Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center: Advancing Health Equity through Community-Led Applied Public Health Prevention Research and Translation

Morehouse医学院预防研究中心（MSM PRC） 非裔美国人和其他少数民族跨学科社区预防研究 培训少数民族社区研究人员和公共卫生从业人员; 证明了社区联盟在开展研究方面的价值。MSM PRC是由 由社区联盟委员会。商业罪案调查委员会是一个管理机构， 委员会由社区居民组成，其主席始终是社区代表。我们 研究地址由董事会和健康差距的主要原因， 社区的健康问题。 MSM PRC的总体目标是实施社区参与， 针对顽固和新出现的健康差距/不公平现象的循证战略 从而促进格鲁吉亚州的实用公共卫生预防和卫生公平。 该中心的组成部分旨在吸引（通知，合作伙伴和支持）地方，州，区域和 国家翻译合作伙伴努力扩大核心实施研究和中心 战略（具体目标1）并展示领导力（与多部门合作 合作伙伴，以广泛实施有效的人口健康方法， 消除健康差距，促进健康公平（具体目标3） 拟议的核心研究项目将是一项实施研究， 通过实施Take项目， Charge是一项基于证据的艾滋病毒检测、教育和安全套分发干预措施， 少数民族服务机构和周边社区（具体目标3）。通过 研究目标1我们将在三个位于亚特兰大的HBCU和 一所农村学校。我们将产生关于艾滋病毒检测的新数据，确定艾滋病毒阳性者， 提供健康教育，以减少这些先前存在的危险性行为。 它将评估保真度、影响和成本。研究目标2将使我们能够 确定在新农村地区和城市通勤者中实施的促进因素和障碍 校园，使用混合方法的数据收集方法。研究目标3将评估 避孕套分发的有效性，以一个完善的基于网络的战略为模型， 安全套的使用和危险的性行为。通过研究目标4， 开发一个用于传播的工具包，以指导在其他毛里求斯战略中实施“负责项目” 全国各地的社区。

The Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC) conducts interdisciplinary community-based prevention research in African American and other minority communities; trains minority community-based researchers and public health practitioners; and demonstrates the value of community coalitions in conducting research. MSM PRC is governed by a Community Coalition Board. The CCB serves as a governing body with the majority being comprised of community residents and its Chair is always a community representative. Our research addressess priorites set by the Board and the leading causes of health disparities and health problems in their communities. The overarching goal of the MSM PRC will be to implement community-engaged, evidence-based strategies in response to obstinate and emerging health disparities/inequities thereby advancing applied public health prevention and health equity in the State of Georgia. The Center components aims to engage (inform, partner and support) local, state, regional and national translation partners in efforts to scale core implementation research and center strategies (Specific Aim 1) and demonstrate leadership (in collaboration with multisector partners toward broad scale implementation of effective population health approaches to address health disparities and advance health equity (Specific Aim 3) The proposed core research project will be an implementation research study to address the high rates of HIV among minority young adult populations by implementing Project Take Charge, an evidence-based HIV testing, education and condom distribution intervention, at Minority Serving Institutions and the surrounding communities (Specific Aim 3). Through Research Aim 1 we will Implement Project Take Charge at three Atlanta-based HBCUs and at one rural school. We will generate novel data on HIV testing, identify HIV positive persons, and provide health education to reduce engagement in risky sexual behaviors in these previously untested settings and will evaluate fidelity, impact and cost. Research Aim 2 will allow us to identify the facilitators and barriers to implementation at a new rural site and an urban commuter campus, using a mixed-methods data collection approach. Research Aim 3 will assess the effectiveness of condom distribution, modeled after a well-established web-based strategy on condom use and risky sexual behavior in these communities. Through Research Aim 4 we will develop a toolkit for dissemination to guide implementation of Project Take Charge in other MSI communities across the country.