Obesity through the Life Cycle

描述（由申请人提供）：这项倡议的目的是摩根州立大学的研究人员，以前授予校外协会研究发展奖（EARDA），社区合作伙伴和个人社区成员共同努力，以解决超重和肥胖问题，以及通过社区组织，需求评估，建立共识和计划开发的信息传播。社区合作伙伴是“改善生活社区组织”和“西南巴尔的摩学校社区教会合作项目”（增强青年权能，延长寿命- YELL）。这三年的规划补助金将用于实现以下具体目标：1。加强和正规化MSU-PHP，COIL和SWBCCP/YELL以及其他社区合作伙伴，如杂货店，快餐店领导者，公园和娱乐部门，其他社区供应商和其他社区利益相关者之间的现有伙伴关系，通过发展一个咨询小组，代表所有利益相关者。2.举办一系列会议（咨询委员会会议、核心工作组会议、研讨会、讲习班、焦点小组、座谈会和会议），以确定和记录社区对肥胖作为主要健康问题的具体看法。3.在上述各类会议期间向合作伙伴传播现有的与肥胖症有关的健康教育信息，以提高对肥胖症及其在慢性病和健康差距中的作用的认识，并促进健康和预防疾病。4.通过建立共识活动，调整社区和EARDA机构的研究重点。  5.制定具有竞争力的五年赠款申请，其中包含来自合作伙伴的短期和长期目标。在项目的整个生命周期内，将持续进行形成性、过程性和结果性评价，以记录模型构建活动，为后续阶段提供信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this initiative is for Morgan State University researchers, previously awarded the Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA), community partners and individual community members to jointly work to address the issue of overweight and obesity as well as information dissemination through community organization, needs assessment, consensus building and program development. The community partners are - Communities Organized to Improve Life (COIL, Inc) and Southwest Baltimore School Community Church Partnership Project (SWBCCP)(Youth Empowered to Live Longer - YELL). This three year planning grant will be used to accomplish the following specific aims: 1. Strengthen and formalize the existing partnership between MSU-PHP, COIL, and SWBCCP/YELL as well as other community partners such as grocers, fast food restaurant leaders, Parks and Recreation Department, other neighborhood vendors and other community stakeholders by developing an advisory group with representation from all stakeholders. 2. Conduct a series of meetings (advisory committee meetings, core work group meetings, seminars, workshops, focus groups, colloquia and conferences) to identify and document the community's view of specifics about obesity as the primary health problem for impact. 3. Disseminate existing obesity related health education information to the partners during all the types of meetings mentioned above to increase awareness of obesity and its role in chronic disease and health disparities as well as for purposes of health promotion and disease prevention. 4. Align the community and EARDA institution's research priorities through consensus building activities.  5. Develop the competitive five year grant application containing short-term and long-term goals and objectives derived from the partners working together. Formative, process and outcome evaluation will be ongoing throughout the life of the Project in an effort to document the activities for model building to inform subsequent phases.