NCMHD-Research Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh

NCMHD-匹兹堡大学卓越研究中心

• 批准号: 7494575
• 负责人: Stephen B. Thomas
• 金额: $ 98.09万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-30 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7494575
• 关键词: NCMHD; Research; Center; Excellence; University

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our success in EXPORT Health (5P60 MD-000-207-04) has created a health promotion "greenhouse" where community engagement, behavior change interventions, research and training can now be fully realized to improve minority health status and eliminate health disparities in Greater Pittsburgh. This application describes the establishment of a Research Center of Excellence on Minority Health Disparities at the University of Pittsburgh with its overarching goal, "fostering excellence in transdisciplinary and community engaged research to improve minority health and eliminate health disparities in Pittsburgh's African American communities." Our objectives include: Objective 1: Evaluate the implementation of evidence-based public health interventions that are designed to reduce risk factors associated with pre-hypertension and pre-diabetes among participants enrolled in the Healthy Black Family Project (HBFP); Objective 2: Integrate systematic research studies on obesity, primary prevention of major depression, and immunization- related disparities into the Healthy Black Family Project; Objective 3: Conduct a community-wide, educational intervention designed to increase knowledge and overcome barriers to the willingness of African Americans to participate in research; Objective 4: Increase recruitment of African Americans into clinical, public health, and intervention research; Objective 5: Accelerate the career development of African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos pursuing academic and professional careers in the health sciences Objective 6: Create, validate, and refine a set of common measures of discrimination, neighborhood deprivation, trust in research, co-morbid symptoms, and mental health that may contribute to development of conceptual models and theoretical frameworks essential to understanding minority health disparities. The HBFP, which is physically located in the heart of the Black community, has enrolled 3,599 individuals. Our RCEMHD@UPITT will foster mature research initiatives that integrate our research and community engagement cores to enhance our understanding of prevention of chronic diseases (CVD, diabetes, cancer), major depression, and immunization related disparities. Our three major studies are "Weight Loss Intervention in Obese African American Women", "Prevention of Depression in Older African Americans" and "Linking Preventive Services to Eliminate Disparities in Vaccinations and Screening".

描述（由申请人提供）：我们在出口健康 (5P60 MD-000-207-04) 方面的成功创建了一个健康促进“温室”，现在可以充分实现社区参与、行为改变干预、研究和培训，以改善少数族裔的健康状况并消除大匹兹堡的健康差距。该申请描述了匹兹堡大学少数族裔健康差异卓越研究中心的建立，其总体目标是“促进跨学科和社区参与研究的卓越性，以改善少数族裔健康并消除匹兹堡非裔美国人社区的健康差异。”我们的目标包括： 目标 1：评估循证公共卫生干预措施的实施情况，这些干预措施旨在减少健康黑人家庭项目 (HBFP) 参与者中与高血压前期和糖尿病前期相关的危险因素；目标 2：将肥胖、重度抑郁症一级预防和免疫相关差异的系统研究纳入健康黑人家庭项目；目标 3：开展社区范围的教育干预，旨在增加知识并克服非洲裔美国人参与研究意愿的障碍；目标 4：增加非裔美国人参与临床、公共卫生和干预研究的招募；目标 5：加速在健康科学领域追求学术和职业生涯的非裔美国人、美洲原住民和拉丁裔的职业发展 目标 6：创建、验证和完善一套针对歧视、邻里剥夺、对研究的信任、合作的通用衡量标准-病态症状和心理健康可能有助于制定对于理解少数族裔健康差异至关重要的概念模型和理论框架。 HBFP 位于黑人社区的中心，已招收 3,599 人。我们的 RCEMHD@UPITT 将促进成熟的研究计划，将我们的研究和社区参与核心相结合，以增强我们对预防慢性病（CVD、糖尿病、癌症）、重度抑郁症和免疫相关差异的理解。我们的三项主要研究是“肥胖非裔美国女性的减肥干预”、“老年非裔美国人的抑郁症预防”和“将预防服务与消除疫苗接种和筛查方面的差异联系起来”。