MESA Center for Health Disparities

描述（由申请人提供）：这个提议的MESA（密歇根大学圣安东尼奥）健康差异中心是密歇根大学护理学院（UM-SN）和德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥护理学院健康科学中心（UTHSCSA-SN）之间的合作，密歇根大学护理学院是一所研究型大学，德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥护理学院是一所指定的西班牙裔服务机构。这一合作的重点将是消除健康促进和恢复方面的差距。该建议建立在由国家卫生研究院和国家卫生与疾病中心倡议“护理研究健康差异能力建设”资助的一个合作项目的基础上。MESA这个名字在西班牙语中的意思是桌子，是“把想法带到桌子上”的隐喻，用于有意义的交流和分享。在研究合作和指导关系方面取得成功，并将成为拟议中心的基础。主要目标将是增加每个机构的资源，以支持增加与健康差异研究有关的调查人员和研究，并提高所有研究人员进行健康差异研究的能力。实现这些目标的主要机制将是合作研究项目，为学生和教师提供学徒机会，以及开发网络增强模块，以支持健康差异研究方面的知识和技能发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed MESA (Michigan En San Antonio) Center for Health Disparities is a collaboration between the University of Michigan School of Nursing (UM-SN), a research intensive university, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing (UTHSCSA-SN), a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. The focus of this collaboration will be the elimination of disparities in health promotion and restoration. This proposal builds on a collaborative project between funded through the NINR and NCHMD initiative "Building Capacity for Nursing Research Health Disparities". The name MESA in Spanish means table, and is a metaphor for "bringing ideas to the table" for meaningful exchange and sharing. Successes in both research collaboration and mentoring relationships and will be the foundation of the proposed Center. The major aims will be to increase each institutions' resources to support an increase in investigators and research related to health disparities research and to enhance the competence of all researchers to conduct health disparities research. The primary mechanisms to address these aims will be collaborative research projects, apprenticeship opportunities for students and faculty, and the development of web-enhanced modules to support knowledge and skill development in health disparities research.