National Community Committee

The National Community Committee (NCC) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PRCs is dedicated to help build capacity in communities within local PRCs not traditionally involved in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of preventive research initiatives.

Members of the Deaf Health Community Committee (DHCC) have represented DHCC during the NCC’s Annual Retreats in October. Below are the PRCs who have hosted past NCC Retreats:

2004: University of Alabama at Birmingham PRC, Birmingham, AL

2005: University of Minnesota PRC, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

2006: University of Michigan PRC, Flint-Ann Arbor, MI

2007: Harvard PRC, Boston, MA

2008: West Virginia University PRC, Morgantown, WV

2009: University of North Carolina PRC, Chapel Hill, NC

 

NCC Newsletters:

http://www.hpdp.unc.edu/ncc/NCC_Newsletter.pdf (February 24, 2005)

http://www.hpdp.unc.edu/ncc/NCC_Newsletter2.pdf (September 2, 2005)

http://www.hpdp.unc.edu/ncc/NCC_Newsletter3.pdf (October, 2006)

For more information about NCC, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/prc/news/national_community_committee.htm

 

The Prevention Research Center program office created a brief overview of the National Community Committee's history and purpose. Click below to read the PDF file.

A Collective Voice for Well-Being: The Story of the National Community Committee