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我们寻求继续为约翰霍普金斯青少年健康促进和疾病预防中心提供资金，这是彭博公共卫生学院、其他学术合作伙伴、社区组织和巴尔的摩市和州机构之间的合作。该中心成立十年来一直致力于与青年、其家庭和与青年一起工作的人以及社区居民建立伙伴关系， 公共政策制定者和项目管理者。该中心与这些合作伙伴进行严格的研究，以提供信息，进一步准备在巴尔的摩市的年轻人健康的成年生活方式的愿景。健康的生活方式包括低水平的药物使用和危险的性行为;营养、体育活动和适当使用卫生服务的能力;与他人沿着的技能，形成和维持承诺的关系，照顾 受扶养的个人，并参与公民生活和生产性经济活动。我们的具体目标是与社区合作伙伴合作： ?制定、试行和测试将健康促进战略纳入现有方案的有效性，这些方案为面临成为健康和富有成效的成年人的严峻挑战的巴尔的摩青年提供服务。 .研究影响青年向健康、有生产力的成年人过渡的风险和保护因素，特别关注促进青年复原力的因素，以便为社区卫生实践提供信息。 .评估需求，衡量优势，减少难以接触到的人群获得服务的障碍。 .制定和实施一项传播战略，为青年、其家庭、与青年人一起工作的人、社区居民以及地方、州和国家决策者翻译基于研究的知识。 .发展培训和技术援助，以建设与青年人、市和州卫生部门、公共卫生和医学学院的学生和研究生以及巴尔的摩青年及其家庭合作的人员和机构的能力。 我们的核心项目是参与性干预研究，将健康促进纳入为校外青年服务的社区就业和培训计划。我们的合作伙伴包括市长就业发展办公室、巴尔的摩市卫生局、计划参与者、我们的CAB以及社区组织和机构。

We seekcontinued funding for the Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, a collaboration between the Bloomberg School of Public Health,other academic partners, community based organizations, and Baltimore City and State agencies. The Center over its ten years existence has been dedicated to working in partnership with youth, their families and the people who work with youth, as well as community residents, public policy makers and program administrators. The Center with these partners conducts rigorous research to provide information to further the vision of preparing young people in Baltimore City for healthy adult lifestyles. Healthy lifestyles involve low levels of substance use and risky sexual behavior; competencies in nutrition, physical activity and the appropriate use of health services; skills to get along with others,form and sustain committed relationships, care for dependent individuals, and engage in civic life and productive economic activity. Our specific aims are to work with community partners: ? To develop, pilot and test the effectiveness of integrating of health promotion strategies into existing programs that serve Baltimore youth facing severe challenges to becoming healthy and productive adults. . To examine risk and protective factors that influencethe transition of youth into healthy, productive adults,with special attention to factors that promote resiliency in youth in order to inform community-based health practice. . To assess needs,measure strengths and reduce barriers to service for hard-to-reach populations. . To develop and implement a communication dissemination strategy that translates research-based knowledge for youth, their families, people who work with young people, community residents, and local, state and national policy makers. . To develop training and technical assistance to build capacity among people and agencies that work with young people,the City and State health departments, students and post-graduate students in the Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and Baltimore youth and thei rfamilies. Our core project is participatory intervention research integrating health promotion into a neighborhood employment and training program serving out-of-school youth.Our partners i nclude the Mayor's Office of Employment Development, the Baltimore City Health Department, program participants, our CAB, and neighborhood organizations and agencies.