Society for Prevention Research Annual Meetings, 2011-2015

描述(申请人提供)：跨学科的预防科学领域具有巨大的潜力，可以通过降低与癌症、药物成瘾和酗酒、艾滋病毒/艾滋病、精神疾病、心血管疾病和肥胖症等疾病相关的发病率和死亡率来改善国家的健康状况。预防科学的目标是制定战略，以(A)减少不健康的行为，如使用烟草和其他药物、酗酒、危险的性行为和暴饮暴食，以及(B)促进心理、情感和身体健康。预防研究学会(SPR)是一个由科学家、从业者和政策制定者组成的老牌、受人尊敬的专业组织，致力于在整个公共卫生领域推进疾病预防和健康促进的科学。最高人民权利委员会推动预防领域工作的基石是其年度会议。SPR年会现在每年吸引约800人参加，填补了将预防科学作为一个跨学科领域促进的重要需求。这些年度会议大力促进概念、方法甚至干预措施的交叉，不仅跨学科，而且跨内容领域。其目标是加强对与健康有关问题的基本机制的了解，并努力制定促进健康和预防健康问题的有效战略。通过这种方式，SPR年会提供了一种揭示个人和群体层面行为和行为变化的基本原理的手段，从而培养了行为科学的一个严格的新分支。本申请申请R13资金，用于支持SPR年会以及与年会密切相关的活动，为期五年(2011-2016)。目前申请的具体目标建立在战略文件审查委员会和工作组以前的工作和战略文件审查五年战略规划进程的基础上。这些具体目标是：(1)利用年会进一步发展一个中央综合科学论坛，交流预防研究和相关公共卫生领域的新概念、新方法和新成果；(2)通过发起预防科学进展特别工作组，激发、促进和支持预防科学的创新；(3)扩大年会以及预防研究委员会和预防科学进展特别工作组工作产生的科学发展的影响范围、效益和影响；(4)利用年会为培训、职业发展和领导力发展提供机会。 公共卫生相关性：预防研究学会年会大力促进概念、方法和行为干预的交叉，不仅跨学科，而且跨内容领域。其目标是加强对与健康有关问题的基本机制的了解，并努力制定促进健康和预防健康问题的有效战略。这导致不断改进促进公共健康和降低发病率和死亡率的战略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The transdisciplinary field of prevention science has tremendous potential to improve the nation's health by reducing the incidence of morbidity and mortality associated with disorders such as cancer, drug addiction and alcoholism, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. The goal of prevention science is to develop strategies for (a) reducing unhealthful behaviors, such as use of tobacco and other drugs, alcohol abuse, risky sex, and overeating, and (b) promoting mental, emotional and physical health. The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) is an established, respected professional organization of scientists, practitioners, and policy makers devoted to advancement of the science of disease prevention and health promotion across the entire spectrum of public health areas. The cornerstone of the SPR's efforts to advance the prevention field is its Annual Meeting. The SPR Annual Meeting, which now draws about 800 attendees per year, fills an important need for promotion of prevention science as a transdisciplinary field. These Annual Meetings vigorously promote cross-fertilization of concepts, methods, and even interventions not only across disciplines, but across content areas as well. The goal is to enhance understanding of the underlying mechanisms of health-related issues and to work towards the development of effective strategies for the promotion of health and the prevention of health problems. In this way the SPR Annual Meetings provide a means of uncovering fundamental principles of individual and population-level behavior and behavior change, and thereby are fostering a rigorous new branch of behavioral science. This application requests R13 funding to support the SPR Annual Meeting, and activities closely related to the Annual Meeting, for five years (2011-2016). The Specific Aims of the current application build on prior work of SPR committees and workgroups and on the SPR's five-year strategic planning process. These Specific Aims are: (1) to use the Annual Meeting to develop further a centrally integrated scientific forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; (2) to spark, promote, and support innovation in prevention science by launching Mapping Advances in Prevention Science (MAPS) Task Forces; (3) to enhance the reach, benefits, and impact of the scientific developments emanating from the Annual Meetings and from the work of the SPR committees and MAPS Task Forces; (4) to use the Annual Meeting to provide opportunities for training, career building, and leadership development. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Society for Prevention Research Annual Meetings vigorously promote cross-fertilization of concepts, methods, and behavioral interventions not only across disciplines, but across content areas as well. The goal is to enhance understanding of the underlying mechanisms of health- related issues and to work towards the development of effective strategies for the promotion of health and the prevention of health problems. This leads to continual improvement of strategies for promoting public health and reducing morbidity and mortality.