Idaho Partnership for Hispanic Health

描述(由申请者提供)：爱达荷州拉美裔健康伙伴关系将研究干预措施，以减少拉美裔人口，特别是那些被认定为墨西哥裔美国人的健康差距。以社区为基础的参与性研究(CBPR)方法将使拉美裔社区有意义地参与项目伙伴关系的建立、评估、干预设计和实施、评估和成果传播的所有阶段。两个社区合作伙伴--Cenfro de Commun/Dad y Justisa和爱达荷州拉美裔事务委员会，华盛顿大学太平洋西北农业安全与健康中心的研究合作伙伴，以及两个医疗保健提供者合作伙伴--博伊西州立大学的La Buena Salud健康项目和山谷家庭保健的社区/移民健康中心，加入了Mountain States Group的干预研究工作。该项目的五个组成部分包括：1.建立伙伴关系的基础和结构。一个核心伙伴关系小组和更广泛的拉美裔社区咨询小组将确保所有项目工作都是与爱达荷州南部的拉美裔社区合作规划和执行的。2.考核规划与实施。对爱达荷州西南部拉美裔人的访谈和焦点小组将收集与健康相关的知识和行为、对医疗保健的看法、健康问题和状况以及健康改善障碍的定性和定量数据。3.确定疾病重点、干预研究规划和实施。在对评估结果、现有研究和干预模式进行仔细审查后，社区将优先考虑该项目的疾病重点，并与合作伙伴合作设计适合当地文化和资源的干预策略。核心伙伴关系团队将围绕试点干预措施建立研究设计，重点是预防、筛查、改善护理和社区教育。传播和传播。社区合作伙伴和当地西班牙媒体将通过创建爱达荷州拉美裔事务委员会拉美裔健康信息中心，向拉美裔社区通报项目进展和调查结果。5.评价将审查伙伴关系的运作、社区参与、评估和干预进程、由此产生的与拉美裔健康有关的成果以及实现的社区能力建设。消除健康差距是2010年健康人的两个首要目标之一，包括拉美裔美国人经历的目标，也是美国卫生与公众服务部众多倡议的优先事项。该项目将通过调查有希望的社区驱动的干预措施来解决西班牙裔健康差距的复杂因素，从而为这一公共卫生挑战做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Idaho Partnership for Hispanic Health will research interventions to reduce health disparities experienced by the Hispanic population, particularly those identified as Mexican American. A community based participatory research (CBPR) approach will meaningfully involve the Hispanic community in all phases of project partnership building, assessment, intervention design and implementation, evaluation, and communication of results. Two community partners - Cenfro de Commun/dad y Justicia and the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, a research partner - University of Washington's Pacific Northwest Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, and two health care provider partners - Boise State University's La Buena Salud wellness project and Valley Family Health Care's community/migrant health centers, join Mountain States Group in the intervention research work. The project's five components include: 1. Building the partnership foundation and structure. A core partnership team and broader Hispanic community advisory group will ensure that all project work is planned and carried out in partnership with the southern Idaho Hispanic community. 2. Assessment planning and implementation. Interviews and focus groups with southwest Idaho Hispanic persons will collect qualitative and quantitative data on health-related knowledge and behaviors, perception of health care, health concerns and conditions, and barriers to health improvement. 3. Determining disease focus, intervention research planning and implementation. After a thoughtful review of assessment results, existing research and intervention models, the community will prioritize the project's disease focus and work with partners to design intervention strategies that fit local culture and resources. The core partnership team will build a research design around the pilot interventions, which will focus on prevention, screening, improved care and community education. Communication and dissemination. Community partners and local Spanish media will keep the Hispanic community informed of project progress and findings, aided by the creation of an Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs Hispanic health information center. 5. Evaluation will examine partnership functioning, community participation, assessment and intervention process, resulting Hispanic health-related outcomes, and community capacity building achieved. Eliminating health disparities is one of two overarching goals of Healthy People 2010, including those experienced by Hispanics, and is also a priority of numerous U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiatives. The project will contribute to this public health challenge by investigating promising community-driven interventions that address the complex factors underlying Hispanic health disparities.