Center for Prevention and Early Intervention

这个拟议的高级干预和服务研究中心(PA编号：PAR-01-089)题为“预防和早期干预中心”，代表着JHU Bloomberg公共卫生学院与我们在预防和早期干预方面的社区合作伙伴(巴尔的摩市公立学校系统和巴尔的摩精神卫生系统)以及宾夕法尼亚州立大学、阿拉巴马大学、密苏里大学、俄勒冈大学、哥伦比亚大学和斯坦福大学的预防和早期干预研究人员共同努力的成果。该中心的使命是(1)通过在流行病学、干预、服务、传播和培训方面的桥梁，改进针对儿童和青少年的校本预防和早期治疗干预措施；(2)通过制定能够评估有希望的循证干预措施的有效性和可持续性的研究结构和研究战略，改进对儿童和青少年的预防和早期治疗干预措施；(2)找出阻碍或促进改进预防和治疗做法及结果的因素；(3)传播为改进预防和治疗研究及培训做法而获得的知识；以及(4)在我们的合作社区合作伙伴内发展开展和传播最先进的预防和早期干预研究和评估的能力。该中心由3个核心组成。业务核心在以下领域为中心的合作者提供支持：管理、生物统计、经济分析、临床试验、评估/评价以及传播和培训。研究方法核心侧重于生物统计学、经济学和计算机化评估方面的进展，以支持中心的干预举措。主要研究核心为试验性和可行性研究提供结构和支助，旨在为以小学为基础的、有希望的和基于证据的预防以及早期干预和评估的有效性试验奠定基础。对该中心的支持将使以下方面成为可能：(1)加强和扩大旨在评估针对儿童和青少年的循证、早期预防和治疗干预措施的有效性的研究倡议；(2)传播关于预防和治疗儿童和青少年精神障碍的研究。

This proposed Advanced Center For Interventions And Services Research (PA NUMBER: PAR-01-089),entitled "The Center for Prevention and Early Intervention", represents a collaborative effort between the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health and our community partners in prevention and early intervention (the Baltimore City Public Schools System and the Baltimore Mental Health Systems), and prevention and early intervention researchers at Pennsylvania State University, the University of Alabama, the University of Missouri, the University of Oregon, Columbia University, and Stanford University. The mission of the Center is (1) to improve school-based preventive and early treatment interventions for children and adolescents by bridging epidemiologic, intervention, services, and dissemination and training research through the development of a research structure and research strategies capable of evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of promising and evidence based interventions; (2) to identify factors that inhibit or facilitate improved prevention and treatment practices and outcomes; (3) to disseminate the knowledge gained in order to improve prevention and treatment research and dissemination and training practices; and (4) to develop within our collaborating community partners the capacity to carry out and disseminate state of the art prevention and early intervention research and evaluations. The Center consists of 3 Cores. The Operations Core provides support to Center collaborators in the following areas: administration, biostatistics, economic analysis, clinical trials, assessment/evaluation, and dissemination and training. The Research Methods Core is focused on advances in biostatistics, economics, and computerized assessment in support of the Center's intervention initiatives. The Principal Research Core provides the structure and support for pilot and feasibility studies aimed at setting the stage for elementary school-based, effectiveness trials of promising and evidence-based prevention and early interventions and assessments. Support over the life of the Center will make it possible: (1) to strengthen and extend research initiatives aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of evidence-based, early preventive and treatment interventions for children and adolescents and (2) to disseminate research on the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents.