Center for the Study of Schools as a Context for Urban Children's Mental Health

学校作为城市儿童心理健康背景的研究中心

• 批准号: 8073600
• 负责人: Marc Steven Atkins
• 金额: $ 80.28万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-06-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8073600
• 关键词: Center; Study; Schools; Context; Urban

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of this proposed DCISIR is to address the mental health needs of children living in urban poverty by advancing research and practice to support the inherent capacity of schools to promote children's mental health. The proposed Center for the Study of Schools as a Context for Urban Children's Mental Health is a virtual center based at the University of Illinois Chicago, linking research programs of leading investigators in education and mental health services research at the University of Virginia, the University of Tennessee, and the Medical University of South Carolina along with leading programs in biostatistics (University of Illinois Chicago) and mental health practice (Community Mental Health Council). We propose that this integration of perspectives will yield a new understanding of the coordination of mental health and educational resources and shift the foci and nature of research on effective interventions for urban youth. This DCISIR is guided by an understanding of schools as organizations and of classrooms as the setting in which critical interactions occur that promote learning and adjustment. This contextual focus aims to identify and leverage indigenous resources within schools and communities to change the social context of schooling for youth in urban poverty and increase the chances for positive mental health and academic outcomes for children. Our program of multidisciplinary research will draw from organizational theory, developmental-ecological theory, and education research to: (a) assess select social contextual factors within urban schools that disrupt or enhance children's education and mental health, (b) identify and mobilize indigenous school and community resources as catalysts for change, and (c) promote and study the feasibility and impact of innovative intervention strategies and methods. Through planned collaborative activities and research projects, the DCISIR will (1) create and adopt novel methodological approaches, (2) apply integrated theoretical perspectives to examine the core dimensions of social context associated with mental health promotion, (3) create and support sustainable community partnerships, and (4) provide training and mentoring for early career researchers working within sustainable interdisciplinary research teams.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提议的DCISIR的主要目标是通过促进研究和实践来支持学校固有能力以促进儿童的心理健康，以满足生活在城市贫困中的心理健康需求。拟议的学校研究中心是城市儿童心理健康的背景，是伊利诺伊大学芝加哥大学的虚拟中心，与弗吉尼亚大学，田纳西大学和南卡罗来纳大学教育和心理健康服务研究领先研究计划的研究计划联系起来，以及南卡罗来纳大学，以及伊利诺伊州芝加哥大学（Illinois Chicago of Chicago of Chieldoiss Health Commission and Commusich Commission and Community Chrence Commission）。我们建议，这种观点的整合将对心理健康和教育资源的协调有了新的了解，并改变了对城市青年有效干预措施的研究的重点和性质。这种DCISIR的指导是对学校和课堂的理解，因为发生了促进学习和调整的关键互动的环境。这种背景重点旨在识别和利用学校和社区内的土著资源，以改变城市贫困青年学校的社会环境，并增加对儿童积极心理健康和学术成果的机会。我们的多学科研究计划将从组织理论，发展生态理论和教育研究中借鉴：（a）评估城市学校内的某些社会背景因素，破坏或增强儿童的教育和心理健康，（b）确定和动员社区和社区资源作为变革的催化剂，以及（c）促进和研究无关的互助和研究策略和方法。通过计划的合作活动和研究项目，DCISIR将（1）创建和采用新颖的方法论方法，（2）应用综合的理论观点来检查与心理健康促进相关的社会环境的核心维度，（3）创建和支持可持续的社区伙伴关系，（4）（4）为早期职业研究人员提供培训和指导，为在可持续的互助研究团队中工作的早期职业研究者。