Welcome to this temporary page for the HOPE Partnership. The Resource
Center is managing this five-year, innovative public health science
education project, supported by a Science Education Partnership Award
(SEPA) from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes
of Health (Grant No. R25 RR018490). The overall mission of this nationwide
project is to improve public understanding of the biomedical and health-related
sciences and the impact of research on human health. The HOPE Partnership
is capitalizing on three established national health observances
Cancer Control Month, Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and Lead Poisoning
Prevention Week to see this mission achieved.
Eight universities nationwide are collaborating on HOPE. These project
partners are developing Health Observance Packages, containing educational
materials designed to raise public awareness as to how research is lending
towards the prevention, detection and/or treatment of diseases/illnesses.
The Health Observance Packages will be implemented through six action
mechanisms, or modes of dissemination: community forums, formal education,
informal education, media, non-profit organizations and science centers/museums.
This page, as well as the entire Resource Center website, is undergoing
a major revision to better serve the needs of our audiences. Please
continue to check back in with us to see what’s new.