Obesity through the Life Cycle

描述(申请人提供)：这项计划的目的是摩根州立大学的研究人员，以前被授予校外助理研究发展奖(EARDA)，社区合作伙伴和个人社区成员共同努力，解决超重和肥胖的问题，以及通过社区组织，需求评估，共识建立和项目发展的信息传播。社区合作伙伴是-组织改善生活的社区(COIL，Inc.)和巴尔的摩西南部学校社区教会伙伴关系项目(SWBCCP)(青年赋权活得更长-Yell)。这笔为期三年的规划拨款将用于实现以下具体目标：1.通过建立一个有所有利益相关者代表的咨询小组，加强和正式建立MSU-PHP、COIL和SWBCCP/YELL以及其他社区合作伙伴之间的现有伙伴关系，如杂货商、快餐店负责人、公园和娱乐部、其他社区小贩和其他社区利益相关者。2.举行一系列会议(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看法。3.在上述所有类型的会议期间，向合作伙伴传播与肥胖有关的现有健康教育信息，以提高对肥胖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，协调社区和EARDA机构的研究优先事项。5.开发具有竞争力的五年赠款申请，其中包含短期和长期目标以及合作伙伴共同努力得出的目标。形成性、过程和结果评估将在整个项目生命周期内持续进行，以努力记录建立模型的活动，以便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.