Doctoral Faculty Initiatives

The Journal for Sport Administration and Supervision www.jsasonline.org

The mission of the Journal of Sport Administration and Supervision is to develop, advance, disseminate, promote, and preserve knowledge within the academic discipline of sport management by providing an outlet that is both grounded in academic theory and driven by the needs of practitioners and the environment of the sport industry.

The Center for Sport Policy and Research www.sportpolicy.org

The Middle Tennessee State University Center for Sport Policy and Research (CSPR) is a distinctive academic research and instruction center that provides a platform where practical solutions for sport can be explored, researched, presented, voiced and implemented. The framework for CSPR can be found within the Strategic Research Agenda which provides a blueprint for lines of research fcor CPSR over the next decade.

Kinesmetrics Specialization http://www.mtsu.edu/phd_guidelines/kinesmetrics.shtml

The Health and Human Performance department has a new Kinesmetrics Ph.D. specialization program. The program is designed to educate the next generation of measurement specialists, focusing on application of measurement, mathematical models, statistical methods, and research methodology to the area of human performance. See more about Kinesmetrics program http://mtsu.edu/kinesmetrics/.

The Center for Physical Activity and Health in Youth (CPAHY)

The Center for Physical Activity and Health in Youth (CPAHY) s a university-based initiative supported by the Centers for Disease Control. The primary goal of the Center is to promote childhood physical activity and improve the physical fitness of youth in middle Tennessee. A primary role of the Center is to conduct research identifying the health benefits which result from adopting a physically-active lifestyle during childhood and adolescence. A second focus of the Center is to increase the physical function and activity levels of youth with health impairments such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, and neuromuscular disease. A third dimension of the Center is to develop strategies and programs to assist families, schools, clinicians, and community organizations in promoting physically-active lifestyles and to use sport programs to teach life skills and prosocial behaviors. The Center operates in a collaborative framework with faculty and personnel representing MTSU, other academic and medical facilities, elementary and secondary schools, and a diverse collection of public and private sector groups.

Career Mapping Project - http://www.healthcarecareermap.org/

The Center partners with the Middle Tennessee Workforce Investment Board, the Nashville Career Advancement Center, and the Tennessee Hospital Association to assist individuals interested in a health care career. The project provides information and resources for Specific allied health and nursing careers and requirements for entry into those careers. The nine counties served are Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson, Robertson, Sumner, Cheatham, Williamson, Trousdale, and Dickson with East and West Tennessee targeted for an expanded version. An "Allied Health Supply and Demand Study in Tennessee" is at the core of this project.

Death Scene Investigation Project - http://www.mtsu.edu/learn/sids/

This initiative partners the Center, Continuing Education and Distance Learning, and Audio-Visual Services at MTSU with the state Medical Examiner and the Departments of Health and Children's Services to produce a statewide training program for investigating sudden unexpected infant and child death. The program has been developed for those who train first responders such as EMTs, police, and firefighters. In addition, the project provides updated SIDS and child fatality review data to public health and children's services staff.

Student Tobacco Outreach Prevention (STOP)

The Center is partnering with the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and the Tennessee Department of Health in an effort to decrease the use of tobacco by high school students in nine Tennessee counties Campbell, Cocke, Grundy, Hardeman, Johnson, Lake, Meigs, Union, and Wayne. The STOP Program, funded by the Department of Health through a grant to THEC, works in conjunction with other tobacco use prevention initiatives such as those introduced by the county Coordinated School Health office, the County Health Councils, and other programs supported by the State Tobacco Control Office. All STOP activities are evaluated for program effectiveness and will include student survey data on tobacco use practices and attitudes. STOP is administratively modeled after THEC, GEAR UP TN program, the goal of which is to increase the number of targeted students who complete high school and participate in higher education. The goals of GEAR UP TN and the STOP program are highly complementary, promoting educational attainment and better health choices. The University of Tennessee's Institute for Assessment and Evaluation, and East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health are also partners in this program. The goal of the coalition is to support county schools and local communities in establishing programs for tobacco use prevention and cessation among youth and their families. http://state.tn.us/thec/2004web/division_pages/ppr_pages/gear_up/STOP.htm