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Financial Support

The following organizations have provided funding to the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center.

American Heart Association
PSM: Resident physician training to promote physical activity

American Teachers of Preventive Medicine/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AEROBIC: At-home exercise in patients with CHF

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TISC: Smoking cessation program for adults using a tailored intervention approach
TISC: Smoking cessation program for adults using a tailored intervention approach
CAT 2: Skill-based vs. counseling in long-term weight management
CAT 3: Cardiac risk factor screening to improve health risk behaviors
REACT: Pilot study - Poetry, movement, and music skill-building in middle-school children to prevent violence; Amity: Smoking cessation program for senior high school students
CHANGE: Smoking cessation program in the worksite using tailored intervention approach; Yoga/Asthma: Breath work intervention for adults with mild to moderate asthma
ADHD: Homeopathy in children with ADHD
OA Massage: Massage in adults with osteoarthritis of the knee
MCP: Review of modified citrus pectin use in patients with prostate cancer
CORP: Complementary and alternative medicine literature
OOPS: Obesity and weight control literature
PRC Infrastructure Study: Evaluation of Y-G PRC and study of best practices among 6 other PRCs;
IDEAS: Develop and test methods of collecting oral health data from traditional and non-traditional sources
Fruits and Vegetables: Development and testing of survey tools to assess determinants and barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption in multi-ethnic, adult population.

Central Soya Company
Soy: Phytoestrogen supplementation in healthy postmenopausal women

Connecticut Health Foundation
PREDICT: CBPR initiative among African-Americans to reduce the occurrence and improve management of diabetes

Egg Nutrition Center
Egg: Egg consumption in healthy adults
Egg II: Egg consumption in Hyperlipidemic (elevated blood cholesterol) Adults

Eli Lilly and Company
RALEF: Raloxifene in healthy postmenopausal women
PREFER: Soy vs. Raloxifene in healthy postmenopausal women

National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Intravenous Micronutrient Therapy (IVMT) for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Pilot Study
Chromium Supplementation in Adults with Impaired Glucose Tolerance

National Institutes of Health
MIEL: Meditation and massage in end of life care of adults with HIV/AIDS

Pfizer
Health Literacy related to foot care in African-Americans with diabetes

Quaker Oats Company
Quaker I: Oats, Wheat, and Vitamin E in healthy adults
Quaker II: Oats and Vitamin E in adults with features of insulin resistance

The State of Connecticut
CVD: Program to promote policy changes related to diet, physical activity and tobacco use within middle schools
WISEWOMAN: Assist State DPH in development of tools for dietary and physical activity assessment and counseling
DPH Obesity Program subcontract: Development of community assessment tool to profile assets and barriers to healthy diet and increased physical activity
DPH/PRC Collaboration Study: Initiative to increase collaboration between PRC and DPH, and to create an inventory of health promotion and disease prevention expertise across the state

United States Department of Health and Human Services
Microgrants: Intermediary of micro-financing provided to CT community agencies to promote HP 2010 goals.