Caribbean Exploratory Research Center Phase II: Building On Our Progress

加勒比探索研究中心第二期：以我们的进步为基础

基本信息

批准号：
8545430
负责人：
Gloria Brooks Callwood
金额：
$ 5.89万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-09-30 至 2017-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8545430
关键词：
Address African American African Caribbean Awareness Behavioral Belief Caribbean region Clinical Collaborations Commit Communities Community Health Education Community Outreach Complex Data Development Diabetes Mellitus Education Education Projects Educational Background Evidence based intervention Faculty Funding Future Goals HIV Infections Health Health Insurance Health Personnel Health Promotion Health Services Accessibility Health Status Healthcare Healthcare Systems Immigrant Incidence Individual Infant Mortality Insulin Resistance Intervention Island Malignant Neoplasms Mental Health Modeling Nature Outcome Participant Patients Perception Phase Policies Population Population Heterogeneity Poverty Prevalence Prevention Protocols documentation Provider Public Health Recording of previous events Reporting Research Research Design Research Infrastructure Research Personnel Research Priority Research Project Grants Research Training Resources Risk Reduction School Nursing Secure Self Management Socioeconomic Status Students Substance abuse problem Testing Training Programs Training and Education Translating Translational Research United States Virgin Islands Universities Violence Vulnerable Populations Woman Women&apos s Health clinical care demographics design ethnic minority population experience health disparity hypertensive heart disease improved innovation intimate partner violence malignant breast neoplasm minority health outreach population based programs skills training project

项目摘要

The long term objective of this application is to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in the U. S. Virgin Islands. The Division of Nursing, University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) proposes to establish The Caribbean EXPLORATORY Center for Research and Education on Health Disparities (CaRE-HD) in the U. S. Virgin Islands. The specific aims of the Exploratory Center are to: 1)provide the administrative structure, coordination and resources to facilitate cohesive functioning of the Center for research and education on health disparities; 2)expand the initial efforts of the Caribbean EXPORT Center for Research and Education on Health Disparities ; 3)strengthen the research preparation and expertise of members of the UVI faculty, students and community in health disparities research; 4)enable academic, institutional and community partners to evaluate interventions designed to improve the health of Virgin Islanders. A very sparse literature suggests that residents of the U. S. Virgin Islands are burdened with the same health disparities identified in health disparity populations on the mainland U. S. Few studies have described factors that might be associated with reported prevalence rates for health disparities in the territory. The population of the U.S. Virgin Islands, while multicultural and diverse, is 76% black (African American, Afro Caribbean), 10% white, and 14% Hispanic. Access to care, lack of health insurance, low levels of education, high levels of poverty and a growing immigrant population may represent significant barriers to health care, health promotion and prevention activities in the Virgin Islands. The proposed exploratory research center will provide opportunities for a concerted focus on these complex variables as well as the unique intersections of island history, context, culture, demographics, socioeconomic status and other factors that might contribute to health disparities within the islands. Four continuing pilot studies and abstracts for 7 proposed pilot studies and one full study on health disparities are included in this application. The Division of Nursing, University of the Virgin Islands, is the only program in the territory offering a degree in one of the health professions, and s uniquely suited to continue this highly significant public health imperative in the region underrepresented in health disparities research.

该应用程序的长期目标是减少并最终消除美国维尔京群岛的健康差异。维尔京群岛大学护理部（UVI）建议在美国维尔京群岛建立加勒比海探索性健康差异研究与教育研究中心。探索中心的具体目的是：1）提供行政结构，协调和资源，以促进健康差异研究和教育中心的凝聚力； 2）扩大加勒比海研究和健康差异研究中心的初步努力； 3）加强UVI教师，学生和健康差异研究社区成员的研究准备和专业知识； 4）使学术，机构和社区合作伙伴能够评估旨在改善维尔京岛人健康的干预措施。一篇非常稀疏的文献表明，美国维尔京群岛的居民承受着在美国大陆上的健康差异人群中发现的相同健康差异的负担，很少有研究描述了可能与该领土上健康状况的患病率有关的因素。美国维尔京群岛的人口虽然多元文化和多样化，却是76％的黑人（非洲裔美国人，非洲加勒比海），白色为10％，西班牙裔14％。获得护理，缺乏健康保险，低水平的教育，高水平的贫困和不断增长的移民人口可能构成维尔京群岛医疗保健，健康促进和预防活动的重大障碍。拟议的探索性研究中心将为关注这些复杂变量以及岛屿历史，背景，文化，人口统计学，社会经济地位和其他可能导致岛屿健康差异的因素提供独特的交叉点提供机会。本申请中包括了7项拟议的试点研究和一项有关健康差异的全面研究的四项持续的试点研究和摘要。维尔京群岛大学护理司是该领土上唯一在卫生专业中提供学位的计划，并且非常适合继续在卫生危害研究中代表性不足的该地区这一极为重要的公共卫生势在必行。