Obesity and Environmental Factors: Implications for Urban Planning

描述（由申请人提供）：肥胖是美国可预防死亡的第二大原因，主要是因为它在心血管疾病、糖尿病和癌症等疾病中起着有害作用。生活在弗吉尼亚州纽波特纽斯的人中，有70%的人超重或肥胖，这超过了相应的州和国家的比例。不出所料，与肥胖相关的慢性疾病（下呼吸道疾病、糖尿病和冠状动脉疾病）和死亡率在纽波特纽斯低收入的非裔美国人社区居民中超过了州平均水平。该系列会议的具体目标是：1)维持学术界与社区的合作关系，以减少弗吉尼亚州纽波特纽斯市的肥胖风险和健康差异；ii)制定纽波特-纽斯社区-学术伙伴关系（NCAP）与社区组织之间的谅解备忘录，这些社区组织对使用基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）方法研究肥胖风险、健康差异和城市规划有兴趣和目的；iii)参与外展工作，以确定社区在减少弗吉尼亚州纽波特纽斯市的肥胖和健康差异方面认为感兴趣的领域；iv)制定一项长期合作的CBPR议程，以减少肥胖风险和健康差异，重点放在社区确定的关键领域的教育上。我们将使用CBPR方法来采用CDC的政策、系统和环境变化模型，目标是减少肥胖风险和健康差距。我们已经成立了NCAP，这是重建环境社区行动联盟（CARE）和婴幼儿保健联盟（CINCH）之间的一个伙伴关系。它有一个执行委员会和一个咨询委员会。NCAP的使命是“创建一个更健康的城市社区”。NCAP将举办一系列“机会”会议和社区论坛。“机会”会议将通过向各国介绍NCAP，建立对伙伴关系的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States largely due to its detrimental role in diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Seventy percent (70%) of persons living in Newport News, Virginia are overweight or obese, which exceeds corresponding state and nation percentages. Not unexpectedly, rates of chronic disease associated with obesity (lower respiratory disease, diabetes, and coronary disease) and the death rates among residents of low-income, African-American communities in Newport News exceed state averages. The specific aims of this conference series are to i) sustain an academic-community partnership to reduce obesity risk and health disparities in the City of Newport News, Virginia; ii) develop Memorandum of Understandings between the Newport-News Community-Academic Partnership (NCAP) and community organizations that have an interest and a purpose in using a community- based participatory research (CBPR) approach on obesity risk, health disparities, and urban planning; iii) engage in outreach efforts to identify the communities' perceived areas of interest in reducin obesity and health disparities in the City of Newport News, Virginia, and iv) develop a long-term, collaborative CBPR agenda to reduce obesity risk and health disparities, with emphasis being placed on education in the key areas that the community identifies. We will use the CBPR approach to employ the CDC's Policy, System and Environmental Change model, with the goal of reducing obesity risk and health disparities. We have formed the NCAP, a partnership between the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Coalition and the Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH). It has an Executive Committee and an Advisory Board. The mission of the NCAP is "Creating a Healthier Urban Community." The NCAP will conduct a series of "opportunities" meetings and community forums. The "opportunities" meetings will build interest in the partnership by introducing the NCAP to various, relevant community sectors. Also, the NCAP will partner with professional associations in Virginia to host a series of forums that will solicit community views on the obesity problem and disseminate information about obesity risk, associated health impacts, and prevention strategies. Furthermore, we will sustain the partnership through our research agenda and future grant applications. We anticipate that the NCAP will propose strategic suggestions to the City for urban development and planning to reduce health disparities via policy, system, and environmental changes.