CENTER FOR CHILD/ADOLESCENT HEALTH BEHAVIOR RESEARCH

儿童和青少年健康行为研究探索性中心 密歇根大学的青少年被提议。该中心将 通过数据采集支持行政和规划核心， 分析和管理单元以及生物行为测量单元 作为多学科的先导研究。试点研究的共同重点 与中心的长期目标一致的是产生 对影响心理健康的前因和后因的认识 冒险和促进健康行为的发展和持续 以及这些行为在儿童中的发展历程和 来自不同种族和社会经济背景的青少年。这 知识将被用作设计和测试 减少危险行为和促进健康行为的干预措施 终生改善健康的目标。的发展。 通过迭代测试的理论将通知预防和健康 对弱势青年的促进性关怀。最初提出的研究 项目的重点是影响酒精使用、早期性活动、 以及运动和潜在的生物行为机制，这些 各种因素都发挥了作用。试点研究将提供必要的数据 为了证明为这些领域的持续研究努力提供外部资金是合理的 调查的领域。此外，还将资助其他试点研究。 与中心的目标一致。拟建的中心将建立 一项有针对性的调查倡议，可以作为 在提高速度和科学深度方面的科学卓越 以预防和健康为重点的行为和生物学研究 在儿童和青少年中推广。

An Exploratory Center for Health Behavior Research with Children and Adolescents at the University of Michigan is proposed. The Center will support an Administrative and Planning Core with a Data Acquisition, Analysis and Management Unit and a Biobehavioral Measurement Unit as well as multidisciplinary pilot studies. The common focus of the pilot studies consistent with the long-term objectives of the Center is to generate knowledge concerning antecedent and consequent factors influencing the development and continuation of risk-taking and health-promoting behaviors and the developmental course of these behaviors among children and adolescents from different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. This knowledge will be used as a basis for designing and testing the efficacy of interventions to reduce risky behaviors and promote healthy behaviors with the goal of improving health throughout the lifespan. The development of theories through iterative testing will inform the preventive and health promotive care for vulnerable youth. The initial proposed research projects focus on factors influencing alcohol use, early sexual activity, and exercise and the underlying biobehavioral mechanisms by which these factors exert their effects. The pilot studies will provide data necessary to justify extramural funding for continuing research efforts in these areas of investigation. In addition, other pilot studies will be funded consistent with the aims of the Center. The proposed Center will establish a targeted investigative initiative that can serve as a role model of scientific excellence in augmenting both the pace and the scientific depth of behavioral and biological research focused on prevention and health promotion among children and adolescents.