- Partnership for Urban Health Research
- Georgia Tobacco Policy Project
- Policy Leadership for Active Youth
- Accountable Communities: Healthy Together
- Community-Based Interventions in Northwestern Tanzania
- U.S. (Georgia) - Ibadan (Nigeria) Partnership for Prevention Sciences Training, Urban Environmental Quality and Community Health
- Multigenerational African American Families Diabetes Education Initiative
- Healthcare Financing Projects to Benefit Georgia Residents
- Built/physical environmental factors supporting or impeding mobility of elderly and schoolchildren around senior wellness centers and public schools in DeKalb County, Georgia
- Staff indoor environmental health sciences literacy and data collection on attendance and reasons for absence (asthma), tardiness and leaving early in elementary schools
- The GSU-GA Marathon, LLC Interdisciplinary Pilot Study at the Inaugural 2007 ING Georgia Marathon and Half-Marathon