The Florida Prevention Research Center (FPRC) is the national lead for measuring several new objectives on disease prevention and health promotion. Since 1998, the FPRC has been a worldwide leader in social marketing. Now the FPRC is leading a nationwide effort to increase social marketing in public health settings. […]
The Florida Prevention Research Center, the USF Social Marketing Group, and the Morsani College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics are collaborating on a study using social marketing principles to talk with teens and their caregivers. Specifically, the research examines the benefits and barriers to asthma control, explores the technological strategies […]
Better Bites Snack Strong initiative, which expands availability of healthful menu items at community recreational and professional sports facilities, schools, restaurants, and state parks, was recently featured on the local affiliate for PBS KET in Kentucky. Better Bites is one of the initiatives created through the Florida Prevention […]
Since 2009, a team of researchers and social marketers at the Florida Prevention Research Center (FPRC) collaborated with the Tweens Nutrition and Fitness Coalition in Lexington, Kentucky to develop and test the Community Based Prevention Marketing for Policy Development framework. The end result is a healthier menu in concession stands at […]
Florida Prevention Research Center Established