Shaw in Jamaica MoN Project

Shaw在牙买加MoN项目

• 批准号: 8010957
• 负责人: Helen Nosakhare Asemota
• 金额: $ 24.19万
• 依托单位: SHAW UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-29 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8010957
• 关键词: African; African American; Area; Attitude; Awareness; Behavior; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Belief; Cancer Etiology; Caribbean region; Collaborations; Complex; Country; Diagnosis; Disease; Education; Ensure; Epidemiologic Studies; Epidemiology; Faculty; Future; Health; Incidence; Institution; International; Jamaica; Knowledge; Malignant Neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm of prostate; National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities; Outcome; Population; Psychology; Public Health; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Screening for Prostate Cancer; Social Psychology; Sociology; Students; Technology; United States; Universities; West Indies; anticancer research; cancer health disparity; career; experience; health disparity; interest; men; minority health; mortality; programs; risk perception

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Shaw University seeks to establish the Shaw in Jamaica Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) of NCMHD Project (Shaw in Jamaica MoN Project). The specific aims of the Shaw in Jamaica MoN Project are: (1) to encourage undergraduate students from health disparate populations to participate in international collaborative research initiatives; (2) to introduce and recruit undergraduate students to careers in behavioral and epidemiologic health research fields including psychology, social psychology, sociology, health research, epidemiology, and other related fields; (3) to provide behavioral research training to undergraduate students from Shaw University on prostate cancer-related topics; and, (4) to conduct a significant research project that will further the elimination of racial health disparities in the area of prostate cancer among Jamaican men of African descent. Prostate cancer is the leading cancer among men, and the second leading cause of cancer mortality among men in the United States. In 2008, an estimated 186,320 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and about 28,660 men are expected to die. African American and Jamaican men of African descent have the highest prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in the world. Shaw University will collaborate with investigators at two universities in Kingston, Jamaica, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus and the University of Technology (Utech). The UWI is the region's premier educational institution and its faculties offer a wide range of undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs while maintaining a strong emphasis on Caribbean issues. UWI also has a graduate degree program in Public Health and Epidemiology which will allow Shaw students to intermingle with international students and faculty who are vested in health-related research, education, and activities. An outcome of the Shaw in Jamaica MoN Project would be to enable our students and investigators to develop a better understanding of the attitudes and behaviors of Jamaican men, that is, their awareness, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs (including attributions), behaviors, and risk perceptions related to prostate cancer and screening. Results from this research may yield information to answer questions related to their understanding of this complex disease. Moreover, the Shaw in Jamaica MoN Project will provide significant research experiences for students beyond those available at Shaw University. RELEVANCE: This collaboration will establish an international partnership for future exchanges in the area of prostate cancer research. Moreover, the Shaw in Jamaica MoN Project will provide significant research experiences for students beyond those available at Shaw University. The focus on prostate cancer will ensure that students become interested in this research area early in their careers, especially since the burden of prostate cancer and the health disparities compared to other groups are quite prevalent in both countries.

描述（由申请人提供）：Shaw University旨在在NCMHD项目（Jamaica Mon Project In Shaw In Jamaica Project）中建立牙买加少数民族国际研究培训（MHIRT）的SHAW。 Shaw在牙买加MON项目中的具体目的是：（1）鼓励来自健康人群的本科生参加国际合作研究计划； （2）将本科生介绍和招募在行为和流行病学健康研究领域的职业，包括心理学，社会心理学，社会学，健康研究，流行病学和其他相关领域； （3）为肖大学的专业研究生提供行为研究培训； （4）进行一项重要的研究项目，该项目将进一步消除非洲牙买加男性在前列腺癌地区的种族健康差异。 前列腺癌是男性的主要癌症，也是美国男性癌症死亡率的第二大原因。 2008年，估计有186,320名男性将被诊断出患有前列腺癌，预计约有28,660名男性死亡。非洲血统的非洲裔美国人和牙买加男子在世界上的前列腺癌发病率和死亡率最高。 肖大学将与金斯敦，牙买加，西印度群岛大学（UWI），莫娜校园和技术大学（UTECH）的两所大学合作。 UWI是该地区主要的教育机构，其学院提供了广泛的本科，硕士和博士学位课程，同时非常重视加勒比海问题。 UWI还拥有公共卫生和流行病学的研究生学位课程，该课程将使邵氏学生与涉及与健康相关的研究，教育和活动的国际学生和教职员工交织在一起。 牙买加项目中肖的结果是使我们的学生和调查人员能够更好地了解牙买加男人的态度和行为，也就是说，他们的意识，知识，态度和信念（包括归因），行为，行为，行为以及与前列腺癌和筛查有关的风险感。这项研究的结果可能会产生信息，以回答与他们对这种复杂疾病的理解有关的问题。此外，牙买加MON项目的Shaw将为Shaw University的学生提供重要的研究经验。 相关性：这种合作将建立国际合作伙伴关系，用于在前列腺癌研究领域的未来交流。此外，牙买加MON项目的Shaw将为Shaw University的学生提供重要的研究经验。对前列腺癌的关注将确保学生在职业生涯的早期对这一研究领域的兴趣，尤其是因为前列腺癌的负担和与其他群体相比的健康差异在两国都非常普遍。