PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER: CATEGORY 1--CENTER COMPOSITE

描述(由申请人提供)： 新墨西哥大学预防研究中心(UNM PRC)的使命是从事循证预防研究，以改善社区和人口的健康和福祉，并减少健康差距。UNM PRC的研究、社区参与和伙伴关系、培训、交流和传播以及评估活动有五个主要重点领域：1)营养、体育活动和肥胖预防；2)青少年和学校健康；3)预防烟草、酒精和药物滥用；4)伤害预防；5)心理健康。这些重点是根据我们社区合作伙伴的优先事项以及新墨西哥人口所经历的有记录的疾病负担和健康差距而制定的，特别强调农村的美国印第安人和西班牙裔人口。UNM PRC有多个正在进行的预防研究和项目，这些研究和项目得到了联邦、州、地方和基金会资金来源的广泛支持。这些努力以参与性研究方法为指导，强调建立和维持与社区的信任，并在平等的基础上进行有知识的互动。为了满足社区减轻糖尿病和心血管疾病负担的需要，中国大学拟议的核心研究项目侧重于传播和实施循证战略，通过参与性研究伙伴关系Viva-Step Into古巴，在经济困难、服务不足和代表性不足的农村人口中增加体力活动。前瞻性研究将包括形成性评估、实施、过程和结果评估、社区/学术伙伴关系评估、结果传播和政策建议。UNM PRC的其他核心要素将继续保持和进一步发展核心能力；与印度部落、公立学校、州和联邦机构、城市和农村社区、其他大学以及UNM教职员工和学生积极合作和建立伙伴关系；加强循证预防计划的沟通和传播；实施和评估针对社区成员、公共卫生专业人员和学生的培训和教育；以及实施和改进内部评估程序。相关性(请参阅说明)。新墨西哥人作为一个整体，以及新墨西哥州的西班牙裔/拉丁裔和美国印第安人，在新墨西哥州大学中国的所有重点领域都存在健康差距：肥胖和相关的慢性病；青少年和学校健康；烟草、酒精和药物滥用；伤害；以及精神健康。UNM PRC拟议的研究和其他核心努力寻求减少这些疾病负担并促进健康和福祉。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center (UNM PRC) is to engage in evidence- based prevention research to improve community and population health and well-being and reduce health disparities. UNM PRC's research, community engagement and partnership, training, communication and dissemination, and evaluation activities have five main focus areas: 1) nutrition, physical activity, and obesity prevention; 2) adolescent and school health; 3) tobacco, alcohol, and substance abuse prevention; 4) injury prevention; and 5) mental health. These foci have been developed based upon our community partners' priorities, as well as the documented burden of disease and health disparities experienced by New Mexican populations, with a particular emphasis on rural American Indian and Hispanic populations. UNM PRC has multiple on-going prevention studies and projects, which are supported by a wide diversity of federal, state, local, and foundation funding sources. These efforts are guided by a participatory research approach that emphasizes establishing and maintaining trust with communities and interacting knowledgeably on an equal basis. In response to community needs to reduce the burden of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, UNM PRC's proposed core research project focuses on the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based strategies for increasing physical activity through a participatory research partnership, VIVA-Step into Cuba, in an economically disadvantaged, underserved, and under-represented rural population. The prospective study will include formative assessment, implementation, process and outcome evaluation, evaluation of the community/academic partnership, dissemination of findings, and policy recommendations. Other UNM PRC core elements will continue to maintain and further develop core capacity; engage in active collaboration and partnership with Indian tribes, public schools, state and federal agencies, urban and rural communities, other universities, and UNM faculty, staff, and students; enhance communication and dissemination of evidence- based prevention programs; implement and evaluate training and education for community members, public health professionals, and students; and implement and improve internal evaluation processes. RELEVANCE (See instructions). New Mexicans as a whole, as well as Hispanic/Latino and American Indian populations in New Mexico, experience health disparities in all UNM PRC focus areas: obesity and related chronic diseases; adolescent and school health; tobacco, alcohol, and substance abuse; injury; and mental health. UNM PRC's proposed research and other core efforts seek to reduce these disease burdens and promote health and well-being.