Center for Prevention and Early Intervention

这个提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”，代表了JHU彭博公共卫生学院和我们的社区合作伙伴在预防和早期干预方面的合作努力（巴尔的摩市公立学校系统和巴尔的摩心理健康系统），以及宾夕法尼亚州立大学、亚拉巴马大学、密苏里州大学、俄勒冈州大学、哥伦比亚大学和斯坦福大学的预防和早期干预研究人员。该中心的使命是：（1）通过发展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，将流行病学、干预措施、服务、传播和培训研究联系起来，改善以学校为基础的儿童和青少年预防和早期治疗干预措施;（2）查明阻碍或促进改进预防和治疗做法和结果的因素;（3）传播所获得的知识，以改进预防和治疗研究、传播和培训做法;以及（4）在我们的合作社区伙伴中发展开展和传播最新预防和早期干预研究和评估的能力。该中心由三个核心组成。运营核心在以下领域为中心合作者提供支持：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。研究方法核心集中在生物统计学，经济学和计算机化评估方面的进展，以支持该中心的干预措施。主要研究核心为试点和可行性研究提供结构和支持，旨在为有希望的循证预防和早期干预及评估的小学有效性试验奠定基础。在该中心存在期间提供的支持将使其能够：（1）加强和扩大旨在评估儿童和青少年循证早期预防和治疗干预措施的有效性的研究举措;（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.