HORIZON Center: Healthy Options, Research, Interventions & Community Organizing

HORIZON 中心：健康选择、研究、干预措施

• 批准号: 7630556
• 负责人: CELIA L. MOORE
• 金额: $ 145.24万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-30 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7630556
• 关键词: HORIZON; Center; Healthy; Options; Research

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) and Harvard University School of Public Health (HSPH) have partnered with the Cherishing Our Hearts and Souls Coalition (COHS) of Roxbury (a Boston neighborhood comprised of 51% African Americans and 23% Hispanics) to establish an exploratory Center (P20) for Health and Health Care Disparities that is dedicated to Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The Healthy Options, Research, Interventions & Community Organizing Center (HORIZON Center) will: 1) conduct health disparities related research projects in partnership with COHS, 2) offer research training, with an emphasis in CBPR, to faculty, students, and community stakeholders, and 3) build a neighborhood based infrastructure that can partner with academic institutions in Boston to research and implement "best practices" in CBPR and academic-community partnerships. UMass Boston was designated a minority-serving institution by the National Cancer Institute and is the lead partner in the HORIZON Center. The diverse characteristics and strengths reflected in both academic institutions and in the six-year old community coalition (COHS) set the stage for significant changes in cultural norms (public knowledge, attitudes and behaviors) and professional practices surrounding research activities and academic community partnerships. The implications of successfully engaging a diverse urban underserved community in health promotion activities, in research and in advancing the cause of research are nationally significant. We partner to further the research mission of COHS and its Community Research Advisory Board (CRAB). The HORIZON Center has 4 cores, 3 research projects and 6 pilot projects; all designed to strengthen the evidence-based practices and strategies for understanding and training practitioners in health disparities reduction. We propose to increase the number of local agencies, community organizations and residents that contribute to and participate in research, training, health promotion, and community organizing activities. The cores provide an infrastructure and process for the translation of research into innovative community outreach strategies, educational interventions and public policy initiatives. The Administrative Core provides overall support to the HORIZON Center by coordinating the other cores and projects. The Research Core supports the research projects which are investigating the behavioral, social, and biological sciences related to health disparities. The Community Engagement Core is responsible for projects that investigate the best practices for outreach and mobilization in an urban community. The Training Core is responsible for projects that implement and evaluate strategies for increasing the number of people who are trained and engaged in CBPR and from health disparity populations.

描述（由申请人提供）：马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校（UMass Boston）和哈佛大学公共卫生学院（HSPH）与罗克斯伯里（一个由51%的非洲裔美国人和23%的西班牙裔美国人组成的波士顿社区）的珍惜我们的心灵和灵魂联盟（COHS）合作，建立了一个致力于基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）的健康和医疗保健差异探索中心（P20）。健康选择、研究、干预和社区组织中心（HORIZON中心）将：1)与COHS合作开展与健康差异相关的研究项目；2)向教师、学生和社区利益相关者提供以CBPR为重点的研究培训；3)建立以社区为基础的基础设施，与波士顿的学术机构合作，研究和实施CBPR和学术社区伙伴关系的“最佳实践”。马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校被国家癌症研究所指定为少数族裔服务机构，并且是HORIZON中心的主要合作伙伴。学术机构和已有六年历史的社区联盟（COHS）所反映的不同特征和优势，为围绕研究活动和学术社区伙伴关系的文化规范（公众知识、态度和行为）和专业实践的重大变化奠定了基础。成功地使不同的城市得不到充分服务的社区参与健康促进活动、研究和推动研究事业，对全国具有重大意义。我们合作推进COHS及其社区研究咨询委员会（CRAB）的研究使命。HORIZON中心拥有4个核心、3个研究项目和6个试点项目；所有这些都旨在加强以证据为基础的做法和战略，以了解和培训从业人员减少健康差距。我们建议增加地方机构、社区组织和居民对研究、培训、健康促进和社区组织活动的贡献和参与。这些核心为将研究转化为创新的社区外展战略、教育干预和公共政策举措提供了基础设施和过程。行政核心通过协调其他核心和项目为HORIZON中心提供全面支持。研究核心支持正在调查与健康差异有关的行为、社会和生物科学的研究项目。社区参与核心负责调查城市社区外展和动员的最佳做法的项目。培训核心负责实施和评估战略的项目，以增加接受培训和从事CBPR工作的人数以及来自健康差异人群的人数。