Partnership for a Hispanic Diabetes Prevention Program

描述（由申请人提供）：基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）认为，社区个人需要在研究活动中成为平等的伙伴。前瞻性研究的前提是，当受问题影响的人参与解决问题时，解决问题的可能性更大。 近年来，示范性研究越来越受欢迎;然而，社区伙伴仍然难以参与社区研究的前端，即选题和研究设计。 我们已经成功地与华盛顿州下亚基马山谷地区的西班牙裔社区建立了长期的伙伴关系。 迄今为止，我们在该地区开展了关于癌症教育和预防以及杀虫剂控制的项目。作为我们过去十年合作伙伴关系的一部分，我们已经能够确定社区团体和成员在山谷中的关键问题。在过去的两年里，硅谷对2型糖尿病的兴趣日益浓厚。 它一直是特别关注的西班牙裔谁有更高的风险比非西班牙裔白人2型糖尿病。 我们建议与山谷社区，组织和成员建立伙伴关系，以解决山谷中的糖尿病问题。我们在硅谷的合作者渴望开展一个解决糖尿病的项目。在这三个规划年内，我们将招募一个委员会，并计划一个试验项目。将遵循精心设计的规划过程，以确保社区咨询委员会（CAB）将成为规划和实施试点项目的主要决策者。试点项目将在02年和03年进行。在2003年，我们将与董事会合作开发一个全面项目的应用程序。 CAB将开发应用程序，该应用程序将与科学合作伙伴弗雷德哈钦森癌症研究中心（FHCRC）一起编写。 FHCRC将向审查委员会提供其申请，以便在提交竞争性续约之前对其进行审查。 我们建议开始与西北社区教育中心（NCEC）建立伙伴关系，这是一个非营利组织，为华盛顿州亚基马山谷的拉美裔人，特别是农场工人提供服务。 NCEC相信通过建立伙伴关系来满足社区需求，从而建立更强大、更健康的社区。它是KDNA电台的所在地，KDNA电台是硅谷的主要西班牙语广播电台。 NCEC与亚基马山谷的其他69个组织建立了伙伴关系，并提出帮助我们从这些组织中招募合作伙伴。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Community-based participatory research (CBPR) holds that community individuals need to be equal partners in research activities. Participatory research is based on the premise that solutions to problems are more likely when the people affected by a problem are involved in its solution. Participatory research has become increasingly popular in recent years; however, it remains difficult for community partners to be involved in the front end that is, the selection of topic and the study design -- of community research. We have successfully formed long-standing partnerships with Hispanic communities in a region, the Lower Yakima Valley, of Washington State. To date, we have conducted projects on cancer education and prevention, and on pesticide control in that region. As part of our partnerships of the past ten years, we have been able to identify key concerns of community groups and members in the Valley. In the past two years, there has been a burgeoning interest in Type 2 diabetes in the Valley. It has been of special concern to Hispanics who have higher risks of Type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic Whites. We propose to build a partnership with Valley communities, organizations, and members to address the issue of diabetes in the Valley. Our collaborators in the Valley are eager to embark on a project to address diabetes. During the three planning years, we will recruit a Board and plan a pilot project. A carefully designed planning process will be followed to ensure that the Community Advisory Board (CAB) will be the major decision-maker in planning and implementing the pilot project. The pilot project will be conducted in Years 02 and 03. In year 03, we will work with the Board to develop an application for a full-scale project. The CAB will develop the application, which will be written in conjunction with the scientific partner, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC). The FHCRC will offer its application to the review committee to review it prior to its submission as a competitive renewal. We propose to begin our partnership with the Northwest Communities Education Center (NCEC), a nonprofit organization that provides outreach to Hispanics, and especially to farm-workers, in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. The NCEC believes in building stronger, healthier communities by creating partnerships to meet community needs. It is the home of Radio KDNA, the primary Spanish-language radio station in the Valley. The NCEC has partnerships with 69 other organizations in the Yakima Valley, and has offered to help us recruit partners from those organizations for this effort.