Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health

项目摘要/摘要 约翰霍普金斯青少年健康中心(CAH)已有25年的合作历史 在巴尔的摩，以改善10-24岁年轻人的健康和福祉。CAH有很强的记录 在培训、应用研究和学术-社区伙伴关系方面的成就。CAH教职员工与 巴尔的摩的各种合作伙伴、市政机构和组织，包括学区和 卫生局。CAH由社区和青年咨询委员会指导，并与全市合作 实践为青年服务的网络。我们的长远目标是改善青年人口健康，消除 消除青年健康差距，实现青年健康公平。我们将通过以下方式实现这一目标 我们以青年为重点的研究和翻译议程，以及我们对中心基础设施、翻译的投资 合作伙伴关系，中心知识和产品的传播和翻译，对培训的承诺，多 通过渠道沟通中心的活动和产品，并参与中国网络。 我们的核心研究项目将考察几个健康因素在塑造年轻人 参加全市就业计划(Grads2Careers)以及他们的长期就业和健康。 该项目涉及与市长就业发展办公室和巴尔的摩市的合作伙伴关系 公立学校以及巴尔的摩的承诺，这是一个全市范围的合作项目，致力于改善结果 为年轻人准备的。这项以公共卫生实践为基础的证据研究将产生新的实用信息。 关于职业培训参与度的相关因素。Grads2Careers模式的目标是在 弱势青年的经济稳定，这是#年强调的健康的社会决定因素之一 健康人2020年。Grads2Careers的参与者是刚毕业的高中毕业生，没有参加计划 大学是一个长期与高等教育和劳动力脱节的高危人群。这个 该计划将参与者与提供全方位支持的职业培训计划联系起来，以帮助他们 以最低工资实现可持续就业(例如，心理健康服务)。 我们将在我们为巴尔的摩承诺进行的过程评估的基础上，通过调查 在招募时，青年的健康和在两年期间增加的五个点。我们的样本将是年轻的 与项目招聘人员会面，无论他们是否注册或完成培训。具体目标有：1) 检查青年心理健康与方案参与的关系；2)评估健康和 项目对青年就业和健康结果的暴露，为期两年的随访；3)执行成本 分析，为未来计划的使用和传播提供信息；以及4)传播研究成果和产品 广泛开展翻译活动，以支持在其他地区大规模采用计划。城市。我们的 使命和核心研究项目支持疾控中心五年健康影响(HI-5)倡议和 健康人2020，包括预防、健康的社会决定因素和青年健康促进。

Project Summary/Abstract The Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health (CAH) has a 25-year history of working collaboratively within Baltimore to improve the health and wellbeing of young people ages 10-24. CAH has a strong record of accomplishments in training, applied research, and academic-community partnerships. CAH faculty work with a diverse set of partners, municipal agencies, and organizations in Baltimore, including the school district and health department. CAH is guided by Community and Youth Advisory Boards, in partnership with citywide practice networks that serve youth. Our long-term goal is to improve youth population health, eliminate youth health disparities, and achieve health equity for young people. We will achieve this goal through our youth-focused research and translation agenda and our investment in Center infrastructure, translation partnerships, dissemination and translation of Center knowledge and products, commitment to training, multi- channel communication about Center activities and products, and participation in the PRC network. Our Core Research Project will examine the role of several health factors in shaping young people’s participation in a citywide employment initiative (Grads2Careers) and their longer-term employment and health. The project involves partnerships with the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development and Baltimore City Public Schools, as well as with ‘Baltimore’s Promise’, a citywide collaborative dedicated to improving outcomes for youth. This public health practice-based evidence research will yield new and practicable information about factors related to engagement in job training. The Grads2Careers model targets improvement in economic stability among vulnerable youth, which is one of the social determinants of health highlighted in Healthy People 2020. Grads2Careers participants are recent high school graduates without plans to attend college, a population at high risk for long-term disconnection from higher education and the workforce. The program links participants with occupational training programs that provide wraparound supports to help them achieve sustainable employment at a living wage (e.g., mental health services). We will build on a process evaluation we are conducting for Baltimore’s Promise by surveying the health of youth at recruitment and five additional points over a two-year period. Our sample will be youth who meet with a program recruiter, regardless of whether they enroll in or complete training. Specific aims are: 1) examine how youth mental health is related to program participation; 2) assess associations of health and program exposure to youth employment and health outcomes over the two-year follow up; 3) conduct a cost analysis to inform future program use and dissemination; and 4) disseminate research findings and products widely and initiate translation activities to support large-scale program adoption across other. cities. Our mission and Core Research Project support priorities of CDC’s Health Impact in 5 Years (HI-5) Initiative and Healthy People 2020, including prevention, social determinants of health, and youth health promotion.