Reducing Health Disparities in Vulnerable African American Families and Communiti

描述（由申请人提供）：在接下来的五年里，MSM将继续CEHD研究，基于：1)其长期和热情的承诺，服务于服务不足的家庭和社区，2)一个研究议程，促进少数群体的健康；3)在教育未来的少数民族科学家方面的良好记录，将继续这种领导的遗产；4)大力推动继续帮助社区组织成为健康信息的受过教育的消费者。该机构将奉行其战略愿景，强调以社区为中心的方法，满足服务不足社区的卫生需求，并开展转化研究组合，促进以社区为基础的解决办法，以影响卫生差距。拟议的方案符合CBPR模式的共同愿景，该模式将我们与学术机构、民间组织、政府机构、社区组织、学校、监狱、社区诊所、保健提供者和决策者的伙伴关系网络整合在一起。具体来说，（研究项目#1）是一项干预研究，将评估从监狱返回的被监禁妇女，并评估重新融入家庭和社区生活的策略（研究项目#1）。CEHD还将通过横断面设计研究非裔美国儿童二手烟暴露的邻居和父母决定因素和后果（研究项目#2）。发展方法（研究项目#3）将评估社区开发的育儿课程，该课程评估高质量育儿在多大程度上可以减少贫困对父母心理健康、学龄前儿童发展和行为健康的负面影响。对中心将开展的工作的全面评价将记录社区真正参与和参与研究如何能够促进非裔美国人设施和社区的健康促进和疾病预防。行政中心的工作将透过行政核心、研究核心、研究教育和培训核心，以及社区参与核心，与亚特兰大社区规划单位V、X、Y和Z的居民互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the next five years, the MSM will continue the CEHD research based on: 1) Its longstanding and passionate commitment to serving underserved families and communities, 2) a research agenda that advances minority health; 3) a track record of educating future minority scientists that will continue this legacy of leadership and 4) a strong push to continue to assist community based organization to become empowered as educated consumers of health information. The institution will pursue its strategic vision that emphasizes a community-centered approach to serving the health needs of underserved communities and a translational research portfolio that fosters community-based solutions to impacting health disparities. The proposed Program aligns with this shared vision of a CBPR model that integrates our intenvoven network of partnerships with academic institutions, civic organizations, government agencies, community-based organizations, schools, prisons, neighborhood clinics, health providers and policy makers. Specifically, (research project #1) is an intervention study that will assess incarcerated women returning from prison and assess strategies for reintegration with their families and community life (research project #1). The CEHD will also study the neighborhood and parent determinants and consequences of secondhand smoke exposure on African American children through a cross-sectional design (research project #2). A developmental approach (research project #3) will evaluate a community-developed parenting curriculum, which assesses the extent to which quality parenting can reduce the negative impact of poverty on parental mental health and preschool child development and behavioral health. The overall evaluation of the work to be undertaken by the CEHD will document how genuine community engagement and participation in research can facilitate health promotion and disease prevention in African American facilities and communities. The work of the CEHD will be implemented through an Administrative Core, Research Core, Research Education and Training Core, and a Community Engagement Core interfacing with residents from Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Units V, X, Y and Z.