RESEARCH CORE

拟建的健康差距研究、参与和教学中心的研究核心 (CeHDRET)有两个主要目标。我们的首要目标是促进以健康为重点的研究 明尼苏达大学和我们的明尼阿波利斯和圣保罗地铁的差异和少数族裔健康 地区合作伙伴。第二个目标是为这项研究提供一个综合的“家”。我们的目标 是改善少数群体的健康，并最终消除全世界的健康差距 种族/民族群体。研究核心有四个具体目标。 目标1是监督为我们中心提出的两个主要研究项目。项目1是一个创新的 利用社区卫生工作者和生物标记物反馈减少非裔美国人的干预研究 儿童在家中接触二手烟和鼓励在家吸烟 限制。项目2将使用现有的国家医疗保险数据来解决与以下方面相关的差异 种族/族裔以及在管理发病率和死亡率方面获得优质护理的机会 与慢性肾脏疾病有关，这是一个重要的公共卫生问题，但往往被忽视 对非裔美国人的影响不成比例。 目标2是促进开发创新的新研究项目，以获得外部资金，以解决 少数群体的健康问题和健康差距。 目标3是为健康差距和少数群体健康制定一种协作和综合的方法 研究。 目标4是将研究成果传播给学术界、社区团体、医疗保健 提供者和政策制定者。我们将通过提供研究基础设施支持来实现这些目标； 每月举办“进行中的工作”研究研讨会，分享不同阶段的工作，并促进 交流意见；建立一个研究审查委员会，提供科学的“模拟审查”，以 最大限度地提高拨款申请的成功率；并赞助一项名为“加速未来”的年度研究 研讨会突出了我们研究人员和受训人员的研究，有一位主旨国家演讲者， 并颁发导师、社区领导力和调查员奖。通过整合资源、利益和 与健康差距和少数民族健康相关的机会，我们将建设研究能力并发展 尖端研究项目和计划。

The Research Core for the proposed Center for Health Disparities Research, Engagement, and Teaching (CeHDRET) has two primary objectives. Our first objective is to promote research focused on health disparities and minority health at the University of Minnesota and with our Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area partners. The second objective is to provide an integrative "home base" for this research. Our goals are to improve the health of minority groups, and, ultimately, to eliminate health disparities across racial/ethnic groups. The Research Core has four Specific Aims. Aim 1 is to oversee the two primary research projects proposed for our Center. Project 1 is an innovative intervention study utilizing Community Health Workers and biomarker feedback to reduce African American children's exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in the home and to encourage home smoking restrictions. Project 2 will use available national Medicare data to address disparities related to race/ethnicity and access to quality care in the management of and morbidity and mortality outcomes related to chronic kidney disease, an important, though often under-recognized public health problem disproportionately affecting African Americans. Aim 2 is to facilitate the development of innovative new research projects for external funding that address minority health concerns and health disparities. Aim 3 is to develop a collaborative and integrative approach for health disparities and minority health research. Aim 4 is to disseminate research findings to the academic community, community groups, health care providers and policy makers. We will achieve these aims by providing research infrastructure support; offering monthly "work in progress" research seminars to share work at various stages and facilitate exchange of ideas; establishing a Research Review Committee that provides a scientific "mock review" to maximize success of grant applications; and sponsor an annual "Accelerating the Future" research symposium highlighting research of our investigators and trainees, featuring a keynote national speaker, and giving mentor, community leadership, and investigator awards. By integrating resources, interests, and opportunities related to health disparities and minority health, we will build research capacity and develop cutting edge research projects and programs.