OBESITY PREVENTION IN NATIVE AMERICANS--COORD CENTER

这项提议是在生物统计部内设立 北卡罗来纳大学，一个多学科的协调中心 美洲原住民肥胖预防中心研究。 肥胖及其后果是美洲原住民的主要健康问题 人口。提出了一项基于学校的干预研究。 评价预防儿童肥胖的方法。协调 中心将在开发过程中与其他调查人员合作 协议、操作手册和数据采集表、培训 现场中心工作人员的数据收集程序、设计和实施 可靠性研究、设计和实施质量控制程序； 设计并实现了一个分布式数据管理系统，提供了 对各方面的统计专长进行研究，进行数据处理 分析、合作准备科学出版物 负责组织、协调和记录所有会议的结果 调查人员。拟建的协调中心的工作人员是 与生物统计学系的教职员工进行多学科合作， 流行病学、营养学、健康行为、健康教育与学校 护理部。

This proposal is to establish, within the Department of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina, a coordinating center for the multi- center study of obesity prevention in Native Americans Natives. Obesity and its consequences are major health problems in Native American populations. A school based intervention study is proposed to evaluate methods of preventing obesity in children. The coordinating center will collaborate with the other investigators in the development of the protocol, manual of operations and data collection forms, train field center staff in the data collection procedures, design and conduct reliability studies, design and implement a quality control program, design and implement a distributed data management system, provide statistical expertise for all aspects of the study, conduct data analysis, collaborate in the preparation of scientific publications of the results and organize, coordinate and take minutes of all meetings of the investigators. The staff of the proposed coordinating center is multidisciplinary with faculty from the Departments of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Health Behavior, Health Education and the School of Nursing.