Research Core

概述 中风和癌症的种族和民族健康差异给美国医疗保健系统带来了巨大的负担。减少健康差距已成为一项重大的公共卫生挑战，也是“健康人民2018”倡议的主要目标。此外，美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）已将旨在消除或减轻医疗服务不足社区中风和癌症负担的研究指定为高度优先研究。CEHD研究核心的总体目标是提供必要的基础设施，资源和多学科调查专业知识，以成功实施旨在减少哥伦比亚特区内慢性病差异的研究项目。该研究中心通过乔治敦大学与霍华德大学和Medstar健康研究所合作进行协调。CEHD的研究核心致力于三个主题：1）文化能力在差异研究中的重要性，2）针对慢性病健康差异的研究，3）利用华盛顿地区建立的伙伴关系。

OVERVIEW Racial and ethnic health disparities in stroke and cancer impose an enormous burden on the U.S. health care system. Reduction of health disparities has become a significant public health challenge and is a major goal of the Healthy People 2018 initiative. In addition, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has designated as a high priority research aimed at eliminating or reducing the burden of stroke and cancer in medically underserved communities. The overall goal of the CEHD research core is to provide the infrastructure, resources and multidisciplinary investigative expertise necessary to successfully implement research projects designed to reduce disparities in chronic diseases within the District of Columbia. The research core is coordinated through Georgetown University in partnership with Howard University and Medstar Health Research Institute. The CEHD research core committed to the three themes: 1) the importance of cultural competence in disparities research, 2) research targeting health disparities in chronic disease, 3) utilizing established partnerships in the Washington, DC region.