Tulane University PRC

杜兰大学预防研究中心(TU-PRC)未来五年的主题将是物理和社会环境对肥胖的影响。潜在重要的物质和社会环境因素包括：公园的可获得性，健康和不健康食品的可获得性，以及为青年组织的社区活动。与社区伙伴一起制定了一份完整的研究议程，其中概述了与这一主题相一致的研究类别和具体研究的例子。这些研究既包括决定因素研究，也包括干预研究。TU-PRC的目标人口将 成为新奥尔良市的人，特别是那些低收入的人，他们中的大多数是非裔美国人。TU-PRC将与新资助的新奥尔良Step Together New Orleans(当地的HealthierUS项目的步骤)密切协调其预防研究。拟议的核心研究项目将使用以社区为基础的参与性研究方法，并将涉及评估基于非专业健康顾问的干预措施，以改善邻里环境，以支持更多的体力活动。除了预防研究本身，TU-PRC的活动还包括：社区合作；交流和 向研究人员、政策制定者和社区成员传播有关中心活动的信息；以及对研究人员、从业者和社区成员进行培训。将与一个由当地组织和社区代表组成的社区咨询委员会合作，开发中国--TU-PRC项目和活动。

The theme of the Tulane University Prevention Research Center (TU-PRC) for the next five years will be the lmpact of the Physical and Social Environment on Obesity. Examples of potentially important physical and social environmental factors include: the availability of parks, the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods, and organized community activities for youth. A full research agenda has been developed with community partners that outlines categories of studies and examples of specific studies consistent with this theme. These studies include both determinant research and intervention research. The target population for the TU-PRC will be people in the City of New Orleans, particularly those of low income, most of whom are African-American. The TU-PRC will closely coordinate its prevention research with the newly-funded New Orleans Step Together New Orleans (the local STEPS to a HealthierUS project). The proposed Core Research Project will use community-based participatory research methods and will involve an evaluation of an intervention based on lay health advisors to modify the neighborhood environment to support increased physical activity. Besides the prevention research itself, TU-PRC activities include: community collaboration; communication and dissemination of information about center activities to researchers, policy-makers, and community members; and training for researchers, practitioners, and community members. TU-PRC projects and activities will be developed in partnership with a Community Advisory Board composed of representatives of local organizations and communities.