Caribbean Exploratory Research Center Phase II: Building On Our Progress

描述（由申请人提供）：提交此续期申请是为了支持美属维尔京群岛持续的少数民族健康和健康差异研究、研究培训和教育以及社区外展活动。加勒比探索研究中心第二阶段将继续在过去四年中建立的学术和社区合作，并使美属维尔京群岛的核心研究人员能够继续发展，使他们在开展旨在发现、了解并最终减少领土健康差距的研究方面的技能不断提高。此外，该中心将继续开展研究、教育和培训项目，支持弗吉尼亚大学教师、学生和社区参与者参与旨在解决维尔京群岛特定健康差异的研究项目。该中心的长期成果将是在领土上有称职的研究人员，他们了解人口的性质，能够发起、调整或翻译研究和教育活动，使其符合人口的需要、文化和多样性。最后，该中心将继续扩大其社区参与和外展活动，通过提高社区对少数民族健康和健康差距的认识，并促进社区参与解决差距。加勒比探索研究中心第二阶段的目标是：1)记录美属维尔京群岛的健康差异；2)描述美属维尔京群岛健康差异的决定因素；3)最终减少美属维尔京群岛的健康差异。至关重要的是，该中心必须继续发展学术和社区合作，扩大基础设施，以支持旨在了解并最终消除美属维尔京群岛领土上健康状况差异的研究项目。在续期申请中提交了两个研究子项目：1)对遭受亲密伴侣暴力的非洲加勒比妇女的综合降低风险干预；2)了解向性暴力的过渡维尔京群岛的胰岛素抵抗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal application is submitted to support continued minority health and health disparities research, research training and education, and community outreach activities in the US Virgin Islands. The Caribbean Exploratory Research Center Phase II will continue academic and community collaborations established over the past four years, and permit the continued development of a core of researchers in the US Virgin Islands with increasing skills in conducting research designed to detect, understand and ultimately reduce health disparities in the territory. In addition, the Center will continue researh education and training projects supporting the development of UVI faculty, students and community participants in research projects designed to adiJress specific health disparities in the Virgin Islands. The long term outcome of the Center will be the presence of competent researchers in the territory who understand the nature of the population and can initiate, adapt or translate research and education activities to be congruent with the needs, culture and diversity of the population. Finally, the Center will continue to expand its community engagement and outreach activities through programs that increase community awareness of minority health and health disparities and promote community involvement in addressing disparities. The goals of the Caribbean Exploratory Research Center Phase II are to 1) document health disparities in the US Virgin Islands 2) describe determinants of health disparities in the US Virgin Islands and 3) ultimately reduce health disparities in the US Virgin Islands. It is critical that the Center contiue to develop academic and community collaborations and expand the infrastructure to support research projects aimed at understanding and eventually eliminating disparities in health status in the territory of the U. S. Virgin Islands Two research subprojects are submitted with this renewal application 1) An Integrated Risk Reduction Intervention for African Caribbean Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and 2) Understanding the Transition to Insulin Resistance in the Virgin Islands.