Nursing Research Center on HIV/AIDS Disparities

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是为了响应RFA-NR-004，护理合作中心的健康差异，连接护理学院在加州大学，旧金山弗朗西斯科（UCSF），和波多黎各大学（UPR）。这项工作的目标是加强护理知识基础，以提高艾滋病毒感染者和受艾滋病毒影响者的生活质量。该中心的长期目标是确保合作的少数族裔服务机构，即波多黎各大学护理学院的独立性。受艾滋病毒/艾滋病新病例影响最大的群体是少数种族/族裔、妇女和穷人-这些群体获得保健服务的机会较少。弗朗西斯科湾区和波多黎各岛是美国艾滋病毒/艾滋病人均发病率最高的地理区域。在护理的UCSF学校存在着强烈的兴趣和研究艾滋病毒/艾滋病在少数民族，妇女和穷人的调查临界质量。波多黎各大学护理学院也有一批教员，他们同样对艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究和有利于研究发展和培训的环境感兴趣。本申请建议设立艾滋病健康差异护理研究中心，以实现以下目标：（1）扩大参与艾滋病健康差异研究的护士研究人员的数量;（2）增加旨在减少艾滋病健康差异的研究项目的数量;（3）加强少数民族护士研究人员的职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to RFA-NR-004, Nursing Partnership Centers on Health Disparities, linking the Schools of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Puerto Rico (UPR). The goal of this work is to enhance the knowledge base for nursing care in order to improve the quality of lives of people living with and affected by HIV disease. The long-term goal of the Center is to ensure the independence of the partnering Minority Serving Institution (MSI), namely the University of Puerto Rico, School of Nursing. The groups most affected with new cases of HIV/AIDS are racial/ethnic minorities, women, and the poor -the very groups, which have less access to health care services. The San Francisco Bay Area and the Island of Puerto Rico are among the geographic areas that have the highest per capita incidence of HIV/AIDS in the United States. At the UCSF School of Nursing there exists a strong interest in and a critical mass of investigators studying HIV/AIDS in minorities, women, and the poor. And, there is a cadre of faculty from the School of Nursing, University of Puerto Rico, likewise interested in HIV/AIDS research and an environment conducive to research development and training. This application proposes to establish the Nursing Research Center on HIV/AIDS Health Disparities to achieve the following aims: (1) to expand the number of nurse researchers involved in research on HIV/AIDS health disparities; (2) to increase the number of research projects aimed at reducing health disparities in HIV disease; and, (3) to enhance the career development of minority nurse investigators.