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The Maine-Harvard Prevention Research Center focuses on the reduction of overweight among Maine youth. The primary role of the M-HPRC, in efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality related to overweight and obesity, is to promote evidence based practice and measure outcomes.  Efforts focus on addressing disparities and working to improve and develop collaborations that will lead to systems and policy changes in the areas of physical activity and nutrition.  In developing its strategies, the M-HPRC uses an ecological framework to address the problem of youth overweight through multiple channels and at multiple levels that will improve the lives of individuals and families where they work, play and live.

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Fact Sheet Strategic Plan  :   2007-2009      2004 - 2007
M-HPRC Logic Model  
Steering Committee List  

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Charles Deutsch holds a BA from Brooklyn, a Masters In Teaching from Yale University, and a doctorate in behavioral sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).  He is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Health and Social Behavior at HSPH, where he is co-Principal Investigator of the Harvard Prevention Research Center, of which the M-HPRC is a component.  He is also PI of two other projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focusing on the health of children and adolescents domestically and internationally.   He is the author of three books and several nationally replicated health curricula.  His work addresses the social, behavioral, and emotional dimensions of child and family health; the relationship between health and learning; systems for helping children and families isolated by stigmatizing conditions; and the uses of nonprofessional health educators and intervention agents.

Maine Based Staff :

 Joan Orr CHES, Project Director

(207) 629-9272 Ext. 211

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Karen O'Rourke, MPH

(207) 629-9272 Ext. 203

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Michele Polacsek, MHS, PhD

(207) 629-9272 Ext. 214

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Robert Ross, PhD

(207)629-9272 Ext. 208

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