Community Based Family Approach to Reducing Infant Mortality

描述（由申请人提供）：旅居道格拉斯学院（S-DC），马里兰州大学，社会工作学院（SSW）和东巴尔的摩社区公司（EBCC）已经建立了一个协作的学术社区伙伴关系，以开发一个以社区为基础，以家庭为中心的方法，以降低东巴尔的摩居民的婴儿死亡率。该项目的目标人群是巴尔的摩市的非洲裔美国人，研究是非洲裔美国人驱动的。该应用程序将侧重于使用社区为基础的预防性研究（CBPR）和PRECEDE/PROCEED模型作为框架，使社区参与制定以经验为基础的降低婴儿死亡率研究行动计划。这些框架的重点是发展更强有力的伙伴关系，利用社区的优势、社区论坛和讲习班以及研究方法来设计满足社区需求的研究。要求为两阶段项目的第一阶段提供36个月的资金。在第一阶段结束时，该项目将侧重于制定一项行动计划。该行动计划将提供一个草图，以社区为基础的参与性研究框架的发展，设计和实施以家庭为中心的婴儿道德教育意识干预巴尔的摩。该项目的第二阶段将涉及获得资金，以发起一项以社区为基础的降低婴儿死亡率方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Sojourner-Douglass College (S-DC), the University of Maryland, School of Social Work (SSW), and the East Baltimore Community Corporation (EBCC) have established a collaborative academic-community partnership to develop a community-based, family centered approach to reducing infant mortality for residents in East Baltimore. The project's target population is African Americans in Baltimore City and the research is African American driven. The application will focus on using the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and the PRECEDE/PROCEED models as frameworks for engaging the community in the development of an empirically based infant mortality reduction research action plan. These frameworks focus on developing stronger partnerships, using the community strengths, community forums and workshops, and research methods to design a study that meets the needs of the community. Funds are requested for 36 months for Phase I of a two phase project. At the end of Phase I, the project will focus on developing an action plan. The action plan will provide a sketch for the development of a community-based participatory research framework for designing and implementing a family-centered infant morality educational awareness intervention in Baltimore. Phase II of this project will involve obtaining funds to launch a community based infant mortality reduction program.