CENTER FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS RESEARCH

脆弱人口研究中心的目标是增进对弱势群体(例如有色人种；妇女和儿童；少女母亲；穷人；无家可归者和老年人；药物使用者；以及暴露在危险条件和污染环境中的个人)与健康相关问题的了解，从而降低相对风险，增加资源可获得性，并改善这些人口的健康状况。旨在消除健康状况差异、降低健康风险和促进在特定人群中使用预防性干预措施的国家卫生优先事项，如《2010年健康人》所概述的，将是国家卫生政策审查的主要重点。加州(CA)特别是洛杉矶县(LAC)非常需要发展CVPR。拉丁美洲和加勒比地区人口众多、多元文化多样性和贫困发生率高，使其成为调查与弱势人口健康状况有关的问题并解决其社会政策影响的绝佳地点。CVPR的目标包括：1)通过支持调查人员正在进行的研究和旨在改善不同弱势群体健康状况结果的新的试点可行性研究，增进对弱势群体健康相关问题的了解；2)通过生物实验室核心加强研究支持和利用分子/细胞/生理分析研究弱势群体的风险和健康状况；3)通过社会政策和传播核心，在弱势群体研究的所有阶段加强研究支持和发展支持性社区网络；以及4)通过研究支助核心和行政核心的活动，建立跨学科培养科学家的机制，以及科学家之间的协作，以及科学家与弱势群体进行生物行为研究的协作，包括定性和定量方法。通过让研究参与者参与研究的开发和实施，并在研究的开发和实施中直接传播弱势研究参与者的结果，并将弱势群体研究的结果直接传播给社区、临床医生和政策制定者，该中心的教职员工将能够解决重要的护理和其他实践问题，并将研究成果交付给社区。CVPR的设计在研究弱势群体的生物和行为研究人员之间创造了一个独特的科学接口，并促进了将研究转化为具有社会政策含义的社区项目。CVPR将包括来自护理和其他学科的12名关键教员和12名附属成员。由社区著名科学家和领导人组成的科学社区咨询委员会将进一步加强该中心的能力。加州大学洛杉矶分校护理学院长期致力于通过其研究、临床设施和教育计划改善弱势人群的健康状况。

The goal of the Center for Vulnerable Populations Research (CVPR) is to advance knowledge about health related problems of vulnerable populations (e.g., ethnic people of color; women and children; adolescent mothers; the poor; homeless and elderly; substance users; and individuals exposed to hazardous conditions and polluted environments) and, thereby, decrease relative risks, increase resource availability, & improve the health status of these populations. National health priorities aimed at eliminating disparities in health status, reducing health risks, and promoting use of preventive interventions among specified population groups, as outlined in Health People 2010, will be a major focus of the CVPR. A great need exists for development of a CVPR in California (CA), and particularly in Los Angeles County (LAC). The large population, multicultural diversity, and high incidence of poverty make LAC an excellent site for investigating issues related to the health status of vulnerable populations and addressing their social policy implications. Aims of the CVPR include: 1) advancing knowledge about health-related problems of vulnerable populations by supporting ongoing research of investigators and new pilot-feasibility studies designed to improve health status outcomes of diverse vulnerable populations; 2) strengthening the research support and utilization of molecular/cellular/physiologic assays in studies of the risks and health status of vulnerable populations through the Bio-Laboratory Core; 3) enhancing research support and development of supportive community networks in all phases of research with vulnerable populations through the Social Policy and Dissemination Core; and 4) creating mechanisms for interdisciplinary preparation of scientists and collaboration of scientists and collaboration of scientists in biobehavioral research with vulnerable populations involving qualitative and quantitative methodology through activities of the Research Support Core and the Administrative Core. By involving research participants in the development and implementation of studies and directly disseminating the results of vulnerable research participants in the development and implementation of studies and directly disseminating the results of vulnerable populations research to communities, clinicians and policy makers, the Center faculty will be able to address important nursing and other practice issues and deliver research results into the community. The design of the CVPR creates a unique scientific interface between biologic and behavioral researchers studying vulnerable populations and facilitates translation of research into community-based programs with implications for social policy. The CVPR will include 12 key faculty members and 12 affiliate members from nursing and other disciplines. A Scientific-Community Advisory Committee composed of renowned scientists and leaders in the community will further strengthen the Center's capabilities. UCLA School of Nursing has had a long-term commitment to improving health status outcomes of vulnerable populations through its research, clinical facilities, and educational programs.