A Multi-Ethnic Faith and Public Health Partnership to Reduce Health Disparities

多民族信仰和公共卫生伙伴关系，以减少健康差异

基本信息

批准号：
8693015
负责人：
Kathryn Pitkin Derose
金额：
$ 43.1万
依托单位：
RAND CORPORATION
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2013-07-01 至 2016-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8693015
关键词：
AIDS/HIV problem Accident and Emergency department Address Affect African American Cardiovascular system Caring Church Clinic Collaborations Colorectal Communication Communities Community Health Community Health Centers Community Participation Complex Consensus Development Diabetes Mellitus Disadvantaged Evidence based intervention Exercise Feedback Goals Grant HIV HIV diagnosis Health Health Personnel Health Priorities Health Promotion Health Resources Health Services High Prevalence Home environment Incidence Inequality Insurance Coverage Intervention Intervention Studies Knowledge Latina Latino Lead Leadership Learning Los Angeles Malignant Neoplasms Medical Mental Health Minority Morbidity - disease rate Neighborhoods Obesity Outcome Participant Patients Physicians Play Preventive Principal Investigator Process Public Health Recording of previous events Recruitment Activity Religion and Spirituality Research Research Infrastructure Research Personnel Resources Role Services Solutions Source Staging Techniques Testing Visit Visual Woman Work aged authority base behavior change care seeking design disorder prevention expectation experience health disparity health inequalities health organization improved influenza virus vaccine innovation lens malignant breast neoplasm metropolitan mortality novel nutrition physical conditioning population health prevention service programs public health research racial and ethnic screening shared decision making skills smoking cessation social socioeconomics tool urban area

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Congregational involvement has been promoted as a way to help reduce health disparities among African Americans and Latinos in the U.S; however, the multifaceted health needs found in many urban areas, as well as the complex set of factors leading to health inequalities, mean that broad and sustainable, multi- ethnic, multi-denominational faith and health partnerships are needed. The goal of this project is to build a network of African-American and Latino congregational leaders, public health partners, and researchers to jointly reduce disparities in South Los Angeles (LA). The specific aims of the project are: 1) Develop a sustainable faith and public health partnership to build capacity to address health disparities experienced by Latinos and African Americans; 2) Jointly develop an intervention to leverage congregational and public health resources toward the goal of reducing disparities in outcomes for Latinos and African Americans for an identified health condition; 3) Pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention among African American and Latino congregations. The specific health condition and intervention strategy used will be defined by a Steering Committee composed of key denominational and inter-denominational associations and public health entities serving South Los Angeles, together with researchers at the RAND Corporation and its primary community partner, Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches (LAM); based on initial input, the focus will likely be on one of three health issues: cancer, obesity, or HIV. The study will be collaborative throughout all stages, and we will develop strategies to strengthen the partnership's capacity to address health disparities beyond the focus on this initial condition. The partnership is innovative in bringing together religious, public health, and research organizations to address health disparities jointly and in using novel techniques for soliciting community input. Further, it emphasizes mutual capacity building and sustainability so that researchers are better able to design and evaluate interventions; congregations gain knowledge about community health issues and skills in conducting health programs; and public health practitioners contribute to and learn from the development of best practices in promoting community health. RELEVANCE: This will be the first multi-ethnic, multi-denominational faith and public health research partnership that aims to reduce health disparities in an on-going and interactive fashion and using novel techniques to obtain community input. This effort will lead to an in-depth understanding of diverse faith community perspectives on health disparities and the potential for addressing them through congregation-based programming.

描述（由申请人提供）：促进会众参与是帮助减少美国非裔美国人和拉美裔人健康差距的一种方式；然而，许多城市地区存在多方面的健康需求，以及导致健康不平等的一系列复杂因素，意味着需要广泛和可持续的、多民族、多教派的信仰和健康伙伴关系。该项目的目标是建立一个由非裔美国人和拉丁裔教会领袖、公共卫生合作伙伴和研究人员组成的网络，共同减少洛杉矶南部 (LA) 的差距。该项目的具体目标是： 1) 发展可持续的信仰和公共卫生伙伴关系，以建设解决拉丁裔和非裔美国人所经历的健康差距的能力； 2) 联合制定一项干预措施，利用会众和公共卫生资源，实现缩小拉丁裔和非裔美国人特定健康状况的结果差异的目标； 3）在非裔美国人和拉丁裔群体中试点测试干预措施的可行性和可接受性。具体的健康状况和干预策略将由指导委员会确定，该委员会由服务于洛杉矶南部的主要教派和教派间协会以及公共卫生实体以及兰德公司及其主要社区合作伙伴洛杉矶大都会教堂的研究人员组成（林）；根据最初的输入，重点可能会集中在三个健康问题之一：癌症、肥胖或艾滋病病毒。这项研究将在各个阶段进行协作，我们将制定战略，以加强伙伴关系的能力，以解决健康差异，而不仅仅是关注这一初始条件。这种伙伴关系具有创新性，将宗教、公共卫生和研究组织共同解决健康差距问题，并使用新技术征求社区意见。此外，它强调相互能力建设和可持续性，以便研究人员能够更好地设计和评估干预措施；会众获得有关社区健康问题的知识和开展健康计划的技能；公共卫生从业者为促进社区健康的最佳实践的发展做出贡献并从中学习。相关性：这将是第一个多种族、多教派信仰和公共卫生研究伙伴关系，旨在以持续和互动的方式减少健康差异，并使用新技术获取社区意见。这项努力将导致深入了解不同信仰社区对健康差异的看法以及通过基于会众的规划来解决这些问题的潜力。