The Program for Rural and Minority Health Disparities Research

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管在过去30年中在改善美国人口的健康方面取得了相当大的进展，但许多少数民族和服务不足的人群的健康状况仍然存在巨大差异。以前的研究已经研究了设置对健康差异的影响或种族/民族对健康差异的影响;拟议的计划利用两个国家认可的研究中心的互补研究专业知识，研究设置和人口因素的相互作用。农村和少数民族健康差异研究计划将通过以下方式解决农村和少数民族健康问题：（i）提供关于人口和环境特征如何影响（背景因素）影响食物选择、饮食模式以及少数民族和农村人口（包括儿童）的肥胖风险;（2）制定干预措施，以减少肥胖的风险，特别是在农村，少数民族和服务不足的个人中;（3）检验糖尿病自我管理模式在农村、城市和少数民族人群中的不同有效性;（4）加强德克萨斯A&M大学、德克萨斯A&M健康科学中心、和得克萨斯州A&M系统，以支持差异研究和招聘和培训致力于差异研究的教师;以及（5）在系统层面上建立一个健康差异研究所，为德克萨斯A&M系统的9所大学和6个州机构提供服务。系统一级的健康差距研究所将加强多个校区的差距研究人员之间的合作，支持对教师和学生进行差距问题的培训，并支持招聘和培训学生和新教师。该项目由德克萨斯A&M大学健康差异研究中心和德克萨斯A&M健康科学中心农村公共卫生学院社区健康发展中心联合发起，将围绕肥胖预防和慢性病自我管理的项目重点支持3个核心研究项目;发展差异研究人员网络;以及对研究生和本科生以及教师进行关于不平等问题和研究方法的培训。该计划还将促进与布拉索斯山谷和周边县的多个社区合作伙伴的持续外联和合作，以减少健康差距;并加强德克萨斯A&M大学和健康科学中心之间的合作，以解决健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite considerable progress over the past 30 years in improving the health of the U.S. population, there continue to be substantial disparities in health status among many minority and underserved populations. Previous research has examined the impact of setting on health disparities or the impact of race/ethnicity on health disparities; the proposed program capitalizes on the complementary research expertise of two nationally recognized research centers to look at the interaction of setting and population factors. This Program for Rural and Minority Health Disparities Research will address rural and minority health issues by: (i) providing critical information on how population and setting characteristics (contextual factors) impact food choice, dietary patterns, and the risk of obesity in minority and rural populations, including children; (2) developing interventions to reduce the risk of obesity, particularly among rural, minority, and underserved individuals; (3) testing the differential effectiveness of diabetes self-management models in rural, urban and minority populations; (4) strengthening the ability of Texas A&M University, the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and the Texas A&M System to support disparities research and the recruitment and training of faculty committed to disparities research; and (5) developing a health disparities institute at the system level that will serve the 9 universities and 6 state agencies of the Texas A&M System. The system-level health disparities institute will strengthen collaboration among disparities researchers at multiple campuses, support training of faculty and students in disparities issues, and support the recruitment and training of students and new faculty in health disparities. Jointly sponsored by the Texas A&M University Center for the Study of Health Disparities and the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health Center for Community Health Development, this Program will support 3 core research projects around the Program focus of obesity prevention and chronic disease self-management; the development of a network of disparities researchers; and the training of students-graduate and undergraduate-and faculty in disparities issues and research methods. The Program will also facilitate continued outreach and collaboration with multiple community partners in the Brazos Valley and surrounding counties to reduce health disparities; and strengthened collaboration among Faculty of Texas A&M University and the Health Science Center in addressing health disparities.