HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS - CENTER CATEGORY 1

描述(由申请人提供)： 德克萨斯大学预防研究中心(UTPRC)正在与社区合作伙伴合作，影响哈里斯县的儿童和青少年健康，哈里斯县是一个多元化的大城市地区，UTPRC未来五年的使命是：通过参与学术、社区预防研究、研究翻译和教育的学术、公共卫生和社区合作伙伴关系，影响儿童和青少年健康。与我们的社区咨询小组(CAG)合作，为UTPRC开发了一个逻辑模型，解决了影响儿童和青少年健康的关键组成部分。除了国家、区域和地方的健康优先事项和儿童和青少年的健康差距外，还确定了研究项目、培训活动、交流活动、传播活动和评估计划。UTPRC将开展核心研究项目，即为哈里斯县中学传播有效的艾滋病毒、性传播感染和怀孕预防计划，这是一个以社区为基础的参与性项目，正在向该县22个学区传播有效的计划。该项目将与CAG和其他利益攸关方合作进行，并将对地方和国家的政策和干预措施的制定作出重大贡献。相关性(见说明)：该中心为研究和示范项目提供支持，向健康和教育机构传播有效的健康促进计划，并为健康机构专业人员提供培训，以制定和评估地方和国家的有效健康促进计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University Texas Prevention Research Center (UTPRC) is collaborating with community partners to impact child and adolescent health in Harris County, a large diverse urban area The UTPRC's mission for the next five years is: Impacting child and adolescent health through a collaboration of academic, public health, and community partnerships engaged in scholarly, community-based prevention research, research translation, and education. In collaboration with our Community Advisory Group (CAG), a logic model for the UTPRC was developed addressing critical components impacting child and adolescent health. In addition national, regional, and local health priorities and health disparities for children and adolescents, research projects, training activities, communication activities, dissemination activities, and an evaluation plan were identified. The UTPRC will conduct the core research project, Dissemination of Effective HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Harris County Middle Schools, a community-based participatory project that is disseminating effective programs targeting 22 school districts in the county. This project will be conducted in collaboration with the CAG and other stakeholders and will make a substantial contribution to policy and intervention development locally as well as nationally. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The Center provides support for research and demonstration projects, the diffusion of effective health promotion programs to health and education agencies, and the provision of training to health agency professionals to develop and evaluate effective health promotion programs locally and nationally.