Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health

东南减少口腔健康差异研究中心

• 批准号: 7533118
• 负责人: HENRIETTA L LOGAN
• 金额: $ 126.13万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-19 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7533118
• 关键词: Southeast; Center; Research; Reduce; Disparities

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A multi-disciplinary Center built on strong community partnerships is proposed at the University of Florida to foster research, dissemination of findings, and training on disparities in oral health. The initial theme of this Center is to reduce disparities in cancer survival by promoting early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) through two community-based theoretically-derived intervention projects. Community-based interventions built on strong theory are rare in oral health disparity research. A major strength of this application is the inclusion of an evidence base to support our research methodology. The first project will refine and upgrade health care providers' ability to detect early stages of OPC using evidence-based health education theory and the second will apply theoretically derived health promotion models to increase the likelihood that African American men obtain regular OPC screening exams. An R21-level project to validate a cellular biomarker related to susceptibility to squamous cell carcinoma is also proposed. The second theme of this Center is to apply community-based research principles gleaned from aforementioned work to follow-up projects that will address communities' oral health needs. One such R21-level developmental project will determine feasibility of conducting large scale preventive and treatment intervention in a well defined population of low-income minority children with aggressive periodontitis. It is expected that both R21-level projects will lead to full community-based interventions. This Center will facilitate oral health disparity research by 1) providing new resources through which multi-disciplinary teams jointly conduct targeted community-based intervention research; 2) strengthening the partnerships among researchers, clinicians, and the community; and 3) developing a pipeline of oral health disparity researchers and leaders. Our longstanding partnerships enable us to disseminate the results of our research such that we influence the dental/medical community, community members/patients, and policymakers alike. As proposed, the Center will produce a synergistic force resulting in a measurable reduction of disparities in oral health among the underserved. Community partners include the Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs (ACORN, a clinic to serve low-income rural and minority patients), Florida state dental organizations, Department of Health, faith-based community organizations (ACTION network and 4A's), and Florida A&M University, a historically Black College/University. The research conducted by the Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health (CRRDOH) will generate an evidence base that will affect public policy and will result in long term benefits for disadvantaged citizens.

描述（由申请人提供）：佛罗里达大学提出了建立在牢固的社区合作伙伴关系的多学科中心，以促进研究，调查结果的传播以及口腔健康差异的培训。该中心的最初主题是通过通过两个基于社区的理论衍生的干预项目促进口服和咽癌（OPC）的早期发现来减少癌症生存的差异。基于强大理论的基于社区的干预措施在口腔健康差异研究中很少见。该应用的主要优势是包括支持我们研究方法的证据基础。第一个项目将完善并升级医疗保健提供者使用基于证据的健康教育理论检测OPC早期阶段的能力，第二个项目将采用理论上得出的健康促进模型来增加非洲裔美国男性参加定期OPC筛查考试的可能性。还提出了一个R21级项目，以验证与鳞状细胞癌易感性有关的细胞生物标志物。该中心的第二个主题是将上述工作中收集的基于社区的研究原则应用于可以满足社区口腔健康需求的后续项目。这样的R21级发育项目将确定对明确定义的低收入少数民族牙周炎儿童进行大规模预防和治疗干预措施的可行性。预计这两个R21级项目都将导致完整的基于社区的干预措施。该中心将促进口腔健康差异研究1）提供新的资源，多学科团队通过这些资源共同开展针对性的基于社区的干预研究； 2）加强研究人员，临床医生和社区之间的伙伴关系； 3）开发口腔健康差异研究人员和领导者的管道。我们的长期合作伙伴关系使我们能够传播研究结果，从而影响牙科/医学界，社区成员/患者和政策制定者。根据提议，该中心将产生协同作用，从而导致服务不足的口腔健康差异可衡量。社区合作伙伴包括alachua县农村需求组织（Acorn，为低收入农村和少数民族患者服务的诊所），佛罗里达州牙科组织，卫生部，基于信仰的社区组织（行动网络和4A）以及佛罗里达A＆M大学，历史悠久的黑人大学/大学。东南研究中心对减少口腔健康差异（CRRDOH）进行的研究将产生一个证据基础，这将影响公共政策，并将为处境不利的公民带来长期利益。