Eliminating Health Disparities Through Multi-Trans-Disciplinary Approaches

描述（由申请人提供）：美国的少数种族和族裔承受着惊人的不成比例的疾病负担，特别是在该国南部地区，密西西比州在许多健康指标上排名最低，是“最肥胖的州”。“头号不健康州”。因此，杰克逊州立大学建议与其合作伙伴阿拉巴马大学和密西西比州历史悠久的黑人学院和大学合作，建立一个探索卓越中心，以解决和了解肥胖的健康差异。该中心将通过密集的多学科研究项目和方法，重点了解少数群体的健康差异，旨在加速将研究成果转化为改善患者护理、社区卫生以及对当前和未来健康差异研究人员和从业人员的教育和培训。总体目标将是减少肥胖方面的健康差异，加快研究成果的转化，以改善居住在密西西比州的高危人群（成年少数民族）的健康结果和生活质量。具体目标是：1)发展和维持行政和机构基础设施，以支持整个项目；2)促进对腹部肥胖与遗传学相互关系的科学认识；3)开展有助于增进知识和消除健康差距的转化性研究；4)为来自健康差异人群的学生和初级教师提供示范性的研究培训和教育活动，以增加来自少数民族和健康差异人群的训练有素的研究人员的数量；和。5)使少数群体和健康差异社区参与有效和可持续的伙伴关系和活动，以改善其社区的健康，增加少数群体和健康差异人群参与研究活动的人数，以提高健康素养和健康差异知识。最重要的是，该中心将提高少数民族健康和健康差异研究的质量和数量，提供高质量的研究职业发展培训，并加强社区联系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States experience an alarming disproportionate burden of disease, especially in the southern region of the country, where Mississippi ranks lowest on many health indicators, the "Most Obese State," and. the "No. 1 Unhealthy State." Therefore, Jackson State University proposes to build an Exploratory Center of Excellence to address and understand health disparities of obesity in collaboration with Its partners, the University of Alabama, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Mississippi. The Center will focus on understanding minority health disparities through intensive, multidisciplinary research projects and approaches designed to accelerate the translation of research findings into improvements in patient care, community health, and education and training of current and future health disparity researchers and practitioners. The overarching objective will be to reduce health disparities in obesity and to accelerate the translation of research findings to improve health outcomes and quality of life for at-risk populations, adult ethnic minorities who reside In Mississippi. The Specified Aims are to: 1) develop and maintain an administrative and institutional infrastructure to support the project as a whole; 2) advance scientific understanding of the interrelationship between abdominal obesity and genetics; 3) carry out translational research that will contribute to knowledge and eliminate health disparities; 4) provide exemplary research training and education activities to students and junior faculty from health disparity populations to increase the numbers of well trained researchers from minority and health disparity populations; and. 5) to engage minority and health disparity communities in effective and sustainable partnerships and activities for improving the health of their communities, increasing the numbers of individuals from minority and health disparity populations engaged in research activities for increasing health literacy and knowledge of health disparities. Most significantly, the Center will enhance the quality and quantity of research on minority health and health disparities, provide high quality research career development training, and strengthen community ties.