Attachment 3. PRC Performance Indicators

ATTACHMENT 3

PRC NATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) National Program Indicators

Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FINAL - October 23, 2006

Inputs

1. Number of PRC community committee members, by constituency, organization, and perspective

2. Number and full-time equivalents (FTEs) of PRC faculty and staff who are supported by CDC funds

3. Number and type of resources provided by the academic institution to support PRC activities

4. Number of PRC partnerships, by constituency, organization, or perspective; existence of written inter-organizational agreements; and funding status

5. Amount of PRC annual funding, by number of projects and funding source

Activities

1. Number and types of PRC activities in which partners or the community committee are involved.

2. Number of PRC core, special interest, and PRC-affiliated projects, by level of prevention; content, population, and setting focus areas; and (for research projects) research type, design, and study population

3. Number of PRC trainings, by topic, audience, format, and duration

Outputs

1. Number of PRC-tested interventions, by level of effectiveness (promising, effective, or adoptable)

2. Number of PRC publications, by peer-reviewed status; journal; content, population, and setting focus areas; and intended audience

3. Number of PRC presentations, by peer-reviewed status; content, population, and setting focus areas; and intended audience

4. Number and types of PRC interventions that are recommended for use by national agencies or organizations

5. Number of other PRC-produced products, by product type, peer-reviewed status, content focus areas, and intended audience

6. Number of students working with PRCs, by type of work

7. Number of people trained by PRCs, by audience type

Outcomes

1. Number of PRC-tested interventions that are available for dissemination, by method of dissemination, level of effectiveness, and number and types of groups to whom it was disseminated

2. Number of PRC-tested interventions that have been adopted, by number and types of groups that adopted the intervention

3. Number of policy and environmental changes made derived from PRC research, by topic area, level of change, and type of PRC involvement

4. Number of PRC-produced products distributed

5. Number of new prevention grants or contracts awarded to partners or community that were facilitated by the PRC partnership, by purpose of grant, type of PRC involvement, and amount

6. Number of PRC-related recognition awards received, by awarding organization, type of awardee, and purpose of award

7. Number of PRC-related media reports, by type of media, media distribution, and focus of report

8. Number of publications citing PRC work, by journal characteristic

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