Core--Community Collaboration

描述(申请人提供)：这是一份针对社区的修改后的申请 协作核心(CCC)。涉及学术界、社区组织(CBO)、临床护理机构和卫生部门的社区研究合作可以确保高质量的艾滋病毒预防科学，并解决不同服务不足群体之间的健康差距。这些“研究-实践”合作使得有可能针对明确定义的群体的需求进行干预；定制方法以解决关于性别、性和健康的特定文化观念；并通过持久的社区联系促进健康的生活方式。然而，关于开展和评估合作的许多问题仍然没有得到回答，需要进行系统的科学调查。该中心将整合科学和社区对艾滋病毒流行病的反应，通过提供技术 协助培养和支持研究伙伴关系，并开发理论模型以 推进对协作过程的科学理解。在艾滋病毒中心促进“社区知情研究”和“社区研究知情服务”的15年历史的基础上，CCC的目标是(1)启动和维持成功的合作伙伴关系，以开展与性、性别和精神健康有关的共同利益和社区受益的项目活动；(2)开发和传播理论模型和方法，以促进艾滋病毒预防和治疗领域的合作过程的科学，然后可应用于健康行为研究的其他领域。通过社区-学术伙伴关系促进在不同人群中进行风险决定研究和制定有效干预措施，这是艾滋病毒中心使命的核心。利用中心和社区现有的关系和专业知识，我们召集了一个由行为科学家、来自主要CBO、初级保健诊所以及纽约州和纽约市政府规划和政策机构的代表组成的跨学科小组，以支持和加强社区研究合作，并促进理解合作伙伴关系的科学基础。为实现这些目标，核心将开展下列主要活动：社区外联；分类和组建协商小组；持续的协商、技术援助和个案会议审查；建立伙伴关系研究和协作进程的模式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for the Community Collaboration Core (CCC). Community-research collaborations involving academia, community-based organizations (CBOs), clinical care settings, and health departments can ensure high-quality HIV prevention science and address health disparities among diverse underserved groups. These "research-practice" collaborations make it possible to target interventions to the needs of well-defined groups; tailor approaches to address culturally specific beliefs about gender, sexuality, and health; and promote healthy lifestyles through enduring community ties. However, many questions about undertaking and evaluating collaborations remain unanswered and require systematic scientific inquiry. The CCC will integrate scientific and community responses to the HIV epidemic by providing technical assistance to foster and support research partnerships and by developing theoretical models to advance scientific understanding of the collaborative process. Building on the HIV Center's 15 year history of promoting "community-informed research" and "research-informed services in the community," the aims of the CCC are (1) to initiate and sustain successful partnerships to conduct HIV prevention and treatment research and program activities related to sexuality, gender, and mental health that are of mutual interest and benefit to communities; and (2) to develop and disseminate theoretical models and methods that will advance the science of the collaborative process in the field of HIV prevention and treatment and may then be applied to other areas of health behavior research. Risk-determinant studies and development of effective interventions in diverse populations are facilitated through community-academic partnerships and are central to the mission of the HIV Center. Drawing on existing relationships and expertise at the Center and in the community, we have assembled an interdisciplinary group of behavioral scientists, representatives from key CBOs, primary care clinics, and New York State and City governmental planning and policy bodies to support and strengthen community-research collaborations and advance the scientific basis for understanding partnership. To achieve these objectives, the Core will engage in the following key activities: community outreach; triage and formation of consultation teams; ongoing consultations, technical assistance, and case conference reviews; and model building in the study of partnerships and the collaborative process.