Cultural Proficient Smoking & Weight Control Treatment

描述（由申请人提供）：Lisa Johnsen博士，西北大学医学院博士后，主要研究少数民族吸烟、肥胖、体重问题和运动之间的关系。Dr. Johnsen的近期目标是为非裔美国人（A-A's）获得以社区为基础的戒烟、营养、体重问题和身体活动干预方面的知识、技能和经验。她的长期职业目标是开发精通文化的干预措施，以降低少数民族的吸烟率、肥胖率和缺乏体育锻炼率。职业发展计划包括课程、会议/研讨会和文化能力指导；格兰特写作;癌症;方法/统计;吸烟;营养;还有锻炼，总体目标是让她成为癌症预防和控制领域精通不同文化的健康差异研究人员。主要导师是玛丽安·菲茨吉本博士（心理学家），她在NUMS专门从事少数民族行为风险降低干预。联合导师有Jasjit Ahluwalia， m.d.， M.P.H.（医生/公共卫生专家），他在A-A的戒烟方面有广泛的研究和临床经验；Ken Resnicow博士（心理学家）擅长使用动机性访谈对A-A进行吸烟和饮食干预；伊莱恩·普勒维特博士。公共卫生博士，专门从事A-A's的饮食评估和干预；以及James Rimmer博士（运动生理学家），他在A-A's和肥胖者的运动干预方面具有专长。导师将为约翰森博士提供建议，帮助他发展成为一名独立的、精通文化的健康差异研究人员，帮助他获得教职，并指导他进行拟议的研究。精神病学部门和Lurie癌症中心承诺投入所需的时间和资源，以确保Johnsen博士成功发展成为一名独立的研究人员。研究：在第一阶段和第二阶段，Dr. Johnsen将探索可行性（目标1）和评估有效性（目标2）基于社区的、文化熟练的戒烟和体重控制治疗体重相关的a - a女性吸烟者。其他目标包括估计干预措施在增加健康饮食和身体活动以及减少体重问题方面的有效性（目标3）；制定/调整措施以精通文化（目标4）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lisa Johnsen, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University Medical School (NUMS) who is interested in the relationships between smoking, obesity, weight concerns, and exercise in ethnic minorities. Dr. Johnsen's immediate goals are to obtain knowledge, skills, and experiences in community-based smoking cessation, nutrition, weight concerns, and physical activity interventions for African Americans (A-A's). Her long-term career goal is to develop culturally proficient interventions to decrease rates of smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity in ethnic minorities. The career development plan consists of coursework, conferences/seminars, and mentorship in cultural proficiency; grant writing; cancer; methodology/statistics; smoking; nutrition; and exercise, with the overall goal of preparing her to become a culturally proficient health disparities researcher in cancer prevention and control. The primary mentor is Marian Fitzgibbon, Ph.D. (psychologist), who specializes in behavioral risk reduction interventions in minorities at NUMS. The co-mentors are Jasjit Ahluwalia, M.D., M.P.H. (physician/public health expert) who has extensive research and clinical experience with smoking cessation in A-A's; Ken Resnicow, Ph.D. (psychologist) who has expertise in conducting smoking and dietary interventions with A-A's using Motivational Interviewing; Elaine Prewitt, Dr.P.H., R.D. (doctor of public health) who specializes in dietary assessments and interventions for A-A's; and James Rimmer, Ph.D. (exercise physiologist) who has expertise in exercise interventions with A-A's and obese individuals. Mentors will advise Dr. Johnsen in developing as an independent and culturally proficient health disparities researcher, in obtaining a faculty position, and in conducting the proposed study. The Psychiatry Department and Lurie Cancer Center are committed to the time and resources required to assure the success of Dr. Johnsen's development into an independent researcher. Research: During Phases 1 and 2, Dr. Johnsen will explore the feasibility (Aim 1) and estimate the effectiveness (Aim 2) of a community-based, culturally proficient smoking cessation and weight control treatment for weight concerned A-A female smokers. Additional aims include estimating the effectiveness of the intervention in increasing healthy eating and physical activity, and decreasing weight concerns (Aim3); and developing/adapting measures to be culturally proficient (Aim 4).