Implementing Community-Based participatory research to Reduce Health and Tech Disparities among low Income African Women

实施基于社区的参与性研究，以减少低收入非洲妇女之间的健康和技术差距

• 批准号: 0525052
• 负责人: Sadanand Srivastava
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Bowie State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0525052&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementing; Community; Based; participatory; research

New approaches are needed to engage stakeholders in developing and sustaining effective interventions for health behavior change, especially within low-income and underserved communities. The variables associated with decision making for health related behavior change will have a major impact on health care costs and quality of life. This project has the potential to decrease health care costs and improve the quality of life for low-income African Americans. In this NSF-funded project, Drs. Srivastava, Walker, Krichmar, and Anyiwo seek to identify cost-effective strategies and interventions for decreasing health disparities and increasing the use of health promoting lifestyles among low-income African Americans using online health information and support. The objectives of this community-based health support project are to identify barriers to behavior change, factors involved in decision making regarding behavior change, and variables that support individuals in their decision to change their health behavior. Using community-based participatory design strategies, the project will evaluate the effectiveness of culturally relevant online health informatics and social support activities, adapted and/or designed by community members. The primary problem for low-income communities is a total lack of practical and relevant online resources that address their education and income levels, cultural practices, and heritages. The project seeks to expand the uses of online health information and support to groups that are not currently making use of them and to share this model with others seeking to impact the health status, and associated health care costs, of low-income and underserved communities. Based on the findings related to decision making for behavior change, an interdisciplinary research team will implement an exploratory research study to develop online health informatics and social support systems targeted to meet the needs of low income African-Americans seeking to change their health related behavior.

需要采取新的方法，让利益攸关方参与制定和维持有效的干预措施，以改变健康行为，特别是在低收入和服务不足的社区。 与健康相关行为改变决策相关的变量将对医疗保健成本和生活质量产生重大影响。 该项目有可能降低医疗保健成本，提高低收入非洲裔美国人的生活质量。 在这个NSF资助的项目中，Srivastava，步行者，Krichmar和Anyiwo博士试图确定具有成本效益的战略和干预措施，以减少健康差距，并使用在线健康信息和支持在低收入非洲裔美国人中增加健康促进生活方式的使用。 这个以社区为基础的健康支持项目的目标是确定行为改变的障碍，行为改变决策中涉及的因素，以及支持个人决定改变健康行为的变量。该项目将利用基于社区的参与性设计战略，评价由社区成员改编和/或设计的具有文化相关性的在线卫生信息和社会支助活动的有效性。 低收入社区的主要问题是完全缺乏实用和相关的在线资源，以解决他们的教育和收入水平，文化习俗和遗产。该项目旨在扩大在线健康信息的使用，并向目前没有利用这些信息的群体提供支持，并与其他寻求影响低收入和服务不足社区健康状况和相关医疗保健费用的人分享这一模式。基于与行为改变决策相关的研究结果，一个跨学科研究小组将实施一项探索性研究，以开发在线健康信息学和社会支持系统，以满足寻求改变其健康相关行为的低收入非洲裔美国人的需求。