UC BERKELEY PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学伯克利分校公共卫生学院的韩裔美国人社区咨询委员会(KCAB)和家庭和社区健康中心(CFCH)寻求继续并扩大加州大学伯克利分校预防研究中心(UCB PRC)的范围。我们的使命是开展以社区为基础的健康促进和疾病预防研究，并将这项研究的产品传播给社区和更多的受众，以改善公共卫生实践和服务不足的社区，特别是韩裔美国社区的健康。自1993年以来，KCAB和CFCH一直致力于通过建立持久的伙伴关系和应用以社区为基础的参与性研究原则来完成这一使命。UCB PRC将进行一项新的核心研究项目。“在韩裔美国人中预防烟草相关疾病”，这是我们目前核心项目的基础。该项目的目标是减少美国韩裔美国人中的吸烟和烟草相关疾病。该项目有三个具体目标：(1)评估提供基于互联网的戒烟计划以及中期跟踪调查加上激励措施和完成计划的激励措施对韩裔美国人戒烟的影响，与没有中期调查和计划完成激励的相同计划相比；(2)评估中期调查完成和计划完成对戒烟的影响；以及(3)评估韩裔美国吸烟者的身心健康状况，并确定这些情况是否影响戒烟。UCB PRC还将继续在肥胖预防、癌症预防、医疗保健获取和健康差距等领域开展全国宣传活动。相关性(见说明)：吸烟是韩裔美国人发病率和死亡率的主要可预防原因。开发一种适合文化、有效和易于传播的在线戒烟计划将对我们的社区产生重大的公共健康影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Korean American Community Advisory Board (KCAB) and the Center for Family and Community Health (CFCH) in the School of Public Health of the University of California, Berkeley seek to continue and expand the scope of the UC Berkeley Prevention Research Center (UCB PRC). Our mission is to conduct community-based, health promotion and disease prevention research and to disseminate the products of this research to the community and larger audiences to improve public health practice and the health of underserved communities, especially the Korean American community. Since 1993, the KCAB and the CFCH have been working toward the accomplishment of this mission through the establishment of an enduring partnership and the application of community-based participatory research principles. The UCB PRC will conduct a new Core research project. 'Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention among Korean Americans," that builds upon our current Core projects. The goal is to reduce cigarette smoking and tobacco-related disease among Korean Americans in the U.S. The project has three specific aims: (1) assess the effect on smoking cessation among Korean Americans of offering an internet-based smoking cessation program along with interim follow up surveys plus incentives and an incentive for program completion, as compared to the same program offered with no interim surveys and no incentive for program completion; (2) evaluate the effects that interim survey completion and program completion have on smoking cessation; and (3) assess the prevalence of physical and mental health conditions among Korean American smokers and determine whether these conditions influence smoking cessation. The UCB PRC will also continue its national dissemination activities in the areas of obesity prevention, cancer prevention, and health care access and health disparities. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among Korean Americans. The development of a culturally appropriate, effective and easily disseminated online smoking cessation program will have major public health impact for our community.