Caribbean Exploratory Research Center Phase II: Building On Our Progress

描述(由申请人提供)：本续展申请是为了支持美属维尔京群岛持续的少数族裔健康和健康差距研究、研究培训和教育以及社区外展活动。加勒比探索性研究中心第二阶段将继续在过去四年中建立的学术和社区合作，并使美属维尔京群岛的研究人员核心继续发展，他们在进行旨在发现、了解并最终减少该领土健康差距的研究方面的技能不断提高。此外，该中心将继续研究教育和培训项目，支持维尔京群岛教师、学生和社区参与者参与旨在消除维尔京群岛特定健康差距的研究项目。该中心的长期成果将是在该领土上有称职的研究人员，他们了解人口的性质，并能够发起、调整或转化研究和教育活动，使其与人口的需求、文化和多样性相一致。最后，该中心将继续通过提高社区对少数群体健康和健康差距的认识并促进社区参与解决差异的方案，扩大其社区参与和外联活动。加勒比探索性研究中心第二阶段的目标是：1)记录美属维尔京群岛的健康差距；2)描述美属维尔京群岛健康差距的决定因素；3)最终缩小美属维尔京群岛的健康差距。中心必须继续发展学术和社区合作，并扩大基础设施，以支持旨在了解并最终消除美属维尔京群岛领土上健康状况差异的研究项目。两个研究子项目随续签申请一起提交，1)为经历亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)的非洲加勒比妇女提供综合减少风险干预，2)了解维尔京群岛向胰岛素抵抗的过渡。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal application is submitted to support continued minority health and health disparities research, research training and education, and community outreach activities in the US Virgin Islands. The Caribbean Exploratory Research Center Phase II will continue academic and community collaborations established over the past four years, and permit the continued development of a core of researchers in the US Virgin Islands with increasing skills in conducting research designed to detect, understand and ultimately reduce health disparities in the territory. In addition, the Center will continue researh education and training projects supporting the development of UVI faculty, students and community participants in research projects designed to adiJress specific health disparities in the Virgin Islands. The long term outcome of the Center will be the presence of competent researchers in the territory who understand the nature of the population and can initiate, adapt or translate research and education activities to be congruent with the needs, culture and diversity of the population. Finally, the Center will continue to expand its community engagement and outreach activities through programs that increase community awareness of minority health and health disparities and promote community involvement in addressing disparities. The goals of the Caribbean Exploratory Research Center Phase II are to 1) document health disparities in the US Virgin Islands 2) describe determinants of health disparities in the US Virgin Islands and 3) ultimately reduce health disparities in the US Virgin Islands. It is critical that the Center contiue to develop academic and community collaborations and expand the infrastructure to support research projects aimed at understanding and eventually eliminating disparities in health status in the territory of the U. S. Virgin Islands Two research subprojects are submitted with this renewal application 1) An Integrated Risk Reduction Intervention for African Caribbean Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and 2) Understanding the Transition to Insulin Resistance in the Virgin Islands.