WEST VIRGINIA PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER

描述(由申请者提供)：健康差距困扰着WV-我们州患有慢性病的美国公民比例最高，包括不成比例的高烟草使用负担、营养不良、久坐不动的生活方式和肥胖。WV的经济成本令人震惊。2004年，吸烟的医疗费用超过10亿美元。2003年，WV在与肥胖相关的医疗费用上的人均花费为325美元，在全国排名第四。西弗吉尼亚州预防研究中心(WV PRC)近十年来一直是该州预防研究的领先者。我们建议通过社区驱动的研究、评估和培训议程继续我们对WV的承诺，重点是烟草、体育活动、营养和肥胖预防。我们的使命是“通过社区驱动的研究改变世界卫生组织的公共卫生政策和实践”。我们提出了以下目标：目标1：扩大社区对公共卫生政策的参与和支持；目标2：培养、开展和转化创新的社区驱动的预防研究和评估；目标3：提供培训以丰富公共卫生队伍；目标4：在应用的循证公共卫生政策和实践方面提供领导和指导；目标5：维护和扩大中华人民共和国的基础设施和资源。我们的中心处于有利地位，能够实现这些目标。我们在CBPR方面有14年的历史，在我们的合作伙伴中，我们是一个知名的、值得信赖的实体。WV PRC的成就，例如全国青少年戒烟计划和对我们的WV合作伙伴的多次评估，已经为我们的州带来了直接的好处，并扩大了机构承诺。这份申请描述了我们如何通过与我们的社区合作伙伴委员会、大学、社区和州合作伙伴进行强有力的研究合作，改变了WVS公共卫生文化。该应用程序是与我们的合作伙伴一起编写的，并且是为我们的合作伙伴编写的。它表达了我们对他们的承诺。我们将继续致力于打造“促进西弗吉尼亚州最佳健康和福祉的协作文化”。相关性(参见说明)：西弗吉尼亚州是全国健康状况最差的州之一，烟草率高、营养不良、久坐不动的生活方式和肥胖。西弗吉尼亚州中国建议通过社区驱动的研究、评估和培训议程来改善健康并减少西弗吉尼亚州的差距。此外，我们预期的影响包括西弗吉尼亚州的文化规范，即健康的生活方式行为被接受和实践。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Health disparities plague WV-our state has the highest US percentage of citizens with a chronic disease, including a disproportionably high burden of tobacco use, poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity. The economic costs to WV are staggering. Healthcare costs for smoking in 2004 were over $1 billion. WV spent $325 per person in 2003 on medical-costs related to obesity, the 4th highest in the nation. The West Virginia Prevention Research Center (WV PRC) has been the state's leader in prevention research for almost a decade. We propose to continue our commitment to WV through a community-driven research, evaluation, and training agenda that focuses on tobacco, physical activity, nutrition, and obesity prevention. Our mission is to "transform WV public health policy and practice through community-driven research." We propose the following Aims: Aim 1: Expand community engagement in and support for CPBR; Aim 2: Foster, conduct, and translate innovative community-driven prevention research and evaluation; Aim 3: Provide training to enrich the public health workforce; Aim 4: Provide leadership and guidance in applied evidence-based public health policy and practice; Aim 5: Maintain and expand WV PRC infrastructure and resources. Our Center is well positioned to accomplish these aims. We have a 14-year history in CBPR and we are a known and trusted entity among our partners. WV PRC achievements, such as the national Not On Tobacco teen smoking cessation program and multiple evaluations for our WV partners, have resulted direct benefits to our state and expanded institutional commitment. This application describes how we have changed WVs public health culture through strong research collaborations with our Community Partnership Board, university, community, and state partners. The application was written with and for our partners. It expresses our commitments to them. Together, we continue to vision "a culture of collaboration that promotes optimal health and well being in WV. RELEVANCE (See instructions): West Virginia has one of the worst health profiles in the nation with high rates of tobacco use, poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity. The WV PRC proposes to improve health and reduce disparities in WV with a community-driven research, evaluation, and training agenda. Furthermore, our intended impact includes a cultural norm in WV whereby healthy lifestyle behaviors are both accepted and practiced.