HAMPTON UNIVERSITY HEALTH DISPARITIES REDUCTION PROJECT

描述（由申请人提供）：汉普顿大学健康差异减少项目 汉普顿大学寻求制定一项减少健康差距的计划。鉴于健康差距问题的广泛性，该提案将侧重于获得保健服务。在美国，生活质量指标分布中最确定和经常报告的模式之一是少数民族人口和经济弱势群体的不同健康状况。目前，每400万美国人中就有一人是少数民族或种族群体的成员。其中，29%的人生活在经济困难的环境中。与一般人口相比，这些人口的预期寿命较短，慢性和急性身心障碍发生率较高，疾病负担不成比例，这些证据比比皆是。尽管经过几十年的研究，我们对种族健康差异的因素的理解仍然有限。数据表明，不同的发病率和健康结果是多种因素复杂相互作用的结果。迫切需要采取全面的多层次方法来减少我国不同民族/种族和社会经济群体之间存在的健康差距。汉普顿大学是唯一准备成功地解决少数民族健康差距的问题。为了解决这一重要问题，该提案代表了该大学最近开设的四所博士学位授予学校中的两所-护理和药学-的跨学科方法。该计划将整合研究，培训和推广，为消除健康差距和改善少数民族人口的健康和福祉建立科学基础。汉普顿大学将与密歇根大学建立联系，以增强健康差距研究能力。拟议的减少健康差距方案将做到以下几点：1。通过试点/可行性供资机制促进研究，以减少健康差距。2.促进从多学科的角度产生和测试特定文化，健康相关的理论和干预措施。3.在开展和传播研究时，建立一种加强社区参与的手段。4.增加参与少数群体健康问题的少数群体研究人员的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hampton University Health Disparities Reduction Project Hampton University seeks to develop a program for Health Disparities Reduction. Given the broad nature of health disparity issue, this proposal will focus on access to health care. One of the most firmly established and frequently reported patterns in the distribution of quality of life indicators in the United States is the disparate health status of ethnic minority populations and the economically disadvantaged. Currently one in four million Americans is a member of a racial or ethnic minority group. Of that number, 29% live in economically challenging circumstances. Evidence of shorter life expectancies, higher rates of chronic and acute physical and mental disorders, and the disproportionate burden of disease within these populations abound when compared to the general population. Despite decades of research, our understanding of the factors responsible for racial differences in health is still limited. Data suggest that differential incidences of disease and health outcomes result from the complex interactions of a plethora of factors. Comprehensive multilevel approaches are urgently needed to reduce health disparities that exist between different ethnic/racial and socioeconomic groups in our country. Hampton University is uniquely poised to successfully address the problem of minority health disparities. To address this important issue, this proposal represents an interdisciplinary approach from two of the four recently inaugurated, doctoral degree-granting schools in the university, Nursing and Pharmacy. The program will integrate research, training, and outreach to establish a scientific base for eliminating health disparities and improving the health and well being of ethnic minority populations. Hampton University will establish linkages with the University of Michigan to enhance the health disparity research capacity. The proposed program for Health Disparity Reduction will do the following: 1. Promote research to reduce health disparities through a pilot/feasibility funding mechanism. 2. Foster the generation and testing of culturally specific, health related theories and interventions from a multidisciplinary perspective. 3. Establish a means for enhancing community involvement as research is conducted and disseminated. 4. Expand the number of minority researchers involved in minority health issues.