West Virginia Prevention Research Center

西弗吉尼亚州预防研究中心

• 批准号: 10230967
• 负责人: GERI A DINO
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-30 至 2024-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10230967
• 关键词: West; Virginia; Prevention; Research; Center

Project Summary/Abstract Rural Americans face major health disparities and differences in overall health status, higher rates of chronic disease, geographic isolation, and limited job opportunities. Recent data shows that US rural areas do not experience the consistent decline in premature mortality that non-rural locations do. West Virginia (WV), a highly rural state, exemplifies these disparities and inequities. WV ranks at or near the bottom in many US health indicators (e.g., cardiovascular and cancer morbidity/mortality) and their associated risk factors (e.g., obesity, tobacco use). WV is also at the epicenter of the US opioid crisis. Since 1995, the WV Prevention Research Center has been a transformative force that conducts and translates innovative community-engaged research and evaluation into practical solutions to improve health in WV and beyond. Together with our committed and experienced Community Partnership Board, we propose a Research and Translation Agenda that builds on our expertise in substance use/abuse (especially tobacco and opioids), promotes healthy lifestyles, and fosters youth and community resilience. This Agenda reflects the priorities of our partners and emphasizes policy and practice translation. Our experience with development and national dissemination of the evidence-based teen smoking cessation program, Not on Tobacco, for the American Lung Association, demonstrates our capacity to conduct, translate, and disseminate proven interventions to diverse communities. Our previous partnerships and accomplishments position us for the next 5 years of growth and achievement. We propose to achieve this through the following Specific Aims: 1) sustain and enhance a multidisciplinary infrastructure, inclusive of a statewide Community Partnership Board, that conducts, translates, and disseminates innovative, community- engaged research and evaluation; 2) engage multi-stakeholder partners to develop, implement, and sustain a Research and Translation Agenda, inclusive of a Core Research Project; 3) strengthen the capacity of public health practitioners, health care providers, faculty, staff, students, and communities to conduct and apply prevention research to address public health priorities and disparities through training and service provision; 4) disseminate WVPRC capacity, products, and findings; and 5) participate in the National PRC Network. Our proposed Core Research Project uses a cross-sequential design to address risk and protective factors relevant to youth and community resilience against substance use initiation and progression in middle- and high school-aged youth. This research project is in the public health practice-based evidence research category, incorporates health equity approaches, and attends to the goals of sustainability and scalability. Our intended outcomes include a sustained Center infrastructure; increased capacity in prevention research; and environmental, policy, and practice changes that result in practical, sustainable solutions that improve population health and vitality for years to come.

项目总结/摘要 美国农村地区面临着主要的健康差异和整体健康状况的差异，慢性病的发病率较高， 疾病、地理隔离和有限的就业机会。最近的数据显示，美国农村地区没有 经历了非农村地区过早死亡率的持续下降。西弗吉尼亚州（WV），一个高度 农村地区，加剧了这些差距和不平等。西弗吉尼亚州在许多美国健康状况中排名垫底或接近垫底 指标（例如，心血管和癌症发病率/死亡率）及其相关的风险因素（例如，肥胖症， 烟草使用）。WV也是美国阿片类药物危机的中心。自1995年以来，WV预防研究 中心一直是一个变革的力量，进行和翻译创新的社区参与的研究 和评估的实际解决方案，以改善健康在西弗吉尼亚州和超越。与我们的承诺， 经验丰富的社区合作委员会，我们提出了一个研究和翻译议程，建立在 我们在物质使用/滥用（特别是烟草和阿片类药物）方面的专业知识，促进健康的生活方式，并促进 青年和社区复原力。该议程反映了我们的合作伙伴的优先事项，并强调政策和 练习翻译。我们的经验与发展和国家传播的循证青少年 美国肺脏协会的戒烟计划，不吸烟，证明了我们的能力， 开展、翻译并向不同社区传播经证实的干预措施。我们以前的合作伙伴关系和 成就使我们能够在未来5年实现增长和成就。我们建议实现这一目标 通过以下具体目标：1）维持和加强多学科基础设施，包括 全州社区合作委员会，进行，翻译，并传播创新，社区- 参与研究和评估; 2）让多方利益攸关方合作伙伴参与制定、实施和维持一个 研究和翻译议程，包括一个核心研究项目; 3）加强公众的能力， 卫生从业人员，卫生保健提供者，教师，员工，学生和社区进行和应用 开展预防研究，通过培训和提供服务，解决公共卫生优先事项和差距问题; 4)传播WVPRC的能力，产品和调查结果;和5）参与国家PRC网络。我们 拟议的核心研究项目使用交叉顺序设计来解决风险和保护因素 与青年和社区对药物使用的开始和发展的复原力有关 高中年龄的年轻人。本研究项目是以公共卫生实践为基础的循证研究 这一类别纳入了健康公平办法，并致力于实现可持续性和可扩展性的目标。我们 预期成果包括：中心基础设施的可持续性;预防研究能力的提高;以及 环境，政策和实践的变化，导致实际的，可持续的解决方案，改善 在未来几年保持健康和活力。