Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center

描述(由申请人提供)：莫尔豪斯医学院预防研究中心(MSM PRC)寻求在2014-2019年期间继续提供资金。MSM PRC在非裔美国人和其他少数族裔社区开展跨学科的社区预防研究；培训少数族裔社区研究人员和公共卫生从业人员；并展示社区联盟在开展研究中的价值。MSM PRC由一个社区联盟委员会(CCB)管理，该委员会代表亚特兰大市T、V、X、Y和Z社区规划单位、三个学术机构和七个机构(包括州和地方卫生部门)之间的合作伙伴关系。商业罪案调查科是一个管治机构，大部分由社区居民组成，而主席则一直由社区代表担任。我们的研究涉及建造局设定的优先事项，以及导致其社区健康差距和健康问题的主要原因。拟议的核心干预研究项目旨在扩大MSM PRC的研究范围，并将重点放在14-18岁青少年中的艾滋病毒和其他性传播感染(STI)。将开展的研究旨在解决与预防非裔美国青年艾滋病毒和性传播感染有关的有效性和有效性文献中的差距。这项研究将解决性别差异，多成分干预与单一成分干预的有效性，以及将父母纳入干预的有效性。我们提出了一个健康促进研究干预措施，将在一个主要的社会营销活动中利用社交媒体接触到当地男孩和女孩俱乐部、基督教青年会和社区组织的年轻人。这项研究将比较四个目标的有效性。目标1将使用“成为一个负责任的青少年”干预措施；目标2将包括社会营销干预和父母部分；目标3将以艾滋病毒-Raap干预为基础，并将纳入媒体扫盲；目标4将组成一个对照小组。生态学、社会认知学和修养的理论和模型将指导这项研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (MSM PRC) seeks continued funding through the 2014-2019 period. MSM PRC conducts interdisciplinary community-based prevention research in African American and other minority communities; trains minority community-based researchers and public health practitioners; and demonstrates the value of community coalitions in conducting research. MSM PRC is governed by a Community Coalition Board (CCB) that represents a partnership between the City of Atlanta's Neighborhood Planning Units T, V, X, Y and Z, three academic institutions and seven agencies (inclusive of state and local health departments). The CCB serves as a governing body with the majority being comprised of community residents and its Chair is always a community representative. Our research addresses priorities set by the CCB and the leading causes of health disparities and health problems in their communities. The proposed core intervention research project seeks to expand MSM PRC's research scope and focus on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI's) among adolescents ages 14-18. The research to be undertaken is designed to address gaps in the efficacy and effectiveness literature related to HIV and STI prevention among African American youth. This research will address gender differences, the efficacy of a multi-component intervention vs. a single component intervention, and the efficacy of including parents in the intervention. We propose a health promotion research intervention that will reach youth at local Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA's and community organizations using social media in a major social marketing campaign. The research will compare the effectiveness of four aims. Aim #1 will use the "Be a Responsible Teen" intervention; Aim #2 will include a social marketing intervention and a parental component; Aim #3 will be based on the HIV-RAAP intervention and will incorporate media literacy; and Aim #4 will constitute a comparison group. Ecological, Social Cognitive, and Cultivation theories and models will guide this research.