Project EXPORT - A Center of Excellence (PEACE)

100多年前，W.E.B.杜波依斯写了《费城黑人》，这本书详细介绍了第一个社会科学的 非裔美国人社区的研究-他们的集体历史和个人家庭;他们的健康，教育， 职业、经济和政治地位;教会和企业;个人习惯、偏见和生活方式 条件-揭示研究作为纠正社会不公正和实现社会变革的手段的潜力。 今天，现在被称为“健康差距”的问题不仅继续困扰着非洲裔美国人， 其他有色人种和医疗服务不足的人，社会正在努力改善少数民族的困境 同时保持“文化能力”和“敏感性”。“我们认为，20世纪的科学方法 在世纪，特别是那些涉及得不到充分服务的社区的方案，在二十一世纪是行不通的。我们需要一个更 一种全面的方法，不仅涉及科学发现，而且涉及科学发现与现实世界的结合。 应用和社区服务。少数民族健康研究中心（CRMH），第一个国会授权的 在联邦政府和Prairie View A & M之外， 大学（PVAMU）及其护理学院，与项目出口建立了一个成功的方法， 科学与社会的差距。在EXPORT项目（现称为“EXPORT - A项目”）的延期中， 卓越中心”（和平），我们将继续使用同样的整体方法解决健康差距， 在我们的教育和推广计划的基础上，加强和扩大我们的研究工作，以便：（a）整合 并将正在进行的少数民族健康和健康差距项目EXPORT的工作集中到CRMH作为研究 卓越中心，同时在研究培训，社区参与和外展开发新的计划。（所有 核心）;（B）保持和发展在设计上是“生物心理社会”的研究方案，认识到生物， 环境、行为和社会因素，在多种社会背景下独立或依赖地发挥作用， 多个社会层面，决定健康结果。（研究及社区关系核心）;（c）加强现有 研究培训活动，使来自少数民族和得不到充分服务的人口的研究人员做好准备， 少数民族健康和健康差距研究;（研究教育和培训核心）和（d）建立在社区基础上 和机构伙伴关系，这将有助于改善少数群体的健康状况， 医疗服务不足（研究，社区关系，研究教育和培训核心）。我们将继续 与癌症信息服务和M。D.安德森公共教育办公室告知公众， 护理提供者和潜在的临床试验参与者关于癌症治疗和预防试验，并将移动 推进专业培训工作，以：（1）加强促进癌症健康差异研究的课程; (2)为寻求健康差异研究职业的少数民族学生提供经验; D.安德森生物统计和应用科学部，与PVAMU的数据管理系统，培训草原 查看学生对系统的维护和更新情况，以便将来进行研究项目。这些只是一些独特的 这个应用程序的特点。我们打算有所作为。

Over 100 years ago W.E.B. Dubois wrote "The "Philadelphia Negro," a book detailing one of the first social-scientific studies of a community of African Americans - their collective history and individual families; their health, educational, occupational, economic and political status; their churches and businesses; their personal habits, biases and living conditions - revealing the potential of research as a means to correct social injustice and effect societal change. Today, the issue of what is now termed "health disparities" continues to plague not only African Americans, but also other people of color and the medically underserved, and society struggles with ways to improve the plight of minorities while remaining "culturally competent" and "sensitive." It is our opinion that the scientific approaches of the twentieth century, especially those involving underserved communities, will not work in the twenty-first century. We need a more comprehensive approach that will involve not scientific discovery alone, but scientific discovery coupled with real-world applications and community service. The Center for Research on Minority Health (CRMH), the first Congressionallymandated center on minority health and health disparities outside of the federal government, and Prairie View A & M University (PVAMU) and its College of Nursing, established with Project EXPORT a successful approach to bridging the gap between science and community. In the renewal of Project EXPORT, now referred to as "Project EXPORT - A Center of Excellence" (PEACE), we will continue to address health disparities using the same holistic approach, building on our educational and outreach programs to enhance and expand our research efforts, so as to: (a) integrate and centralize ongoing minority health and health disparities efforts of Project EXPORT into the CRMH as a research center of excellence, while developing new programs in research training, community engagement, and outreach. (All Cores); (b) maintain and develop research programs that are "biopsychosocial" in design, recognizing that biological, environmental, behavioral and social factors, acting independently or dependently across multiple social contexts and multiple social levels, determine health outcomes. (Research & Community Relations Cores); (c) enhance existing research training activities that prepare researchers from minority and underserved populations to conduct meritorious minority health and health disparities research; (Research Education & Training Core) and (d) build upon community and institutional partnerships, both locally and abroad, that will effect improvements in the health of minorities and the medically underserved. (Research, Community Relations, and Research Education & Training Cores). We will continue to work with Cancer Information Services and the M. D. Anderson Office of Public Education to inform the public, health care providers, and potential clinical trial participants about cancer treatment and prevention trials, and will move forward with professional training efforts to: (1) enhance a curriculum promoting research in cancer health disparities; (2) provide experience to minority students seeking careers in health disparities research; and (3) develop, with the M. D. Anderson Biostatistics & Applied Sciences Department, a data management system with PVAMU, training Prairie View students to maintain and update the system for future research projects. These are but a few of the unique features of this application. We intend to make a difference.