Prevention and Methodology Training

预防和方法培训

• 批准号: 9071995
• 负责人: LINDA M COLLINS
• 金额: $ 51.84万
• 依托单位: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9071995
• 关键词: Methodology; Prevention; Training

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For ten years the Prevention and Methodology Training Program (PAMT) has met a critical need in the nation's training of prevention scientists and in the NIDA portfolio by fostering careers focusing on the integration of drug abuse prevention science and highly innovative methodology. The objective of PAMT is to produce two types of well-trained scientists. One is drug abuse/HIV prevention scientists who apply the most appropriate methods in their research, are enthusiastic about and comfortable with adopting advanced methods, and engage in career-long learning as new methods emerge. The other is methodologists who improve and disseminate innovative methods for use in drug abuse/HIV prevention research, and who understand and are committed to prevention so that their methodological work truly enhances this field. We achieve this objective by capitalizing on the close collaboration between two well-established and vibrant research centers at Penn State: the Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center and the Methodology Center. The training program we have established prepares young scientists to address critical research questions in drug abuse prevention that most graduate students and new Ph.D.s would be unprepared to tackle. Examples of prevention topics in PAMT include cost-benefit analysis; research across the translation continuum, including implementation fidelity; understanding heterogeneity in response to prevention interventions; tailoring and adapting intervention content to individuals at particular times; the interplay between services research and efficacy issues; the role of positive youth development strategies in prevention; innovative delivery of prevention content via mobile devices; and the role of genetic and neurological variables in both risk behaviors and resiliency against risk factors. Examples of methodological topics in PAMT include sophisticated modeling techniques for the kinds of big data that are growing in importance in prevention, such as intensive longitudinal data, genetic data, and neurological data; statistical models for understanding meditational processes that underlie prevention programs; person-centered analytic methods (e.g., latent class and latent transition analysis); methods for studying effects of risk factors and behavioral interventions as a continuous function of age and/or time; and innovative approaches for building more efficacious and effective behavioral interventions. All PAMT trainees learn how to translate their knowledge and skills to develop and refine strategies to reduce the incidence of drug abuse and HIV. Additionally, fellows receive instruction and mentoring in writing journal articles and grant proposals and in the responsible conduct of research. To summarize, PAMT trainees are engaged in cutting- edge work that integrates two fields-prevention science and methodology-into a seamless, detailed, holistic approach to understanding and preventing drug abuse and HIV. The scientists we train will be at the forefront of this critical area for many years to come. With the present proposal we seek funding to continue and expand this important effort.

 描述（由适用提供）：十年来，预防和方法论培训计划（PAMT）通过培养着专注于预防药物滥用科学和高度创新的方法的职业，满足了国家对预防科学家和NIDA投资组合中的迫切需求。 PAMT的目的是生产两种训练有素的科学家。一种是在研究中应用最合适的方法的药物滥用/艾滋病毒的科学家，对采用先进方法的热情和舒适，并从事职业生涯的学习作为新方法。另一个是方法学家，他们改善并传播了用于药物滥用/艾滋病毒预防研究的创新方法，并且理解并致力于预防，以便他们的方法论确实可以增强该领域。我们通过在宾夕法尼亚州立大学的两个良好和充满活力的研究中心之间进行密切合作来实现这一目标：贝内特·皮尔斯预防研究中心和方法论中心。我们已经建立的培训计划为年轻科学家做好了准备，以解决预防药物滥用的关键研究问题，大多数研究生和新的博士学位将无法应对。 PAMT中预防主题的示例包括成本效益分析；整个翻译连续性的研究，包括实施忠诚；了解预防干预措施的异质性；调整和调整干预内容的个人 特定时间；服务研究与效率问题之间的相互作用；积极的作用 预防青年发展策略；通过移动设备创新预防内容；以及遗传和神经系统变量在风险行为以及针对风险因素的弹性中的作用。 PAMT中方法论主题的示例包括用于预防重要性越来越重要的大数据的复杂建模技术，例如密集的纵向数据，遗传数据和神经系统数据；理解预防计划基础的冥想过程的统计模型；以人为本的分析方法（例如潜在类和潜在过渡分析）；研究风险因素和行为干预措施的影响的方法，作为年龄和/或时间的连续功能；以及建立更高效和有效的行为干预措施的创新方法。所有的PAMT学员都学会了如何翻译知识和技能，以制定和完善策略，以减少滥用药物和艾滋病毒的发生率。此外，研究员在写作期刊文章和赠款建议以及负责任的研究中接受指导和心理。总而言之，PAMT受训者从事尖端工作，将两种领域的科学和方法整合在一起 - 一种无缝，详细的，整体的理解和预防药物滥用和艾滋病毒的方法。我们训练的科学家将在未来很多年处于这个关键领域的最前沿。通过本提案，我们寻求资金继续并扩大这一重要努力。