Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health

东南减少口腔健康差异研究中心

• 批准号: 7533118
• 负责人: HENRIETTA L LOGAN
• 金额: $ 126.13万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-19 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7533118
• 关键词: Southeast; Center; Research; Reduce; Disparities

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A multi-disciplinary Center built on strong community partnerships is proposed at the University of Florida to foster research, dissemination of findings, and training on disparities in oral health. The initial theme of this Center is to reduce disparities in cancer survival by promoting early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) through two community-based theoretically-derived intervention projects. Community-based interventions built on strong theory are rare in oral health disparity research. A major strength of this application is the inclusion of an evidence base to support our research methodology. The first project will refine and upgrade health care providers' ability to detect early stages of OPC using evidence-based health education theory and the second will apply theoretically derived health promotion models to increase the likelihood that African American men obtain regular OPC screening exams. An R21-level project to validate a cellular biomarker related to susceptibility to squamous cell carcinoma is also proposed. The second theme of this Center is to apply community-based research principles gleaned from aforementioned work to follow-up projects that will address communities' oral health needs. One such R21-level developmental project will determine feasibility of conducting large scale preventive and treatment intervention in a well defined population of low-income minority children with aggressive periodontitis. It is expected that both R21-level projects will lead to full community-based interventions. This Center will facilitate oral health disparity research by 1) providing new resources through which multi-disciplinary teams jointly conduct targeted community-based intervention research; 2) strengthening the partnerships among researchers, clinicians, and the community; and 3) developing a pipeline of oral health disparity researchers and leaders. Our longstanding partnerships enable us to disseminate the results of our research such that we influence the dental/medical community, community members/patients, and policymakers alike. As proposed, the Center will produce a synergistic force resulting in a measurable reduction of disparities in oral health among the underserved. Community partners include the Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs (ACORN, a clinic to serve low-income rural and minority patients), Florida state dental organizations, Department of Health, faith-based community organizations (ACTION network and 4A's), and Florida A&M University, a historically Black College/University. The research conducted by the Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health (CRRDOH) will generate an evidence base that will affect public policy and will result in long term benefits for disadvantaged citizens.

描述（由申请人提供）：佛罗里达大学提议建立一个建立在强大社区伙伴关系基础上的多学科中心，以促进口腔健康差异的研究、研究结果的传播和培训。该中心的最初主题是通过两个基于社区的理论衍生干预项目，促进口腔和咽癌（OPC）的早期发现，以减少癌症生存率的差异。在口腔健康差异研究中，建立在强有力理论基础上的社区干预措施是罕见的。该应用程序的一个主要优势是包含证据基础来支持我们的研究方法。第一个项目将完善和提升医疗保健提供者的能力，以检测早期阶段的OPC使用循证健康教育理论，第二个将应用理论推导的健康促进模型，以增加非洲裔美国人的可能性，获得定期的OPC筛查考试。还提出了一个R21级项目，以验证与鳞状细胞癌易感性相关的细胞生物标志物。本中心的第二个主题是将从上述工作中收集到的基于社区的研究原则应用于后续项目，以解决社区的口腔健康需求。一个这样的R21水平的发展项目将确定进行大规模的预防和治疗干预的可行性，在一个明确界定的低收入少数民族儿童的侵袭性牙周炎。预计这两个R21一级的项目将导致全面的社区干预措施。该中心将通过以下方式促进口腔健康差异研究：1）提供新的资源，通过这些资源，多学科团队联合开展有针对性的社区干预研究; 2）加强研究人员，临床医生和社区之间的伙伴关系; 3）开发口腔健康差异研究人员和领导者的管道。我们长期的合作伙伴关系使我们能够传播我们的研究成果，从而影响牙科/医疗界，社区成员/患者和政策制定者。根据提议，该中心将产生一种协同作用，从而大大减少服务不足者口腔健康方面的差距。社区合作伙伴包括Alachua县农村需求组织（ACORN，一个为低收入农村和少数民族患者服务的诊所）、佛罗里达州牙科组织、卫生部、基于信仰的社区组织（行动网络和4A）和佛罗里达A&M大学，一所历史上的黑人学院/大学。东南减少口腔健康差异研究中心（CRRDOH）进行的研究将产生一个证据基础，这将影响公共政策，并将为弱势公民带来长期利益。