LATINO MEDTEP RESEARCH

伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校提议建立一个中西部 拉美裔MEDTEP健康研究中心评估有效性和 初级保健一级的保健和医疗服务的适当性 伊利诺伊州和其他中西部州的拉丁裔社区。这个 中西部的拉美裔人口正在经历快速增长。拉丁裔 该地区健康状况不佳，健康数据可用 对于有意义的健康规划、方案开发和 实施，或用于制定公共卫生政策。该中心将 涉及来自UIC各个学术单位的研究人员以及 外部合作伙伴，包括以社区为基础的保健提供者， 政府机构和其他教育机构。 拟建的UIC中心将有四个主要组成部分：a)规划， 研究和评价；b)技术援助和培训：c) 资源和信息系统；以及D)人力资源开发。这个 规划研究和评价部门将开展一系列 结果研究活动(糖尿病、哮喘、妊娠结局等)， 有些是在内部进行的，有些是通过外部合同进行的。这 该部门将开发研究工具和评估工具。这个 培训和技术援助部分将提供技能建设 面向社区和专业团体以及研究生的活动 旨在实现知识和技术转让以及文化能力 拉丁美洲人的健康结果研究。资源与信息 系统将开发必要的机制(时事通讯、计算机 网络等)用于资源共享和与 患者/客户、提供者、决策者和研究人员。《人类》 资源开发部门将提供研究助理和 对健康感兴趣的拉丁裔研究生的实习经历 UIC的成果研究活动。将确定导师并 根据学生进入时感兴趣的领域与他们匹配 在UIC的研究生工作。 中西部MEDTEP拉丁裔研究中心将有一个监督区域 拉丁裔和非拉丁裔健康和研究专家咨询委员会， 来自中西部的医疗保健提供者、消费者和社区领袖 谁将指导该中心的三年发展阶段和 计划其未来的活动。

The University of Illinois at Chicago proposes to establish a Midwest Latino MEDTEP Health Research Center to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of health and medial services at the primary care level to Latino communities in Illinois and other midwestern states. The Latino population of the Midwest is experiencing rapid growth. Latinos in the region experience poor health status, and health data available are too limited for meaningful health planning, program development and implementation, or for public health policy formulation. The Center will involve researchers from a variety of UIC academic units as well as external partners including community-based health care providers, government agencies, and other educational institutions. The proposed UIC Center will have four main components: A) Planning, Research and Evaluation; B) Technical Assistance and Training: C) Resource and Information System; and D) Human Resource Development. The Planning Research and Evaluation component will carry out a series of outcome research activities (diabetes, asthma, pregnancy outcomes, etc.), some conducted in-house, and others, through outside contracts. This component will develop research instruments and assessment tools. The Training and Technical Assistance component will provide skill-building activities to community and professional groups, and graduate students aimed at knowledge and technology transfer and cultural competency for health outcomes research among Latinos. The Resource and Information System will develop the necessary mechanisms (newsletter, computer network, etc.) for resource-sharing and communications with patients/clients, providers, policy-makers and researchers. The Human Resource Development component will provide research assistant and internship experiences to latino graduate students interested in health outcome research activities at UIC. Mentors will be identified and matched to students according to areas of interest when they enter graduate work at UIC. The Midwest MEDTEP Latino Research Center will have an oversight Regional Advisory Committee of Latino, and non-latino health and research experts, health care providers, consumers an community leaders from the Midwest region who will guide the Center in its three year development phase and plan its future activities.