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

描述（申请人提供）：马萨诸塞州波士顿大学（马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校）和哈佛大学公共卫生学院（HSPH）与罗克斯伯里的珍惜我们的心灵联盟（COHS）合作（波士顿社区，由51%的非洲裔美国人和23%的西班牙裔美国人组成）建立一个探索中心（P20）健康和医疗保健差异，致力于社区为基础的前瞻性研究（CBPR）。健康选择，研究，干预和社区组织中心（HORIZON中心）将：1）与COHS合作开展健康差异相关的研究项目，2）提供研究培训，重点是CBPR，教师，学生和社区利益相关者，3）建立一个社区基础设施，与波士顿的学术机构合作研究和实施“最佳实践”在CBPR和学术界的合作伙伴关系。麻省大学波士顿分校被美国国家癌症研究所指定为少数民族服务机构，是地平线中心的主要合作伙伴。在学术机构和六岁的社区联盟（COHS）中反映的不同特点和优势为文化规范（公共知识，态度和行为）和围绕研究活动和学术界伙伴关系的专业实践的重大变化奠定了基础。成功地使一个多样化的城市服务不足的社区参与健康促进活动，研究和推进研究事业的影响是全国性的。我们的合作伙伴，以进一步的研究使命的COHS及其社区研究咨询委员会（CRAB）。HORIZON中心有4个核心项目、3个研究项目和6个试点项目;所有这些项目都旨在加强循证实践和战略，以了解和培训减少健康差距方面的从业人员。我们建议增加地方机构、社区组织和居民的数量，以促进和参与研究、培训、健康促进和社区组织活动。这些核心为将研究转化为创新的社区外联战略、教育干预措施和公共政策举措提供了基础设施和进程。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距相关的行为，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联和动员最佳做法的项目。培训中心负责实施和评估旨在增加接受CBPR培训和参与CBPR的人数以及来自健康差距人群的人数的战略。

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.