DC-Baltimore Center to Improve Child Health Disparities

华盛顿-巴尔的摩改善儿童健康差异中心

• 批准号: 6595723
• 负责人: RENEE R. JENKINS
• 金额: $ 74.98万
• 依托单位: HOWARD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-30 至 2007-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6595723
• 关键词: clinical research; health care service availability; health services research tag; human subject; medically underserved population; pediatrics

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Children of color in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore area are among the most disadvantaged in the nation, with the highest rates of violence and gun-related mortality in United States. The Washington D.C.-Baltimore Center to Improve Child Health Disparities was formed as a result of collaboration between Howard University and Children's National Medical Center with the participation of Johns Hopkins University and the District of Columbia Department of Health. It draws on a model of health disparities as having diverse origins across the biopsychosocial continuum. It also recognizes the strength and resiliency of minority families in raising and protecting their children. The mission of the Center is to improve pediatric health disparities through rigorous, multidisciplinary, extramurally funded research addressing the issues of violence/injury and substance abuse. In addition, the Center will have a collaborative and bi-directional relationship with the community in the conduct of its work, both seeking their input and informing them of the Center's research. The Center will also identify, train, and mentor minority investigators in order to assure qualified academic scholars to develop solutions to the problems of pediatric health disparities. The Center has six interdisciplinary cores: Research, to strengthen and extend the existing base of disparity-relevant research in pediatric injury, violence and substance abuse; Administrative, to implement leadership from Howard University supported by a Community Advisory Board and External Advisory Committee; Shared Resources, to provide expertise in study design/biostatistics, small area geo-disparity analysis, and genomic techniques; Research Training, to provide programs for selected medical and pre-doctoral students at Howard University, as well as center-wide training in key areas such as study design and biostatistics, communication skills for work with the community, and cultural competence; Pilot Studies, to field new studies directed to violent injury and substance abuse, as well as developing new research in the area of pediatric obesity/type II diabetes; Community Collaboration, to develop and facilitate the essential bi-directional linkages to the community, seek input regarding research priorities, and provide science and research-focused outreach and education.

描述（由申请人提供）：华盛顿特区的有色人种儿童-巴尔的摩地区是美国最弱势的地区之一，暴力和枪支相关死亡率在美国最高。华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩改善儿童健康差异中心是霍华德大学和儿童国家医疗中心合作的结果，约翰霍普金斯大学和哥伦比亚特区卫生部也参与了该中心的工作。它借鉴了一个健康差距的模型，因为在整个生物心理社会连续体中有不同的起源。它还承认少数群体家庭在抚养和保护子女方面的力量和弹性。该中心的使命是通过严格的、多学科的、由校外资助的研究来解决暴力/伤害和药物滥用问题，从而改善儿童健康方面的差距。此外，该中心在开展工作时将与社区建立协作和双向关系，既征求他们的意见，又向他们通报中心的研究。该中心还将确定，培训和指导少数民族研究人员，以确保合格的学术学者制定解决方案的儿科健康差距的问题。该中心有六个跨学科的核心：研究，以加强和扩大现有的基础上的儿童伤害，暴力和药物滥用的相关研究;行政，以实施由社区咨询委员会和外部咨询委员会支持的霍华德大学的领导;共享资源，提供研究设计/生物统计学，小面积地理差异分析和基因组技术的专业知识;研究培训，为霍华德大学选定的医学和博士前学生提供课程，以及在研究设计和生物统计学，与社区合作的沟通技巧和文化能力等关键领域的全中心培训;试点研究，开展针对暴力伤害和药物滥用的新研究，以及在儿童肥胖/II型糖尿病领域开展新研究;社区合作，发展和促进与社区的双向联系，寻求有关研究优先事项的投入，并提供以科学和研究为重点的外展和教育。