UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center

 描述（由申请人提供）：在响应特别兴趣项目14-025，本申请将建立马萨诸塞州伍斯特预防研究中心（中国）作为体育活动政策研究网络加（PAPRN+）的合作中心。拟议的应用程序建立在我们以前的成功作为一个资助PAPRN网站为2009-2014年周期，有三个主要目标。目标1是进行尖端的，多学科的身体活动政策研究。 这包括领导和合作进行多地点研究，这些研究与CDC预防和控制糖尿病，心脏病，肥胖和相关风险因素的国家公共卫生行动以及促进学校健康（1305计划）和国家体育活动计划的政策，研究和评估差距保持一致。目标2是通过与不同利益攸关方合作，促进将研究转化为实践，加强体育活动政策研究领域。 我们建立了独特的伙伴关系，将指导我们的工作，以确保与利益攸关方相关。合作伙伴包括全国市县卫生官员协会;州、地区和市政规划、交通和卫生官员;交通研究人员;以及ChangeLab解决方案。我们将与PAPRN+网络合作，建立一个可持续的合作论坛，并作为研究实践合作的典范。目标3是促进利用PAPRN+的研究成果，为公共卫生实践提供信息。 在我们合作伙伴的指导下，这将涉及广泛传播研究成果，并向州和地方卫生部门提供技术援助。我们还将与PAPRN+网络的所有成员合作，建立传播指导方针、基准、联系人和模板，以促进全网络的这些进程。拟议的初步PAPRN+项目推进了我们的研究议程：提高地方卫生部门在影响建筑环境和身体活动的市政政策议程上有效合作的能力。我们以前的研究表明，虽然地方卫生官员优先考虑身体活动作为一个关键的工作职责，并参加联盟，旨在促进身体活动，他们不经常参与有意义的市政政策过程，并认为这样做比部门官员更多的障碍。迫切需要确定和优先考虑相关的政策进程活动，通过这些活动，地方卫生部门可以影响建筑环境，以支持增加步行。该项目的具体目标是：1）利用一个多学科专家小组来界定地方卫生官员在建筑环境政策进程中的作用和责任; 2）建立一个框架，以实现地方卫生官员参与这一进程的核心能力;第三章评估地方卫生官员参与目标1所界定的作用和责任的经验以及所界定的核心能力方面的能力目标2;在国家抽样中评估它们对培训和技术援助的偏好。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In response to Special Interest Project 14-025, this application will establish the UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center (PRC) as a Collaborative Center of the Physical Activity Policy Research Network Plus (PAPRN+). The proposed application builds from our previous success as a funded PAPRN site for the 2009-2014 cycle and has three primary goals. Goal 1 is to conduct cutting edge, multi-disciplinary physical activity policy research. This includes leading and collaborating on multi-site research studies that align with policy, research and evaluation gaps relevant to CDC's State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health (1305 program) and the National Physical Activity Plan. Goal 2 is to strengthen the field of physical activity policy research by collaborating with diverse stakeholders to facilitate translation of research to practice. We have established unique partnerships that will guide our work to ensure relevance to stakeholders. Partners include the National Association of City and County Health Officials; state, regional and municipal officials in planning, transportation and health; transportation researchers; and ChangeLab Solutions. We will work with the PAPRN+ network to establish a sustainable collaborative forum and serve as a model for research-practice collaboration. Goal 3 is to promote utilization of PAPRN+ research findings to inform public health practice. With guidance from our partners, this will involve widespread dissemination of research findings and provision of technical assistance to state and local health departments. We will also work with all members of the PAPRN+ network to establish dissemination guidelines, benchmarks, contacts and templates to facilitate these processes network-wide. The proposed initial PAPRN+ project advances our research agenda: to increase the capacity of local health departments to effectively collaborate on municipal policy agendas that impact the built environment and physical activity. Our previous research indicates that while local health officials prioritize physical activity as a key job responsibility and participate in coalitions tht aim to promote physical activity, they do not routinely participate meaningfully in the municipal polic process and perceive more barriers in doing so than officials from departments. There is an urgent need to identify and prioritize relevant policy process activities through which local healt departments can influence the built environment to support increased walking. The Specific Aims of this project are: 1) To utilize a multidisciplinary Expert Panel to define roles and responsibilities for local health officials in the built environment policy process; 2) To establis a framework to achieve core competencies for local health officials for participating in this process; 3) To assess local health officials' experiences participating in the roles and responsibilities defined in Aim 1 and capabilities and capacities regarding the core competencies defined in Aim 2; and 4) To assess their training and technical assistance preferences among a national sample.