EMORY PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER

埃默里预防研究中心

• 批准号: 7700689
• 负责人: MICHELLE C KEGLER
• 金额: $ 220.17万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-30 至 2014-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7700689
• 关键词: EMORY; PREVENTION; RESEARCH; CENTER

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC) conducts and disseminates research on major chronic disease risk factors such as physical activity, nutrition, obesity and tobacco use for the purpose of preventing cancer and reducing health disparities in rural Southwest Georgia. The EPRC's primary partner is the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition (SWGCC), which has defined a 33-county rural region as its service area. The EPRC has adopted these same boundaries to define its partner community. African Americans comprise a large proportion of the SW Georgia region's population, and the region is considerably poorer than the state as a whole. Due to the rural nature of the region and its demographic characteristics, the burden of chronic disease and associated risk factors is disproportionately high. An active and engaged Community Advisory Board (CAB) provides ongoing community guidance into planning and implementation of research and other activities, in the spirit of community-based participatory research. The current proposal builds upon the EPRC's success to date through six inter-related goals or aims. The EPRC will: maintain and strengthen the EPRC infrastructure to support and sustain chronic disease prevention at Emory and in rural communities across Georgia; cultivate and strengthen partnerships with communities, public health agencies, and academic units and organizations to promote community-based participatory approaches to preventing cancer and reducing health disparities; and disseminate research findings and evidence-based chronic disease prevention practices to SW Georgia residents, and the scientific and professional communities. The EPRC will also increase the capacity of SW Georgia community partners to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based health promotion programs through training, technical assistance and mentoring; implement a five-year evaluation plan to assess and improve EPRC progress and outcomes using performance indicators and supplemental evaluation studies; and implement a 5-year collaborative research agenda to test and disseminate multi-level environmental strategies to make rural home and neighborhood environments more supportive of physical activity and healthy eating patterns. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The Emory Prevention Research Center works in the spirit of community-based participatory research to conduct research, training, evaluation, and communication and dissemination activities to address health disparities in cancer and other chronic diseases in rural Southwest Georgia. Through EPRC efforts, this disadvantaged region is strengthening its capacity for local cancer prevention and control.

描述（由申请人提供）： 埃默里预防研究中心（EPRC）进行和传播的主要慢性病风险因素，如体力活动，营养，肥胖和烟草使用的目的，预防癌症和减少健康差距在农村西南格鲁吉亚的研究。EPRC的主要合作伙伴是西南格鲁吉亚癌症联盟（SWGCC），该联盟已将33个县的农村地区确定为其服务区。环境保护审查委员会采用了同样的界限来界定其伙伴群体。非裔美国人占西南格鲁吉亚地区人口的很大比例，该地区比整个州要穷得多。由于该区域的农村性质及其人口特征，慢性病和相关风险因素的负担过高。一个积极和参与社区咨询委员会（CAB）提供持续的社区指导规划和实施的研究和其他活动，以社区为基础的参与性研究的精神。目前的建议是建立在环境审查委员会迄今为止通过六个相互关联的目标或目的取得的成功的基础上的。环境审查委员会将：维护和加强EPRC基础设施，以支持和维持在埃默里和整个格鲁吉亚农村社区的慢性病预防;培养和加强与社区，公共卫生机构，学术单位和组织的伙伴关系，以促进以社区为基础的参与性方法，以预防癌症和减少健康差距;并向西南格鲁吉亚居民以及科学和专业团体传播研究成果和循证慢性病预防实践。EPRC还将通过培训、技术援助和指导，提高西南格鲁吉亚社区合作伙伴设计、实施和评估循证健康促进方案的能力;实施一项五年评估计划，利用绩效指标和补充评估研究，评估和改善EPRC的进展和成果;并实施一项为期5年的合作研究议程，以测试和传播多各级环境战略，使农村家庭和邻里环境更有利于体育活动和健康的饮食模式。相关性（参见说明）：埃默里预防研究中心本着以社区为基础的参与式研究的精神，开展研究、培训、评估、交流和传播活动，以解决格鲁吉亚西南部农村癌症和其他慢性病的健康差距。通过EPRC的努力，这一贫困地区正在加强其地方癌症预防和控制的能力。