MidCareer Investigator Award: Health Behavior Interventions for Suicidal Youth

描述(由申请人提供)：在这份职业中期调查员奖的申请中，谢丽尔·金博士请求支持早期职业调查员的指导、高级培训和专注于为有自杀风险的青少年开发健康行为干预的新研究。正如卫生局局长在《预防自杀行动呼吁》(1999年)和《国家预防自杀战略》(2001年)中强调的那样，针对自杀个人制定循证干预措施具有重大的公共卫生意义。针对早期职业研究人员的指导计划包括与候选人的研究计划密切结合和参与，个性化目标和独立研究项目的发展，以及咨询国家公认的高级研究人员。候选人的受训者将在自杀青年研究、健康行为理论和干预、高危和脆弱人群的研究伦理以及文化敏感干预措施的发展方面获得实质性培训。目前的导师包括三名初级教员、一名高级儿童精神病学研究员、一名博士后研究员、一名高级研究助理和两名研究生。候选人的职业发展计划建议在三个领域进行咨询和重点培训，以实现以下目标：(1)针对患有慢性病和其他有自杀风险的青年的健康行为理论、社会网络模型和有效的健康行为干预措施；(2)研究和实施健康行为干预措施的具有文化敏感性的战略；(3)确保研究设计、知情同意和风险管理程序符合最高道德标准和不断变化的监管要求的战略。建议的研究计划包括(1)与青年提名的支持小组对自杀青少年的干预相关的持续干预研究，以及(2)为有自杀危险的青少年开发基于急诊科的多组件健康行为干预。这一奖励将大大有助于候选人的职业目标，解除她的病人护理职责，并为指导和高级培训活动提供受保护的时间。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this application for a Mid-Career Investigator Award, Cheryl King, Ph.D., requests support for mentorship of early career investigators, advanced training, and new research focused on developing health behavior interventions for youth at risk for suicide. As emphasized in the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide (1999) and the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), the development of evidence-based interventions for suicidal individuals is of substantial public health significance. The mentorship plan for early career investigators includes close integration and involvement with the candidate's research program, individualized goals and development of independent research projects, and consultation with nationally recognized senior investigators. The candidate's mentees will obtain substantial training in research with suicidal youth, health behavior theories and interventions, research ethics with high risk and vulnerable populations, and the development of culturally sensitive interventions. Current mentees include three junior faculty, one advanced child psychiatry fellow, 1 postdoctoral fellow, one senior research associate, and two graduate students. The candidate's career development plan proposes consultation and focused training in three areas related to the goal of developing interventions that promote treatment seeking, treatment adherence, and improved outcomes among youth at risk for suicide: (1) health behavior theories, social network models, and effective health behavior interventions for youth with chronic diseases and other at risk conditions; (2) culturally sensitive strategies for studying and implementing health behavior interventions; and (3) strategies for ensuring that study design, informed consent, and risk management procedures meet the highest ethical standards and changing regulatory requirements. A research plan is proposed that includes (1) continued intervention research related to the Youth-Nominated Support Team intervention for suicidal adolescents, and (2) development of a multi-component Emergency Department based health behavior intervention for adolescents at risk for suicide. This award will contribute substantially to the candidate's career objectives by relieving her of patient care duties and providing protected time for mentorship and advanced training activities.