Cells to Society (C2s): The Center on Social Disparities and Health

社会细胞​​（C2s）：社会差异与健康中心

• 批准号: 7152333
• 负责人: PATRICIA L CHASE-LANSDALE
• 金额: $ 19.24万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-17 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7152333
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; culture; data collection methodology /evaluation; family structure /dynamics; health care policy; health disparity; health related legal; health science research support; health services research tag; human subject; interdisciplinary collaboration; international cooperation; interpersonal relations; mentoring /mentor; method development; social psychology; socioeconomics; stress; training; workshop

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The three signature themes guiding our research are: social disparities, stress, and health; families, interpersonal relationships, and health; and developmental perspectives on health disparities from conception through adulthood. The goals of our proposed activities are to: (i) become an international locus for information about and training in the use of biomarkers in population research; (ii) expand and strengthen our signature programs of population research; (iii) initiate new types of interdisciplinary, collaborative research projects that span the social and life sciences; (iv) mentor and develop young scientists; (v) increase external funding; and (vi) translate research findings for practice and policy. With regard to biomarkers, C2S faculty would expand their work on development of "field-friendly" methods for assessing biomarkers of human health and development. Key goals are to develop methods for assaying new biomarkers, provide technical assistance for incorporating these methods into national and community surveys, and, through an annual summer workshop, train students and faculty in using and analyzing biomarker data in population surveys. With regard to new research activities, our focus in social disparities and health include cross-national studies of stress and culture, studies of racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S., biologically-based studies of stress and psychological health, and studies of stress and socioeconomic elements of both families and neighborhoods. Our focus on interpersonal relationships and health includes studies of family stress and child well-being, and prejudice and stereotyping in inter-group relations. Our focus on developmental perspectives on health include studies of how prenatal and neo-natal environments affect child well-being and adult health, and developmental influences on adult reproductive function. Consistent throughout our proposed work is the emphasis on population-level health and well-being through the use, where possible, of representative samples from target populations of interest. Our research-based mentoring and curriculum-based instruction will train a new cadre of young researchers whose mastery of both biological and population-based methods will equip them to engage in the kind of integrative, multi- method, interdisciplinary approaches to population health research envisioned by the NIH Roadmap.

描述（由申请人提供）：指导我们研究的三个签名主题是：社会差异，压力和健康；家庭，人际关系和健康；以及从构想到成年的健康差异的发展观点。我们拟议的活动的目标是：（i）成为有关在人群研究中使用生物标志物的信息和培训的国际基础； （ii）扩大和加强我们的人口研究签名计划； （iii）启动跨越社会和生命科学的新型跨学科，合作研究项目； （iv）指导和发展年轻科学家； （v）增加外部资金； （vi）将研究结果转化为实践和政策。关于生物标志物，C2S教师将扩大其在评估人类健康和发展生物标志物的“现场友好”方法上的开发方面的工作。主要目标是开发分析新生物标志物的方法，为将这些方法纳入国家和社区调查提供技术帮助，并通过年度夏季研讨会，培训学生和教师在人口调查中使用和分析生物标志物数据。关于新的研究活动，我们对社会差异和健康的重点包括对压力和文化的跨国研究，美国的种族和种族差异研究，基于生物学的压力和心理健康研究以及对家庭和社区的压力和社会经济要素的研究。我们对人际关系和健康的关注包括对家庭压力和儿童福祉的研究，以及小组间关系的偏见和刻板印象。我们对健康的发展观点的关注包括研究产前和新产环环境如何影响儿童健康和成人健康，以及对成人生殖功能的发展影响。在我们提出的整个工作中，一致的是，通过使用目标人群的代表样本，强调人口水平的健康和福祉。我们基于研究的指导和基于课程的教学将培训一批新的年轻研究人员干部，他们掌握了生物学和基于人群的方法，他们将使他们能够从事NIH路线图所设想的那种综合，多种方法，跨学科的方法。