Achieving Healthy Weights in African American Communities - AACORN Workshop

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求支持一个科学研讨会，重点是在PA-10-071下实现非裔美国人社区的健康体重。拟议的为期两天的科学研讨会将吸引80-100名学术研究人员和社区研究伙伴，以实现以下目标：1)评估与黑人社区有关的有效体重控制干预措施的现有知识，从多个学科的角度检查整个生命过程中的现有证据；2)为研究、实践和政策提出综合建议。与会者将包括来自公共卫生、营养和食品研究、运动科学、公共政策、社区发展、市场营销、经济学和其他领域的学术学者和在职学者，以及社区研究伙伴。召开这次会议的理由是，面对远高于平均水平的肥胖相关风险，非洲裔美国人社区缺乏有效干预的证据。但是，过去10年发表的研究报告，加上最近在这一领域社区方案拟订的激增，可以支持富有成果的对话，并有助于改进今后倡议的重点。这一重点直接解决了NIH消除肥胖和心血管疾病的种族/民族差异的战略目标。鉴于控制肥胖流行的紧迫性，有必要及时召开研讨会，让研究人员、社区研究伙伴和其他人参与进来，从当前的研究和实践中提取和综合见解。2012年的研讨会将是在非裔美国人合作肥胖研究网络（AACORN）的赞助下召开的一系列成功的两年一次的会议中的第五次，AACORN是一个总部设在宾夕法尼亚大学的国家研究网络。AACORN将全国的学者、研究人员和社区研究伙伴联系起来，努力提高研究的质量、数量和有效的翻译，以解决非裔美国人社区的体重问题。研讨会成果将通过互联网、学术期刊和其他渠道传播。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for a scientific workshop focusing on achieving healthy weights in African American communities under PA-10-071. The proposed two-day scientific workshop would engage 80-100 academic researchers and community research partners to achieve the following objectives: 1) assess current knowledge of effective weight control interventions relevant to black communities, examining current evidence across the life course and from multiple disciplinary perspectives~ and 2) develop synthesis recommendations for research, practice, and policy. Participants will include academic scholars and scholars-in- training from public health, nutrition and food studies, exercise science, public policy, community development, marketing, economics, and other fields, as well as community research partners. The rationale for the conference relates to the lack of evidence on effective interventions in African American communities in the face of much higher than average obesity- related risks. However, studies published during the last 10 years, combined with the recent surge in community-based programming in this area, can support a fruitful dialogue and help to refine the focus of future initiatives. This focus directy addresses NIH strategic goals for elimination of racial/ethnic disparities in obesity and cardiovascular diseases. Given the urgency of controlling the obesity epidemic, a timely workshop that will engage researchers, community research partners, and others to extract and synthesize insights from current research and practice is warranted. The 2012 workshop will be the 5th in a successful series of biennial conferences convened under the auspices of the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN), a national research network that is based at the University of Pennsylvania. AACORN links scholars, researchers and community-based research partners nationally in efforts to increase the quality, quantity, and effective translation of research to address weight issues in African American communities. Workshop outcomes will be disseminated through the internet, academic journals, and other channels.