Community Engagement and Outreach

项目摘要/摘要 社区参与和外联(CEO)核心的总体目标是支持调查人员 13所临床转化研究基础设施网络(CTR-IN)伙伴大学分布在 西部山区(MW)将我们的临床和翻译研究活动集中在脆弱人群上 经历着健康差距。我们的大城市人口被大片地区隔开，小农村居住着 两个社区都有一个重要的共同特征：整个社区都存在着健康差距 兆瓦地区的城市和农村居民。解决这些地区的健康差距可以通过 具有挑战性，因为每个社区都有独特的特征，在参与时必须考虑这些特征 旨在实现健康公平的研究。 我们将通过以下三个具体目标实现我们的总体目标，这将促进一个社区 采用参与式办法解决医疗保健机构的健康差距这一严重问题 发展奖(创意)州。通过目标1，我们将开发和实施CEO核心，提供指导 为开展与健康相关的社区参与研究的CTR-IN研究人员提供培训机会 差距。在目标2中，我们将通过以下方式吸引卫生保健专业人员、社区成员和研究人员 区域和首席执行官核心社区咨询委员会(CAB)的发展和实施。这些 CAB将帮助确定我们地区人口中的健康差距，并为我们的CTR活动确定优先事项。 最后，AIM 3将在CTR-IN核心和网络中整合社区参与，实施 与社区合作以改善整个MW IDEA州的健康差距的总体哲学 区域。社区参与在健康差距研究中至关重要。一位经验丰富的CEO核心董事和 这13个机构的现场主任将作为一个重要的信息网络，为调查人员提供支持 在7个州的健康差异研究中，从概念到结果的传播。

Project Summary / Abstract The overall objective of the Community Engagement and Outreach (CEO) Core is to support investigators across the 13 Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network (CTR-IN) partner universities located throughout the Mountain West (MW) to focus our clinical and translational research activities on vulnerable populations experiencing health disparities. Our large urban populations separated by large areas inhabited by small rural communities both share one significant common characteristic: the existence of health disparities throughout both urban and rural residents of the MW region. Addressing health disparities in these regions can be challenging, as each community can have unique characteristics that must be considered when engaging in research designed to achieve health equity. We will accomplish our overall objective through the following 3 Specific Aims that will facilitate a community engagement approach to addressing the critical problem of health disparities across the MW Institutional Develop Award (IDeA) states. Through Aim 1, we will develop and implement the CEO Core, providing mentoring and training opportunities for CTR-IN researchers that conduct community-engaged research related to health disparities. In Aim 2, we will engage health care professionals, community members, and researchers through the development and implementation of regional and CEO Core Community Advisory Boards (CABs). These CABs will assist identifying and prioritizing health disparities within our regional populations for our CTR activities. Finally, Aim 3 will integrate community engagement throughout the CTR-IN Cores and network, implementing an overall philosophy of working with communities to improve health disparities throughout the MW IDeA state region. Community engagement is critical in health disparities research. An experienced CEO Core Director and Site Directors at each of the 13 institutions will serve as a vital informational network as they support investigators throughout the 7 states in their health disparities research studies, from concept through results dissemination.