ROCHESTER PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER

罗彻斯特预防研究中心（PRC）的使命是通过基于社区的参与性研究（第一类）促进聋人和听力障碍人群的健康和预防疾病。罗彻斯特中华人民共和国因此被命名为国家聋人健康研究中心（NCDHR），以表彰其作为专注于聋人健康的临床和转化研究中心的独特作用。NCDHR的目标是：1)消除聋人和听力障碍人群的健康差距；2)通过持久的合作关系，将国家人权委员会、其合作伙伴以及聋人和听障人士社区团结起来；3)建立关于聋人和听力障碍人群健康风险、健康决定因素和有效健康促进干预措施的丰富、可推广的证据基础；4)建立一个领先的聋人和听障人士健康研究组织。这些目标将通过执行六个具体目标来实现。一是组织开展聋人、听障群体社区参与性研究。第二，国家人权委员会将让聋人和听障人士以及为他们提供服务的组织参与其所有活动。第三，它将与听力和聋人合作伙伴建立并保持有效的沟通渠道，包括国家临床和转化科学奖励计划。第四，国家人权委员会将为卫生专业人员和学生、社区合作伙伴以及国家和国际团体提供培训、技术援助和指导。第五，将通过建立逻辑模型和收集产出和成果数据，对国家人权委员会的使命和目标进展情况进行评估。第五，将开展一项核心研究项目，该项目涉及通过改变饮食和体育活动来减少体重和增加体重的干预。下一供资期结束时，国家人权委员会打算改进其数据收集方法和技术；获得了评估聋人健康行为的新工具；调整、实施和评估以证据为基础的综合干预措施，以预防体重增加和肥胖；向罗切斯特以外的聋人社区传播方法、结果和项目；并让聋人社区的合作伙伴参与研究的每个阶段。

DESCRIPTION FOR CENTER APPLICATION (provided by investigator): The mission of the Rochester Prevention Research Center (PRC) is to promote health and prevent disease in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing populations through community-based participatory research (Category 1). The Rochester PRC is therefore named the National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) to acknowledge its unique role as a clinical and translational research Center focused on the health of Deaf persons. The goals of the NCDHR are to: 1) eliminate health disparities in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing populations; 2) unite the NCDHR, its partners, and Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Communities through enduring collaborative relationships; 3) establish a rich, generalizable evidence base regarding health risks, determinants of health, and effective health promotion interventions in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing populations; and 4) establish the NCDHR as a leading Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing health research organization. These goals will be achieved by carrying out six specific aims. First, the NCDHR will be organized to carry out community-based participatory research with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Communities. Second, the NCDHR will engage Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals and the organizations that serve them in all of its activities. Third, it will develop and maintain effective communication channels with hearing and Deaf partners, including the National Clinical and Translational Science Award Program. Fourth, the NCDHR will provide training, technical assistance and mentoring for health professional practitioners and students, community partners, and national and international groups. Fifth, the NCDHR will be evaluated as to its advancement of its mission and goals through development of a logic model and collection of output and outcome data. Fifth, a core research project entailing an intervention to reduce weight and weight gain through modification of diet and physical activity will be carried out as a core research project. At the end of this next period of funding, the NCDHR intends to have refined its data collection methods and technologies; acquired new tools to assess health behaviors in Deaf persons; adapt, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive, evidence-based intervention to prevent weight gain and obesity; disseminated methods, results, and programs to Deaf Communities outside of Rochester; and engaged its Deaf community partners in each phase of the research.