CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION/DISEASE PREVENTION RESEARCH

其目的是在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校护理学院的正式结构内建立一个针对服务不足人群的健康促进和疾病预防研究中心。该中心支持的活动和研究将强调制定以社区为基础的健康促进/疾病预防干预措施。在文化上有能力并针对具体年龄和性别，以促进得不到充分服务的群体的健康。该中心将包括一个核心行政结构，一个试点赠款机制和三个研究核心：理论和方法核心，研究开发和传播核心，以及服务不足和多样化的人口核心。该中心的主要组成部分将是利用先进的创新统计数据建立分析方法;探索传播研究结果的创新方式;发展与服务不足的目标群体代表的联系;以及与国际专家建立咨询关系。将进行由中心小额赠款机制支持的试点研究，其共同的具体目标是获取数据，以证明校外赠款申请的合理性，从而测试针对服务不足群体的创新性健康促进/疾病预防干预措施。该研究的目的将是减少种族和少数民族人口的健康状况的差异;妇女和儿童，特别是那些来自贫困背景的妇女和儿童;以及慢性病和残疾人。使目前的调查人员，以增加深度和广度，他们的工作;开发新的教师调查;促进护理学院和其他大学部门的教师之间的合作增加;并增加护理学院的数目，以服务不足的人口为对象，进行促进健康/预防疾病的干预项目。学校的一个研究中心将为该国一个拥有大量多样化服务不足人口的地区提供关键资源。

The purpose is to establish a Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research for Underserved Populations within the formal structures of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin. Activities and studies supported by the Center will emphasize the development of health promotion/disease prevention interventions that are community-based. culturally competent and age- and gender-specific to promote the health of underserved groups. The Center will include a core administrative structure, a pilot grant mechanisms, and three research cores: Theory and Methods Core, Research Development and Dissemination Core, and Underserved and Diverse Populations Core. Major components of the Center will be the establishment of analytic methods using advanced, innovative statistics; exploration of innovative ways of disseminating research findings; development of linkages with representatives of target underserved groups; and establishment of consultative relationships with international experts. Pilot studies supported by the Center Small Grant Mechanism will be conducted with the common specific aim of acquiring the data to justify extramural grant applications to test innovative health promotion/disease prevention interventions for underserved groups. The intent of the research will be to reduce disparities in the health status of racial and ethnic minority populations; of women and children, in particular those from impoverished backgrounds; and of people with chronic and disabling conditions The proposed Center will provide needed resources and support services to continued recent momentum in research productivity of nursing faculty; to enable current investigators to add depth and breadth to their work; to develop new faculty investigators; to foster increased collaboration among School of Nursing faculty and faculty from other University departments; and to expand the number of nursing faculty conducting health promotion/disease prevention intervention projects targeted at underserved populations. A research center at the School will provide a critical resource for an area of the country that has a large, diverse underserved population.