The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center

描述(由申请人提供)：爱荷华大学伤害预防研究中心(IPRC)成立于1990年，是联邦区7中唯一的此类中心。IPRC旨在利用跨学科研究来控制和预防伤害，特别是在农村社区。 在过去的五年中，IPRC已经发展到包括来自16个部门的39名研究人员，以及一个由社区和政府合作者组成的广泛网络。这些研究人员已经发表了200多篇同行评议的手稿，并成功争取到了超过5200万美元的损伤研究资金。在未来五年，研究所将继续在研究、培训、推广和行政监督方面保持卓越的传统。该中心将被组织成一个监督日常运营的管理团队、一个实施我们对中心愿景的执行委员会、三个核心、六个专家研究团队和五个研究项目。 研究支持核心、培训核心以及行政和外联核心向IPRC合作伙伴提供服务，包括一个非常成功的试点赠款计划，该计划由机构支持提供资金。六个专家小组围绕我们的优先研究主题组成：模拟和人为因素；人际暴力；行为科学和评估；急性护理；农村伤害；以及国际研究。团队通过将研究人员与IPRC核心服务联系起来，指导学生和初级教员，以及与社区合作伙伴接触，促进其主题领域内研究的增长。 我们的五个独立研究项目涉及各种伤害主题：青少年驾驶安全计划评估；大学运动伤害的心理社会后果衡量；施暴者教育计划改进评估；设计家庭暴力干预的基础研究；以及儿童如何在自行车上应对具有挑战性的过马路情况。最后一个项目将使用该国唯一的自行车模拟器。这些项目包括来自社区和行为健康、工程学、社会工作、流行病学和心理学的首席调查人员，并有惩教署、当地学校和保健诊所等合作伙伴参与。该中心拟议的活动构成了一个广泛的、多学科的、在研究、培训和推广方面的合作计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Established in 1990, the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) is the only such center in Federal Region 7. The IPRC aims to use interdisciplinary research to control and prevent injuries, especially in rural communities. Over the last five years, the IPRC has grown to include 39 researchers from 16 departments, as well as, a wide network of community and government collaborators. These researchers have published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and have successfully competed for more than $52 million in injury research funding. Over the next five years, the IPRC will continue its tradition of excellence in research, training, outreach, and administrative supervision. The center will be organized into a Management Team that oversees daily operations, an Executive Committee that implements our vision for the center, three Cores, six Expert Research Teams, and five research projects. The Research Support Core, Training Core, and Administrative and Outreach Core provide services to IPRC partners, including a very successful pilot grant program that is funded through institutional support. The six Expert Teams are organized around our priority research topics: Simulation and Human Factors; Interpersonal Violence; Behavioral Sciences and Evaluation; Acute Care; Rural Injuries; and International Research. Teams promote the growth of research within their topic areas by linking researchers to IPRC Core services, mentoring students and junior faculty, and engaging with community partners. Our five independent research projects address a wide variety of injury topics: an evaluation of a teen driving safety program; measurement of psychosocial consequences of collegiate athletic injuries; an evaluation of improvements of Batterer's Education Programs; a foundational study to design a domestic violence intervention; and an examination of how children negotiate challenging road-crossing situations on their bicycles. This last project will use the country's only bicycle simulator. These projects include Principal Investigators from Community and Behavioral Health, Engineering, Social Work, Epidemiology, and Psychology and involve partners such as the Department of Corrections, local schools, and health care clinics. The center's proposed activities constitute a broad, multidisciplinary, and collaborative program in research, training, and outreach.