Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health

东南减少口腔健康差异研究中心

• 批准号: 7888278
• 负责人: HENRIETTA L LOGAN
• 金额: $ 95.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-19 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7888278
• 关键词: Southeast; Center; Research; Reduce; Disparities

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A multi-disciplinary Center built on strong community partnerships is proposed at the University of Florida to foster research, dissemination of findings, and training on disparities in oral health. The initial theme of this Center is to reduce disparities in cancer survival by promoting early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) through two community-based theoretically-derived intervention projects. Community-based interventions built on strong theory are rare in oral health disparity research. A major strength of this application is the inclusion of an evidence base to support our research methodology. The first project will refine and upgrade health care providers' ability to detect early stages of OPC using evidence-based health education theory and the second will apply theoretically derived health promotion models to increase the likelihood that African American men obtain regular OPC screening exams. An R21-level project to validate a cellular biomarker related to susceptibility to squamous cell carcinoma is also proposed. The second theme of this Center is to apply community-based research principles gleaned from aforementioned work to follow-up projects that will address communities' oral health needs. One such R21-level developmental project will determine feasibility of conducting large scale preventive and treatment intervention in a well defined population of low-income minority children with aggressive periodontitis. It is expected that both R21-level projects will lead to full community-based interventions. This Center will facilitate oral health disparity research by 1) providing new resources through which multi-disciplinary teams jointly conduct targeted community-based intervention research; 2) strengthening the partnerships among researchers, clinicians, and the community; and 3) developing a pipeline of oral health disparity researchers and leaders. Our longstanding partnerships enable us to disseminate the results of our research such that we influence the dental/medical community, community members/patients, and policymakers alike. As proposed, the Center will produce a synergistic force resulting in a measurable reduction of disparities in oral health among the underserved. Community partners include the Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs (ACORN, a clinic to serve low-income rural and minority patients), Florida state dental organizations, Department of Health, faith-based community organizations (ACTION network and 4A's), and Florida A&M University, a historically Black College/University. The research conducted by the Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health (CRRDOH) will generate an evidence base that will affect public policy and will result in long term benefits for disadvantaged citizens.

描述(由申请人提供)：佛罗里达大学建议建立一个建立在强大社区伙伴关系基础上的多学科中心，以促进关于口腔健康差异的研究、研究结果的传播和培训。该中心最初的主题是通过两个以社区为基础的理论派生干预项目，促进口腔和咽癌(OPC)的早期发现，从而减少癌症存活率的差异。建立在强大理论基础上的社区干预在口腔健康差距研究中很少见。这一应用程序的一个主要优势是包含了支持我们研究方法的证据基础。第一个项目将改进和提升卫生保健提供者使用循证健康教育理论发现OPC早期阶段的能力，第二个项目将应用理论推导的健康促进模型，以增加非裔美国人获得定期OPC筛查的可能性。还提出了一个R21水平的项目，以验证与鳞状细胞癌易感性相关的细胞生物标记物。该中心的第二个主题是将从上述工作中收集到的以社区为基础的研究原则应用于后续项目，以解决社区的口腔健康需求。一个这样的R21级发展项目将确定在明确界定的患有侵袭性牙周炎的低收入少数族裔儿童群体中进行大规模预防和治疗干预的可行性。预计这两个R21级项目都将产生全面的社区干预措施。该中心将通过以下方式促进口腔健康差距研究：1)提供新的资源，由多学科团队联合开展有针对性的社区干预研究；2)加强研究人员、临床医生和社区之间的伙伴关系；3)发展口腔健康差距研究人员和领导者的渠道。我们的长期合作伙伴关系使我们能够传播我们的研究结果，从而影响牙科/医疗社区、社区成员/患者和政策制定者。正如所提议的那样，该中心将产生一种协同作用，从而显著减少服务不足者在口腔健康方面的差距。社区合作伙伴包括阿拉丘亚县农村需求组织(ACORN，一家为低收入农村和少数族裔患者提供服务的诊所)、佛罗里达州牙科组织、卫生部、基于信仰的社区组织(行动网络和4A‘s)以及佛罗里达农工大学，这是一所历史上的黑人学院/大学。东南减少口腔健康差距研究中心(CRRDOH)进行的这项研究将产生一个证据基础，这将影响公共政策，并将为弱势公民带来长期利益。