Partnership for a Hispanic Diabetes Prevention Program

描述（由申请人提供）：基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）认为社区个人需要在研究活动中成为平等的合作伙伴。参与式研究的前提是，当受问题影响的人参与解决问题时，解决问题的可能性更大。参与式研究近年来越来越流行；然而，社区合作伙伴仍然很难参与到社区研究的前端，即选题和研究设计。我们已经成功地与华盛顿州下亚基马河谷地区的拉美裔社区建立了长期的伙伴关系。迄今为止，我们在该地区开展了癌症教育和预防以及农药控制项目。作为我们过去十年伙伴关系的一部分，我们已经能够确定硅谷社区团体和成员的主要关注点。在过去的两年里，硅谷对2型糖尿病的兴趣日益浓厚。与非西班牙裔白人相比，患2型糖尿病的风险更高的西班牙裔人尤其值得关注。我们建议与硅谷社区、组织和成员建立伙伴关系，以解决硅谷的糖尿病问题。我们在硅谷的合作者渴望着手一个解决糖尿病的项目。在三个规划年内，我们将聘请董事会成员，并计划一个试点项目。将遵循精心设计的规划程序，以确保社区咨询委员会在规划和实施试点项目时成为主要决策者。试验计划将于二年级及三年级进行。在2003年，我们将与董事会合作，为一个全面的项目提出申请。CAB将开发应用程序，它将与科学合作伙伴弗雷德哈钦森癌症研究中心（FHCRC）共同编写。FHCRC将向审查委员会提交其申请，以便在其作为竞争性更新提交之前对其进行审查。我们建议开始与西北社区教育中心（NCEC）合作，这是一个非营利性组织，为华盛顿州亚基马山谷的拉美裔人，特别是农场工人提供服务。国家中心相信，通过建立伙伴关系来满足社区需求，可以建设更强大、更健康的社区。它是山谷中主要的西班牙语广播电台KDNA的所在地。国家中心与亚基马河谷的其他69个组织建立了伙伴关系，并表示愿意帮助我们从这些组织中招募合作伙伴。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Community-based participatory research (CBPR) holds that community individuals need to be equal partners in research activities. Participatory research is based on the premise that solutions to problems are more likely when the people affected by a problem are involved in its solution. Participatory research has become increasingly popular in recent years; however, it remains difficult for community partners to be involved in the front end that is, the selection of topic and the study design -- of community research. We have successfully formed long-standing partnerships with Hispanic communities in a region, the Lower Yakima Valley, of Washington State. To date, we have conducted projects on cancer education and prevention, and on pesticide control in that region. As part of our partnerships of the past ten years, we have been able to identify key concerns of community groups and members in the Valley. In the past two years, there has been a burgeoning interest in Type 2 diabetes in the Valley. It has been of special concern to Hispanics who have higher risks of Type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic Whites. We propose to build a partnership with Valley communities, organizations, and members to address the issue of diabetes in the Valley. Our collaborators in the Valley are eager to embark on a project to address diabetes. During the three planning years, we will recruit a Board and plan a pilot project. A carefully designed planning process will be followed to ensure that the Community Advisory Board (CAB) will be the major decision-maker in planning and implementing the pilot project. The pilot project will be conducted in Years 02 and 03. In year 03, we will work with the Board to develop an application for a full-scale project. The CAB will develop the application, which will be written in conjunction with the scientific partner, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC). The FHCRC will offer its application to the review committee to review it prior to its submission as a competitive renewal. We propose to begin our partnership with the Northwest Communities Education Center (NCEC), a nonprofit organization that provides outreach to Hispanics, and especially to farm-workers, in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. The NCEC believes in building stronger, healthier communities by creating partnerships to meet community needs. It is the home of Radio KDNA, the primary Spanish-language radio station in the Valley. The NCEC has partnerships with 69 other organizations in the Yakima Valley, and has offered to help us recruit partners from those organizations for this effort.