TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO IMPROVE HEALTH IN HARLEM

描述(由申请者提供)：哈莱姆健康促进中心(HHPC)的使命是作为社区、学术和公共卫生利益相关者的合作，利用研究、教育、宣传和服务交付来改善哈莱姆社区的健康和福祉。作为一家服务于哈莱姆的创新和包容性非营利性公共卫生组织，HHPC的总体目标是利用社区伙伴关系、沟通和传播、培训、评估、信息技术和基础设施，在广泛的健康问题上改善哈莱姆居民的健康和福祉。这一目标是通过使用社会生态模式实现的，该模式结合了以社区为基础的研究、卫生教育和卫生服务提供，以应对社区不断变化的需求。为了进一步实现这一目标，活跃的社区和学术合作使HHPC能够将当地哈莱姆区的资源与更广泛的公共卫生社区联系起来，以促进哈莱姆区内的健康并加强与整个纽约公共卫生利益攸关方的伙伴关系。通过在随后的核心研究项目中以社区为基础的研究，HHPC将专注于通过创新的综合方法改善对高血压(HTN)的控制，从而减少心血管疾病(CVD)。此外，HHPC将通过其健康教育/宣传和医疗服务提供部门，解决影响青少年的健康优先事项和差异，特别是性传播感染、艾滋病毒和计划外怀孕的高比率。相关性(参见说明)：在全国范围内，非裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人受到HTN的影响不成比例。虽然28%的美国人患有高血压，但29%的西班牙裔和40%的非裔美国人受到影响。同样，在青少年中，有色人种青年在性传播感染和艾滋病毒方面承受着不成比例的负担。利用基于社区的参与性研究，HHPC努力解决纽约市哈莱姆区的这些健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Harlem Health Promotion Center's (HHPC) mission is to serve as a collaboration of community, academic and public health stakeholders that uses research, education, advocacy and service delivery to improve the health and well-being of the Harlem community. As an innovative and inclusive non-profit public health organization serving Harlem, the overarching goal of HHPC is to make use of community partnerships, communication and dissemination, training, evaluation, information technology, and infrastructure to improve the health and well-being of Harlem residents in regard to a broad spectrum of health issues. This goal is accomplished through the use of a socio-ecological model that incorporates community-based research, health education, and health service delivery in response to the evolving needs of the community. To further accomplish this goal, dynamic community and academic collaborations allow HHPC to connect local Harlem resources with the broader public health community in order to promote health and strengthen partnerships within Harlem and with public health stakeholders throughout New York. Through its community-based research in the ensuing Core Research Project, HHPC will focus on reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) through improved control of hypertension (HTN) via an innovative integrated approach. Furthermore, through its health education/outreach and health service delivery arms, HHPC will address health priorities and disparities affecting adolescents, in particular the high rate of sexually transmitted infections, HIV and unplanned pregnancy. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Nationally, African Americans and Hispanics suffer disproportionately from HTN. While 28% of all Americans have high blood pressure, 29% of Hispanics and 40% of African Americans are affected. Similarly, among adolescents, youth of color bear a disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infections and HIV. Using community based participatory research, HHPC strives to address these health disparities in Harlem, NYC.