THE UT-PAN AMERICAN & LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY PARTNERSH*

泛美大学

• 批准号: 7287692
• 负责人: GEORGE S EYAMBE
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-20 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7287692
• 关键词: Adolescent; Adult; American; Cardiovascular system; Childhood; Chronic Disease; Communicable Diseases; Communities; Diabetes Mellitus; Dietitian; Disease; Educational workshop; Goals; Grants, Preparing Applications; Health education; High Prevalence; Malignant Neoplasms; Nursing Schools; Obesity; Pan Genus; Phase; Prevalence; Primary Health Care; Purpose; Research; Research Personnel; Research Priority; School Nursing; School Teachers; Schools; Solutions; South Texas; Texas; Translational Research; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; base; community organizations; health disparity; sound

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the project proposed herein is to provide researchers at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) the ability to form partnerships with school communities, Community Based Organizations (CBO) and primary healthcare practitioners in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) region of South Texas for the purpose of developing and conducting translational research on childhood, adolescent and adult obesity. The need for solutions to health disparities-related diseases is especially great in the LRGV region due to the high prevalence of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular, cancer and infectious diseases. The proposed project will provide a timely opportunity for UTPA researchers to formulate partnerships with the community it serves, to work together in finding solutions to obesity prevalence in the LRGV. The opportunity to involve the community at the very onset of developing a long-term research agenda on obesity is a sound approach that will provide UTPA researchers with a clear understanding of the questions to be investigated. The specific objectives of the proposed project are as follows: 1. To establish partnerships between UTPA and LRGV school dietitians, school health education teachers, school nurses, community based organizations and primary care practitioners for the purpose of conducting health disparities-related workshops on childhood, adolescent and adult obesity. 2. To identify the LRGV community's need and research priorities on childhood, adolescent and adult obesity. 3. To form an alignment between the identified obesity problems and UTPA's research priorities. 4. To develop a research agenda to be utilized in phase II of this NIH initiative in preparing grant applications with research emphasis on childhood, adolescent and adult obesity.

描述（申请人提供）：本文提出的项目的总体目标是为德克萨斯大学泛美分校（UTPA）的研究人员提供与学校社区，社区组织（CBO）和德克萨斯州南部下格兰德河谷（LRGV）地区的初级卫生保健从业人员建立伙伴关系的能力，以开发和开展儿童转化研究，青少年和成人肥胖。由于肥胖症、糖尿病、心血管疾病、癌症和传染病等慢性病的高发病率，LRGV地区对与健康相关疾病的解决方案的需求特别大。拟议的项目将为UTPA的研究人员提供一个及时的机会，与它所服务的社区建立伙伴关系，共同努力寻找解决LRGV肥胖流行的方法。在制定肥胖长期研究议程的一开始就有机会让社区参与进来，这是一种合理的方法，将为UTPA研究人员提供对待调查问题的清晰理解。建议项目的具体目标如下：1. 在UTPA和LRGV学校营养师、学校健康教育教师、学校护士、社区组织和基层保健医生之间建立伙伴关系，以便举办与儿童、青少年和成人肥胖症有关的健康知识讲习班。2.确定LRGV社区对儿童、青少年和成人肥胖的需求和研究重点。3.在已确定的肥胖问题和UTPA的研究重点之间形成一致。4.制定一个研究议程，用于国家卫生研究院计划的第二阶段，准备资助申请，重点研究儿童、青少年和成人肥胖症。