A Study of Oral Health Disparities in Adult Asian & Pac*

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请的主要目标是发展合作关系，为开展R01研究亚太地区岛民口腔健康差异的分子和流行病学相关性做准备。具体地说，这些合作伙伴关系将通过培训和网络发展来促进。培训部分将由北卡罗来纳大学牙科研究中心(UNC)通过研讨会、编写教材以及教职员工、博士后研究员和首席研究员在两所大学之间的旅行为夏威夷大学(UH)提供指导和咨询。网络发展部分将侧重于建立一个合作的口腔健康研究网络，由北卡罗来纳大学、UH医疗护理和牙齿卫生学校和临床研究中心、夏威夷州卫生部牙科部门、夏威夷初级保健协会、社区健康中心和夏威夷地区健康教育中心组成。由这些实体的代表组成的咨询委员会将举行会议，以确定未来口腔健康研究的优先事项，重点小组将举行会议，以确定开展口腔健康研究的障碍和促进者，确定社区研究问题，并就原料药中的口腔健康差距向社区提供教育。最后一个组成部分，初步研究将有助于开发检验R01中提出的科学所需的知识库。 第二个目标是评估规划阶段，方法是细化和实施项目评估计划，并系统地使用评估结果来监测上述合作伙伴关系、培训、网络、发展和试点研究发展的过程。这些目标的实现将提高夏威夷大学和更广泛的社区进行研究的能力，这些研究将导致旨在减少夏威夷州不同种族人口口腔健康差距的创新战略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this application is to develop collaborative affiliations in preparation for conducting an R01 study on molecular and epidemiological correlates of oral health disparities in Asian & Pacific Islanders (APIs). Specifically, these collaborative affiliations will be fostered through training and network development. The training component will involve the University of North Carolina Dental Research Center (UNC) providing mentorship and consultation for the University of Hawaii (UH) through seminars, development of educational materials, and travel between the universities by faculty, post-doctoral fellows and principal investigators. The network development component will focus on establishing a collaborative oral health research network comprised of UNC, UH's Medical and Nursing and Dental Hygiene Schools and Clinical Research Center, the Dental Division of the State of Hawaii Department of Health, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, Community Health Centers, and the Area Health Education Center in Hawaii. An Advisory Committee comprising representatives from these entities will meet to identify priorities for future research in oral health, and focus groups will meet to identify barriers and facilitators to conducting oral health research, identify community research questions, and provide education for the community relating to oral health disparities in APIs. The final component, preliminary studies will assist in the development of the knowledge base needed to test the science proposed in the R01. The second objective is to evaluate the planning stage by refining and implementing a project evaluation plan and systematically using findings to monitor the process of the above collaborative affiliations, training, network, development, and pilot study development. Achievement of these objectives will enhance the research capacity of UH and the broader community to conduct research that will lead to innovative strategies designed to reduce oral health disparities in the ethnically diverse population of the State of Hawaii.