MIDWEST LATINO MEDTEP RESEARCH CENTER

伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校提议建立一个中西部 拉丁裔MEDTEP健康研究中心评估的有效性和 初级保健一级保健和医疗服务的适当性 伊利诺伊州和其他中西部州的拉丁裔社区。 的 中西部的拉丁裔人口正在迅速增长。 拉丁裔 健康状况不佳的地区， 对于有意义的健康规划、项目开发和 执行，或公共卫生政策的制定。 该中心将 涉及来自UIC各学术单位的研究人员，以及 外部伙伴，包括社区保健提供者， 政府机构和其他教育机构。 拟议中的UIC中心将有四个主要组成部分：A）规划， 研究和评价; B）技术援助和培训：C） 资源和信息系统; D）人力资源开发。 的 规划、研究和评价部分将开展一系列 结果研究活动（糖尿病、哮喘、妊娠结果等）， 有些是在内部进行的，有些是通过外部合同进行的。 这 该部分将开发研究工具和评估工具。 的 培训和技术援助部分将提供技能建设 社区和专业团体以及研究生的活动 旨在促进知识和技术转让以及文化能力， 拉丁美洲人的健康结果研究。 资源和信息 该系统将建立必要的机制（通讯、计算机 网络等）资源共享和沟通 患者/客户、提供者、政策制定者和研究人员。 人类 资源开发部分将提供研究助理和 对健康感兴趣的拉丁裔研究生的实习经验 在UIC的研究成果。 将确定导师， 根据学生入学时感兴趣的领域与他们匹配 毕业于UIC。 中西部MEDTEP拉丁裔研究中心将监督区域 拉丁美洲和非拉丁美洲健康和研究专家咨询委员会， 来自中西部的医疗保健提供者、消费者和社区领袖 该地区将指导中心的三年发展阶段， 规划未来的活动。

The University of Illinois at Chicago proposes to establish a Midwest Latino MEDTEP Health Research Center to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of health and medial services at the primary care level to Latino communities in Illinois and other midwestern states. The Latino population of the Midwest is experiencing rapid growth. Latinos in the region experience poor health status, and health data available are too limited for meaningful health planning, program development and implementation, or for public health policy formulation. The Center will involve researchers from a variety of UIC academic units as well as external partners including community-based health care providers, government agencies, and other educational institutions. The proposed UIC Center will have four main components: A) Planning, Research and Evaluation; B) Technical Assistance and Training: C) Resource and Information System; and D) Human Resource Development. The Planning Research and Evaluation component will carry out a series of outcome research activities (diabetes, asthma, pregnancy outcomes, etc.), some conducted in-house, and others, through outside contracts. This component will develop research instruments and assessment tools. The Training and Technical Assistance component will provide skill-building activities to community and professional groups, and graduate students aimed at knowledge and technology transfer and cultural competency for health outcomes research among Latinos. The Resource and Information System will develop the necessary mechanisms (newsletter, computer network, etc.) for resource-sharing and communications with patients/clients, providers, policy-makers and researchers. The Human Resource Development component will provide research assistant and internship experiences to latino graduate students interested in health outcome research activities at UIC. Mentors will be identified and matched to students according to areas of interest when they enter graduate work at UIC. The Midwest MEDTEP Latino Research Center will have an oversight Regional Advisory Committee of Latino, and non-latino health and research experts, health care providers, consumers an community leaders from the Midwest region who will guide the Center in its three year development phase and plan its future activities.