Health Behavior Research: Minority Pediatric Populations

描述（由申请人提供）：该培训计划的主要目的是为个人在儿科健康行为研究领域的独立研究人员的学术生涯做好准备，重点是少数民族人口。该培训计划提供系统的博士前和博士后研究培训，涉及慢性疾病儿童和青少年的病因，预防，诊断，治疗和预后的行为和心理社会因素（包括例如，糖尿病、镰状细胞病、哮喘和HIV感染）。 这项工作的一个主要重点是了解行为和心理社会因素有关的疾病过程和健康结果在少数民族青年，特别是那些西班牙裔，非洲裔美国人和海地裔美国人的背景。在很大程度上，培训将与国家卫生研究院和私人基金会的几项校外资助密切协调，包括对糖尿病儿童和青少年的行为和神经发育研究;艾滋病毒儿童（儿科艾滋病临床试验组，Ryan白色标题I和标题IV示范项目）和镰状细胞病（羟基脲和骨髓移植结局的多中心试验，NHLBI）;对脑癌治疗儿童的教育干预（美国癌症协会）;围产期药物暴露和儿童发育（NIDA）;以及暴力暴露对健康行为影响的研究。我们的大部分研究集中在行为因素在少数民族儿童、青少年及其家庭慢性病的发病、病程和管理中的作用。研究人群可随时通过儿科部获得。受训人员接受教师的指导，并举办研讨会，重点是慢性疾病，研究设计和数据分析，道德，多元文化问题和专业写作，包括手稿准备和赠款申请。虽然强调在这两个前和博士后水平是在研究，教学培训包括多个课程，先进的统计学，儿科医学疾病，神经心理学，流行病学的干预措施，并在慢性病，研究设计，伦理学和文化因素的专门研讨会。该培训计划代表了心理学，儿科学，流行病学和公共卫生以及医学系教师的协调努力，致力于心理学研究生和健康行为研究博士后的培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The major purpose of this training program is to prepare individuals for academic careers as independent researchers in the field of pediatric health behavior research, with an emphasis on minority populations. The training program provides systematic predoctoral and postdoctoral research training into the behavioral and psychosocial factors involved in the etiology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of children and adolescents with chronic diseases (including e.g., diabetes, sickle cell disease, asthma, and HIV infection). A major emphasis of this work is on understanding behavioral and psychosocial factors in relation to disease processes and health outcomes in ethnic minority youth, especially those of Hispanic, African American, and Haitian American backgrounds. To a large extent training will be closely coordinated with several extramurally funded NIH and private foundation grants, including behavioral and neurodevelopmental studies of children and adolescents with diabetes (NIDDK); children with HIV (Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group, Ryan White Title I and Title IV demonstration projects) and sickle cell disease (multi-center trials of outcomes of hydroxyruea and bone marrow transplantation, NHLBI); educational intervention for children treated for brain cancer (American Cancer Society); perinatal drug exposure and child development (NIDA); and studies of the health behavior effects of violence exposure. Much of our research focuses upon the role of behavioral factors in the onset, course, and management of chronic disease in ethnic minority children, adolescents, and their families. Research populations are readily available through the Department of Pediatrics. Trainees receive mentoring by faculty members, and seminars focused on chronic illness, research design and data analysis, ethics, multicultural issues, and professional writing, including manuscript preparation and grant applications. Although emphasis at both the pre- and postdoctoral level is upon research, the didactic training available includes multiple courses in advanced statistics, interventions in pediatric medical disorders, neuropsychology, epidemiology, and specialized seminars in chronic illness, research design, ethics, and cultural factors. This training program represents a coordinated effort of faculty from the Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Medicine, committed to training of psychology graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in health behavior research.