Addressing disparities in chronic disease with a teen and young adult focus

少数民族青年和成人健康和风险中心(CHAME)致力于种族/少数民族社区的慢性病预防，重点放在儿童后期、青少年和青年时期。慢性病(如糖尿病、心血管疾病、哮喘、肥胖症)是少数群体发病率和死亡率的主要来源。虽然研究相对较少，但青年和青年时期在改善少数群体健康方面有很大潜力，因为(1)许多慢性病在少数群体中较年轻时出现，需要更早地侧重于预防，(2)行为风险(例如吸烟、不健康的饮食、久坐的生活方式)在这一时期可能是可塑性的，变化可能会持续到成年，(3)年轻人尤其面临获得医疗保健机会有限的风险。Charm汇集了来自加州大学旧金山分校(UCSF)、旧金山综合医院(一家安全网机构)、旧金山州立大学(SFSU-一家为少数族裔服务的机构)的研究人员，AS 以及其他以青年为重点的合作者和社区伙伴。我们的目标是：(1)创建一个研究少数族裔健康和慢性病风险的跨学科中心，汇集学术和社区机构，致力于改善SF Bay地区不同人群的少数族裔健康，特别关注青年和青壮年研究；2)产生关于少数族裔青年和年轻人健康和慢性病风险的生物、行为和社会决定因素之间相互作用的新知识，并设计新颖、创新和有针对性的干预措施，以降低SF Bay地区少数族裔社区的慢性病风险；(3)与SF Bay地区的社区组织合作，在少数族裔青年和青年中提高与健康促进和慢性病预防有关的健康素养，并对SF青年和青年人的慢性病风险和烟草使用知识产生可衡量的影响；(4)通过利用和加强加州大学旧金山分校的资源，建设慢性疾病方面的健康差距研究能力，尤其是在少数族裔研究人员中，并大幅增加在加州大学旧金山分校和旧金山大学进行研究的少数族裔研究人员的人数。

The Center for Health And Risk in Minority youth and adults (CHARM) is dedicated to chronic disease prevention in racial/ethnic minority communities, with a focus on the late childhood, adolescent, and young adult period. Chronic Illnesses (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, obesity) are major sources of morbidity and mortality in minority populations. Although relatively understudied, the youth and young adult period offers great potential for improving minority health because (1) many chronic conditions develop at younger ages among minority populations necessitating an earlier focus on prevention, (2) behavioral risk (e.g. smoking, unhealthy diet, sedentary lifestyle) may be malleable during this period and change likely to persist into adulthood, (3) young adults are at particular risk for limited access to healthcare. CHARM brings together investigators from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), SF General Hospital (a safety net institution), SF State University (SFSU -a minority-serving institution), as well as other collaborators and community partners that focus on youth. Our aims are: (1) To create a transdisciplinary center for the study of minority health and chronic disease risk that brings together academic and community institutions and is dedicated to improving minority health in the diverse populations of the SF Bay Area, with a specific focus on studies in youth and young adulthood; 2) To generate new knowledge on the interplay between biological, behavioral, and social determinants of health and chronic disease risk in minority youth and young adults and to design novel, innovative, and targeted interventions to reduce chronic disease risk in minority communities in the SF Bay Area; (3) To partner with community organizations in the SF Bay Area to improve health literacy related to health promotion and chronic disease prevention in minority youth and young adults and to have a measurable impact on knowledge of chronic disease risk and tobacco use among youth and young adults in SF; (4) To build capacity for health disparities research in chronic disease, particularly among minority investigators, by utilizing and enhancing UCSF's resources and to measurably increase the number of minority investigators conducting research at UCSF and SFSU.