Community Engagement and Outreach

项目总结/摘要 社区参与和外展（CEO）核心的总体目标是支持调查人员， 13个临床转化研究基础设施网络（CTR-IN）合作大学遍布全国 西部山区（MW）将我们的临床和转化研究活动集中在弱势群体上 经历健康差距。我们庞大的城市人口被居住在农村的大片地区所分隔， 两个社区都有一个重要的共同特点：整个社区都存在健康差异。 城市和农村居民的MW区域。解决这些地区的健康差距， 具有挑战性，因为每个社区都有独特的特点，在参与时必须考虑这些特点。 旨在实现健康公平的研究。 我们将通过以下3个具体目标来实现我们的总体目标，这将促进社区 参与的方法，以解决整个MW机构的健康差距的关键问题 开发奖（IDEA）。通过目标1，我们将开发和实施CEO核心， 为开展社区参与的健康相关研究的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让医疗保健专业人员、社区成员和研究人员参与进来： 开发和实施区域和CEO核心社区咨询委员会（CAB）。这些 CAB将协助确定和优先考虑我们区域人口中的健康差距，以开展我们的CTR活动。 最后，目标3将整合整个CTR-IN核心和网络的社区参与， 与社区合作以改善整个MW IDEA州的健康差异的总体理念 地区社区参与在健康差异研究中至关重要。一位经验丰富的首席执行官核心董事， 13个研究机构的研究中心主任将作为重要的信息网络，为研究人员提供支持 在7个州开展健康差距研究，从概念到结果传播。

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.