§ 300u–5.
Centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention
(b)
Location; types of research and projects
Each center established, maintained, or operated under this section shall—
(1)
be located in an academic health center with—
(A)
a multidisciplinary faculty with expertise in public health and which has working relationships with relevant groups in such fields as medicine, psychology, nursing, social work, education and business;
(B)
graduate training programs relevant to disease prevention;
(C)
a core faculty in epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences, behavioral and environmental health sciences, and health administration;
(D)
a demonstrated curriculum in disease prevention;
(E)
a capability for residency training in public health or preventive medicine; and
(F)
such other qualifications as the Secretary may prescribe;
(2)
conduct—
(A)
health promotion and disease prevention research, including retrospective studies and longitudinal prospective studies in population groups and communities;
(B)
demonstration projects for the delivery of services relating to health promotion and disease prevention to defined population groups using, as appropriate, community outreach and organization techniques and other methods of educating and motivating communities; and
(C)
evaluation studies on the efficacy of demonstration projects conducted under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
The design of any evaluation study conducted under subparagraph (C) shall be established prior to the commencement of the demonstration project under subparagraph (B) for which the evaluation will be conducted.
(c)
Equitable geographic distribution of centers; procedures
(1)
In making grants and entering into contracts under this section, the Secretary shall provide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers established, maintained, and operated under this section and for the distribution of such centers among areas containing a wide range of population groups which exhibit incidences of diseases which are most amenable to preventive intervention.
(2)
The Secretary, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall establish procedures for the appropriate peer review of applications for grants and contracts under this section by peer review groups composed principally of non-Federal experts.
([July 1, 1944, ch. 373], title XVII, § 1706, as added [Pub. L. 98–551, § 2(d)], Oct. 30, 1984, [98 Stat. 2816]; amended [Pub. L. 100–607, title III, § 312(a)(2)], Nov. 4, 1988, [102 Stat. 3113]; [Pub. L. 102–168, title I, § 102], Nov. 26, 1991, [105 Stat. 1102]; [Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312(d)(12)], Oct. 27, 1992, [106 Stat. 3505]; [Pub. L. 103–183, title VII, § 705(d)], Dec. 14, 1993, [107 Stat. 2241]; [Pub. L. 105–340, title II, § 204], Oct. 31, 1998, [112 Stat. 3195].)