Science and Community: Ending Obesity Improving Health

科学与社区：结束肥胖改善健康

• 批准号: 8235968
• 负责人: Rebecca Elizabeth Lee
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-18 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8235968
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Obesity has been recognized as an epidemic, placing a huge burden on the health of the public and the national economy. National data suggest that the trend continues, despite broad-based public health messages to reduce obesity, and populations of color are particularly vulnerable. Although most cases of obesity are attributed to lifestyle habits, traditional behavior change programs have had little sustainability, in part attributable to ecologic factors external to the individual, grounded in environment, policy, cultural or social origins. Obesity occurs as part of a complex system representing failures at multiple levels of the ecologic milieu; thus, simply enrolling the obese in weight loss programs is insufficient for sustainable weight loss. Partnerships between scientists and communities to accommodate and include community ecologic factors may offer greater success and sustainability compared to traditional, individually-focused programs. This project aims to capitalize on the unique opportunities presented in communities in the City of Houston to develop a partnership to promote sustainable obesity reduction via shared vision, community outreach and education with the final goal of developing a proposal for submission for NIH funding. Houston is an incredibly diverse, large population center with the uncomfortable distinction of being listed as one of America's Top 10 Fattest Cities for the last five years. Aims will be completed via numerous interactive meetings, workshops, symposia and conferences to establish an academic-community partnership, identify community-research priorities, and develop a long-term collaborative agenda, focusing on the problem of obesity across the lifespan with particular attention to children and women. The partnership will use the Texas Obesity Research Center (TORC) in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston (UH) as a framework organization to support the partnership and agenda, and rely on longstanding community ties of community members to the TORC and the UH. It is expected that this project will provide a forum for the development of a community partnership structure that will support an eventual community based participatory research (CBPR) project and will facilitate culturally centered community partnership with a focus on addressing and eliminating health disparities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Approximately 280,000 deaths and $117 billion in medical expenses are attributed to obesity and obesity-related conditions each year and there is no known sustainable solution. Engaging community members, employing local knowledge, and investing community members from the most vulnerable communities, in the process of research to tackle this health problem through CBPR is highly significant to public health.

描述（由申请人提供）：肥胖已被认为是一种流行病，给公众和国民经济的健康带来了巨大负担。 国家数据表明，尽管基于广泛的公共卫生信息可以减少肥胖症，但这种趋势仍在继续，颜色种群特别脆弱。 尽管大多数肥胖病例归因于生活方式习惯，但传统的行为改变计划几乎没有可持续性，部分归因于个人外部的生态因素，基于环境，政策，文化或社会起源。肥胖是作为一个复杂系统的一部分，该系统代表生态环境的多个层次上的故障。因此，仅仅让肥胖参加体重减轻计划不足以减轻可持续的体重减轻。与传统的，以个人为中心的计划相比，科学家与社区之间的合作伙伴关系可以适应和包括社区生态因素。该项目旨在利用休斯顿市社区中提供的独特机会，以建立合作伙伴关系，通过共同的愿景，社区外展和教育来促进可持续的肥胖症，以制定提交NIH资金的建议。休斯顿是一个令人难以置信的多样化，大人口中心，在过去五年中被列为美国十大最胖城市之一的不舒服区别。 目标将通过众多互动会议，研讨会，专题讨论会和会议来完成，以建立学术社区伙伴关系，确定社区研究的优先事项，并制定长期的合作议程，重点关注整个生命周期的问题，并特别关注儿童和女性。该合作伙伴关系将在休斯敦大学（UH）的卫生与人类绩效系中使用得克萨斯州肥胖研究中心（TORC）作为框架组织来支持合作伙伴关系和议程，并依靠与Torc和UH的社区成员之间的长期社区联系。预计该项目将为建立社区伙伴关系结构提供一个论坛，该论坛将支持最终的基于社区的参与性研究（CBPR）项目，并将促进以文化为中心的社区伙伴关系，重点关注解决和消除健康差异。 公共卫生相关性：每年归因于肥胖和肥胖相关的状况约为280,000次死亡和1,170亿美元的医疗费用，并且没有已知的可持续解决方案。在研究过程中吸引社区成员，运用当地知识和投资社区成员，以通过CBPR解决这一健康问题，对公共卫生非常重要。