Hopkins Center For Health Disparities Solutions

本申请是对RFA-MD-11-002“NIMHD综合卓越中心（P60）”的回应。申请机构为约翰霍普金斯大学布隆伯格公共卫生学院。我们寻求支持，以继续霍普金斯健康差异解决中心（HCHDS）的工作，该中心于2002年在NCMHD-EXPORT中心项目的资助下成立。我们建议开展三个重大研究项目。这些项目的跨领域主题是“探索综合环境中的健康差异”。我们的方法是通过使用一种新颖的研究设计来检查健康和医疗保健差异的社会决定因素，这使我们能够检查与健康差异相关的一系列重要研究问题。除了我们的研究任务之外，我们还提出了三个社区卫生参与倡议，一个是在马里兰州塔尔博特县的农村社区。第二个活动是与寻求改善医疗保健结果差异的医院社区。第三是与教会、大学和社区组织合作的全国性活动。此外，我们建议继续开展非常成功的工作，培训保健专业人员，使其能够有效地解决保健差距问题。该中心的具体目标是：

This application is in response to RFA-MD-11-002, "NIMHD Comprehensive Centers of Excellence (P60)." The applicant organization is the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. We seek support to continue the work of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions (HCHDS) which was established in 2002 with funding from the NCMHD-EXPORT Center program. We propose to conduct three major research projects. The cross-cutting theme for these projects is "exploring health disparities in integrated settings." Our approach is to examine social determinants of health and healthcare disparities by using a novel study design which allows us to examine a verity of important research questions related to health disparities. In addition to our research mission, we propose three community health engagement initiatives, one with a rural community in Talbot County, MD. A second activity is with a community of hospitals who seek to improve disparities in healthcare outcomes. The third is a national activity with churches, universities and community-based organizations. Additionally, we propose to continue our highly successful work in training health professionals to become effective addressing health disparities. The specific aims of the center are: 1) To conduct research that advances knowledge of the biological, behavioral, and socio-environmental etiology of race disparities in health status; 2) To conduct research that advances knowledge of the determinants of race disparities in healthcare access, utilization, and quality of care; 3) To work with community-based partners to raise awareness of health disparities and aid them in their efforts to improve health and health-related outcomes; 4) To enhance the capacity of student and faculty researchers interested in health disparities research; and 5) To serve as a coordinating center and catalyst for the advancement of research and training related to health disparities at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere.