Cultural Proficient Smoking & Weight Control Treatment

描述(申请人提供)：丽莎·约翰森，博士，西北大学医学院博士后研究员，对少数民族吸烟、肥胖、体重问题和锻炼之间的关系感兴趣。约翰森博士的近期目标是获得以社区为基础的戒烟、营养、体重问题和非裔美国人体力活动干预(A-A‘s)方面的知识、技能和经验。她的长期职业目标是开发精通文化的干预措施，以降低少数民族的吸烟、肥胖和缺乏运动的比率。职业发展计划包括课程作业、会议/研讨会和辅导，内容涉及文化能力；补助金撰写；癌症；方法/统计学；吸烟；营养；以及锻炼，总体目标是使她成为癌症预防和控制领域的一名精通文化的健康差距研究人员。主要的导师是玛丽安·菲茨吉本博士(心理学家)，她在Nums专门从事少数民族行为风险降低干预。共同导师是：Jasjit Ahluwalia，M.D.，M.P.H.(医生/公共卫生专家)，他在A-A‘s戒烟方面拥有广泛的研究和临床经验；Ken ResNicow博士(心理学家)，他在A-A’s进行吸烟和饮食干预方面拥有专业知识，使用动机访谈；Elaine Prewitt，Dr.P.H.，R.D.(公共卫生博士)，专门研究A-A‘s的饮食评估和干预；以及詹姆斯·里默博士(运动生理学家)，他在针对A-A级和肥胖者的运动干预方面拥有专长。导师将建议约翰森博士发展成为一名独立的、精通文化的健康差距研究人员，并获得教员职位，并进行拟议的研究。精神病学系和卢里癌症中心致力于确保约翰森博士成功发展为独立研究人员所需的时间和资源。研究：在第一和第二阶段，约翰森博士将探索可行性(目标1)，并评估以社区为基础、精通文化的戒烟和体重控制治疗对体重相关的A-A级女性吸烟者的有效性(目标2)。其他目标包括评估干预措施在增加健康饮食和体力活动、减少对体重的担忧方面的有效性(目标3)；以及制定/调整措施以精通文化(目标4)。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lisa Johnsen, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University Medical School (NUMS) who is interested in the relationships between smoking, obesity, weight concerns, and exercise in ethnic minorities. Dr. Johnsen's immediate goals are to obtain knowledge, skills, and experiences in community-based smoking cessation, nutrition, weight concerns, and physical activity interventions for African Americans (A-A's). Her long-term career goal is to develop culturally proficient interventions to decrease rates of smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity in ethnic minorities. The career development plan consists of coursework, conferences/seminars, and mentorship in cultural proficiency; grant writing; cancer; methodology/statistics; smoking; nutrition; and exercise, with the overall goal of preparing her to become a culturally proficient health disparities researcher in cancer prevention and control. The primary mentor is Marian Fitzgibbon, Ph.D. (psychologist), who specializes in behavioral risk reduction interventions in minorities at NUMS. The co-mentors are Jasjit Ahluwalia, M.D., M.P.H. (physician/public health expert) who has extensive research and clinical experience with smoking cessation in A-A's; Ken Resnicow, Ph.D. (psychologist) who has expertise in conducting smoking and dietary interventions with A-A's using Motivational Interviewing; Elaine Prewitt, Dr.P.H., R.D. (doctor of public health) who specializes in dietary assessments and interventions for A-A's; and James Rimmer, Ph.D. (exercise physiologist) who has expertise in exercise interventions with A-A's and obese individuals. Mentors will advise Dr. Johnsen in developing as an independent and culturally proficient health disparities researcher, in obtaining a faculty position, and in conducting the proposed study. The Psychiatry Department and Lurie Cancer Center are committed to the time and resources required to assure the success of Dr. Johnsen's development into an independent researcher. Research: During Phases 1 and 2, Dr. Johnsen will explore the feasibility (Aim 1) and estimate the effectiveness (Aim 2) of a community-based, culturally proficient smoking cessation and weight control treatment for weight concerned A-A female smokers. Additional aims include estimating the effectiveness of the intervention in increasing healthy eating and physical activity, and decreasing weight concerns (Aim3); and developing/adapting measures to be culturally proficient (Aim 4).