Establishing an Exploratory NCMHD Research Center of Excellence in Arkansas

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的主题是开展研究，以改善种族和少数民族获得高质量预防和医疗保健计划的机会，目标是消除健康差距。根据差异的主要来源，计划将重点放在慢性病差异上，最初将重点放在心血管疾病、癌症以及肥胖、糖尿病、吸烟、缺乏身体活动和危险性行为等相关风险因素上。初步建议的研究项目包括1个完整项目和6个试点项目。我们建议通过循证流程使该中心与已确定的健康差异的主要来源保持一致。最后，我们建议发展3个核心来支持中心：一个行政核心，负责监督中心的日常活动，为中心制定政策，并与国家和地方咨询委员会进行沟通；一个研究核心，基于循证优先和启发式理论模型演化的方法制定中心方向建议；以及一个教育/培训核心，通过与阿肯色州三所hbcu合作的学士/硕士学位联合项目，促进少数民族学生进入健康差异研究领域。阿肯色大学医学科学学院（UAMS） Fay W. Boozman公共卫生学院（COPH）成立于2001年7月，这是在一次公众投票后建立的一所新学院，该学院基于精心规划的战略愿景、使命和价值观，强调阿肯色人的健康和福祉，并消除健康差距。因此，COPH作为这一应用的领导者，是基于这一应用的科学重点——消除健康差距。我们对消除健康差距的承诺在我们的申请中描述的一些结构和举措中得到证明。这一组织承诺最明显地体现在该中心的Pi/主任Jim Raczynski博士身上，他是DAB健康促进中心的创始院长和前创始主任，该中心是CDC的预防研究中心之一，专注于阿拉巴马州农村非洲裔美国人的初级预防。作为院长，他是学院的首席执行官/学术官，使他能够确保财政、空间和行政支持资源的充足性，以确保拟议的阿肯色州探索性NCMHD的成功，这一承诺得到了UAMS首席执行官校长I. Dodd Wilson的确认。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The proposed theme is to develop research to improve access to quality prevention and healthcare programs for racial and ethnic minorities with a goal of eliminating health disparities. The planned focus is on chronic disease disparities, based on the major sources of disparities, with initial emphasis on CVD, cancer, and associated risk factors of obesity, diabetes, tobacco use, physical inactivity, and risky sexual behavior. Initial proposed research projects include 1 Full and 6 Pilot Projects. We propose to align the Center with major sources of identified health disparities through an evidence-based process. Finally, we propose to develop 3 cores to support the Center: an Administrative Core to oversee day-to-day activities and establish policy for the proposed Center and interface with National and Local Advisory Committees; a Research Core to develop recommendations for Center directions based on an evidence-based approach to priority and heuristic theoretical model evolution; and an Education/Training Core to promote minority student recruitment into careers in health disparities research through a combined BA/MPH degree program in concert with Arkansas' three HBCUs. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health (COPH) was established in July 2001, after a public referendum led to the creation of a new College based on a carefully, strategically planned Vision, Mission, and Values, emphasizing the health and well-being of Arkansans and eliminating health disparities. The COPH, the lead in this application, is thus based on the very scientific focus of this application - the elimination of health disparities. Our commitment to the elimination of health disparities is evidenced by a number of structures and initiatives as described in our application. Nowhere is this organizational commitment more evident than with the Pi/Director for the proposed Center, Dr. Jim Raczynski, who is Founding Dean and former Founding Director for 9 years of the DAB Center for Health Promotion, one of CDC's Prevention Research Centers, focusing on primary prevention among African Americans in rural Alabama. As Dean, he acts as the chief executive/academic officer of the College, enabling him to ensure the adequacy of financial, space, and administrative support resources to ensure the success of the proposed Exploratory NCMHD in Arkansas, a commitment that is confirmed by by Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, the CEO of UAMS.