COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE

贫穷和少数民族社区承担了不成比例的疾病和疾病负担。 以社区为基础的研究可以改善健康结果，特别是对弱势社区。 发展致力于社区参与与差异相关的研究的研究人员 在资源贫乏的社区传播调查结果的创新方法是实现以下目标的重要步骤 这个总体目标。此外，为社区成员提供研究教育，使他们能够 充分参与研究工作是很重要的。此项目导出中心社区核心具有 以前建立的，并将保持互惠互利的、真正的社区和学术伙伴关系。这 社区核心建立在我们过去项目导出社区核心的优势之上，并已建立 与洛杉矶的非裔美国人和拉丁裔社区建立了牢固的联系，并有过两次 以社区为基础的重要参与项目：见证健康项目和建筑 通向最佳健康的桥梁--终生糖尿病。在此应用程序中，我们的社区核心 支持两个重要的社区研究项目，降低非洲的艾滋病毒感染率 以及治疗低收入拉美裔人的抑郁症和糖尿病。这两家公司都是从我们的德鲁/加州大学洛杉矶分校发展起来的 合作伙伴关系。 社区核心的具体目标包括： 具体目标1：建立和维持互惠互利的学术/社区伙伴关系： 1.a.支持基于社区的网络合作伙伴与出口研究人员协作 支持我们的两个主要研究项目，我们的艾滋病毒预防和抑郁症/糖尿病护理研究。 1.B.与不同的社区合作，发展他们的严谨研究能力和 在其机构内培养能够在社区合作的调查人员 研究。 具体目标2：部分通过持续支持我们的研究成果，实现研究成果的更广泛传播 我们的两个社区项目，以及通过两个赞助的社区论坛来展示我们的研究 调查结果。 具体目标3：制定和实施指导内容： 3.a.进一步发展德鲁大学和加州大学洛杉矶分校的基础设施，以参与社区合作的研究 消除健康差距。 3.B.指导和教授初级教员和试点项目的社区合作研究技能 研究人员对消除健康差距的研究感兴趣。

A disproportionate burden of disease and illness is borne by poor and ethnic minority communities. Community-based research can improve health outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged communities. Development of researchers committed to community participation in disparities-related research and innovative approaches to disseminate findings in resource poor communities are important steps towards this overall goal. Furthermore, providing research education to community members so that they can participate fully in the research endeavor is important. This Project EXPORT Center Community Core has previously built, and will maintain, mutually beneficial, authentic, community and academic partnerships. This Community Core builds upon the strengths of our past Project EXPORT Community Core with established strong ties with the African American and Latino communities in Los Angeles and experience fielding two important community-based engagement projects: the Witness for Wellness Project and the Building Bridges to Optimum Health - Diabetes Throughout the Lifespan. In this application, our Community Core supports two important community-based research projects, decreasing HIV infection rates in African Americans and treating depression and diabetes in low-income Latinos. Both grew from our Drew/UCLA collaborative partnerships. The Specific Aims of the Community Core include: Specific Aim 1: Create and maintain mutually beneficial academic/community partnerships: 1 .a. Support community-based network partners working collaboratively with EXPORT researchers to support our two major research projects, our HIV prevention and depression/diabetes care studies. 1.b. Partner with diverse communities in developing their capacities for rigorous research and in developing investigators within their agencies who can work collaboratively in community-based research. Specific Aim 2: Achieve broader dissemination of our research findings, in part through ongoing support of our two community projects, as well as through two sponsored community forums to present our research findings. Specific Aim 3: Develop and implement a mentoring component: 3.a. Further develop infrastructure at Drew and UCLA to engage in community-partnered research to eliminate health disparities. 3.b. Mentor and teach community partnered research skills to junior faculty members and pilot project investigators interested in research to eliminate health disparities.