Resilience among Youth of Color in Impoverished Urban Communities

描述(由申请人提供)：这是NICHD以患者为导向的研究科学家职业发展奖(K23)FOA-PA-11-194的申请。候选人建议使用五年的指导支持期来发展青少年健康干预研究方面的专业知识。这位候选人目前是阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院儿科预防干预研究中心的助理教授。K23将支持培训、课程工作、指导关系、实证研究和其他职业发展活动。将实现以下目标：1)获得混合方法研究设计和分析方面的先进知识和技能；2)发展纵向和混合模型的定量数据分析技能；3)将理论应用于社区干预措施的开发、设计和评估；4)培养翻译研究以及传播和实施科学的能力。实现这些目标的主要研究工具包括两个阶段：(1)开发和试点基于力量的复原力促进青少年健康促进干预措施，以减少生活在低收入城市社区的非裔美国人/黑人和拉丁裔青年的性危险行为和药物使用和滥用行为；以及(2)编写R01应用程序，以测试干预措施在降低健康危险行为(危险性行为、药物和酒精使用)参与率方面的有效性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a request for an NICHD Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Scientist Career Development Award (K23) FOA-PA-11-194. The candidate proposes to use a mentored support period of five years for developing an expertise in adolescent health intervention research. The candidate is currently an Assistant Professor at the Preventive Intervention Research Center in the Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The K23 will support training, course work, mentored relationships, empirical research, and other career development activities. The following objectives will be achieved: 1) Acquire advanced knowledge and skills in mixed methods research design and analysis; 2) Develop quantitative data analysis skills in longitudinal and mix-models; 3) Apply theory to the development, design, and evaluation of community-based interventions; 4) Develop competence in translational research and the science of dissemination and implementation. The primary research vehicle for achieving these objectives involve two phases: (1) developing and piloting a strength-based resilience promoting adolescent health promotion intervention to reduce sexual risk behaviors and substance using and abusing behaviors among African American/black and Latino youth living in low-income urban communities; and (2) writing an R01 application to test the effectiveness of the intervention in reducing rates of participation in health risk behaviors (risky sex behavior, drug and alcohol use).