Maine-Harvard Prevention Research
Center
About M-HPRC
 Description
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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Staff
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.
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