CBPR: Extending the Use of Innovative Methodologies in the Behavioral & Social Sciences

项目总结/摘要 在行为科学和社会科学中使用创新方法的必要性已经得到广泛的关注。 知道了创新和社区参与的研究和干预方法对于解决 人口健康的社会和自然环境决定因素，更具体地说， 这与NIH的使命相一致，即发现新知识， 人人健康。有必要提高研究人员采用创新方法的能力， 行为和社会科学研究（BSSR），特别是在社区参与的背景下 接近。其中一种方法，基于社区的参与性研究（CBPR），是创新的， 对于许多进行BSSR的研究人员来说，它本身也有许多具体的创新， CBPR方法的背景与NIH的使命特别相关。其中包括综合 使用混合方法（结合定性和定量数据）、创新的研究设计， 补充随机对照设计，促进传播和实施科学的方法， 以及检查物理环境和社会经济因素对 行为和健康结果。此外，对于早期职业和成熟的人来说， 研究人员参与由经验丰富的学术社区教师团队促进的共同学习过程。 最后，有必要促进白俄罗斯苏维埃社会主义共和国劳动力的多样性，包括增加 研究人员来自代表性不足的种族，民族，经济和教育弱势群体。 因此，拟议的研究教育计划更新的总体目标，以社区为基础， 探索性研究：扩展在行为和社会学领域使用创新方法的能力 社会科学（扩展计划），是为了提高知识和技能，在使用创新 在CBPR的背景下，与相关社区合作， 审查和解决卫生不平等问题。扩展计划将由底特律社区学术城市研究中心（Detroit URC）实施，该中心是1995年成立的CBPR合作伙伴关系，旨在 提高社区和学术实体开展和促进CBPR的能力，以促进卫生公平， 与社区校园健康伙伴关系（CCPH），一个全国性的非营利成员 通过社区-学术伙伴关系促进健康公平的组织。该计划包括 三个组成部分：为学术界研究小组开展综合教育活动， 强化技能发展短期课程和辅导及职业发展活动;持续学习 利用培训员培训模式和继续开展社区-学术 学者网络;以及广泛的国家传播活动。

Project Summary/Abstract The need for the use of innovative methodologies in the behavioral and social sciences has been widely noted. Innovative and community-engaged approaches to research and interventions are essential to address social and physical environmental determinants of population health and more specifically racial and ethnic inequities in health, which aligns with NIH's mission of uncovering new knowledge that will lead to better health for all. There is a need to enhance capacity in innovative methods for researchers conducting behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) particularly in the context of community-engaged approaches. One such approach, community-based participatory research (CBPR), is innovative in and of itself for many researchers conducting BSSR, and there are also numerous specific innovations within the context of a CBPR approach that are particularly relevant to the mission of NIH. These include the integrated use of mixed methods (combining qualitative and quantitative data), innovative research designs that complement randomized controlled designs, methods to advance dissemination and implementation science, and methods for examining the combined influence of physical environmental and socioeconomic factors on behavioral and health outcomes. Further, there are few opportunities for both early-career and established researchers to engage in a co-learning process facilitated by experienced academic-community faculty teams. Finally, there is a need to promote the diversity of the BSSR workforce, including increasing participation of researchers from underrepresented racial, ethnic, and economically and educationally disadvantaged groups. Thus, the overarching goal of the proposed research education program renewal, Community-Based Participatory Research: Extending Capacity to Use Innovative Methodologies in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (the Extend Program), is to enhance knowledge and skills in the use of innovative methodologies in BSSR within the context of CBPR, in partnership with the communities involved, to examine and address health inequities. The Extend Program will be carried out by the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC), a CBPR partnership established in 1995 which aims to enhance capacity of community and academic entities to conduct and foster CBPR to promote health equity, in conjunction with Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), a national non-profit membership organization that promotes health equity through community-academic partnerships. The program includes three components: integrated educational activities for academic-community research teams involving an intensive skill development short course and mentoring and career development activities; ongoing learning and capacity-building using a train-the-trainers model and the continuation of a Community-Academic Scholars Network; and widespread national dissemination activities.