Enhancing Community-Linked Research in Wyandotte County

描述（由申请人提供）：在健康方面，怀恩多特县在堪萨斯州的105个县中排名第105位。怀恩多特县是一个“少数民族占多数”的县，贫困率、失业率、获得医疗保健的机会少，发病率和死亡率过高。怀恩多特县和堪萨斯州的社区领导人和决策者需要知道如何改善怀恩多特县公民的健康。他们需要的知识，可以通过学术界和社区的伙伴关系，从事高质量的，以社区为基础的参与性研究提供。在过去的五年里，KUMC预防医学和家庭医学系的研究人员一直在努力克服怀恩多特县社区研究的惯性。该学院与两个主要的县机构密切合作：埃尔森特罗，公司。和怀恩多特县卫生局虽然我们看到了一些初步的成功，但由于缺乏基础设施，这些努力受到了阻碍。怀恩多特县研究发展合作（WyCoRD）将通过创建一个学术社区之家来解决这一问题，该社区之家将支持怀恩多特县社区成员，社区领袖和KUMC研究人员之间的可持续联系。这个学术社区之家将把研究人员和社区成员聚集到创新行动小组中，为他们提供开展研究和建立可持续伙伴关系所需的资源，以解决社区的关键优先事项。WyCoRD将：1）授权社区成员与学术研究人员有效地倡导他们的健康和研究优先事项; 2）培训研究人员积极倾听当地社区的关注; 3）为从事社区研究的学者和社区成员建立可持续的研究支持;和4）创造一个环境，其中KUMC和关键的社区组织和非营利资助者都承诺在怀恩多特县的学术社区研究伙伴关系的重大财政支持。 公共卫生相关性：在健康方面，怀恩多特县堪萨斯在堪萨斯州的105个县中排名第105位。怀恩多特县研究发展合作将建立学术社区研究伙伴关系，旨在找到创新的解决方案，以解决这个不满的社区的需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In terms of health, Wyandotte County ranks 105th out of the 105 counties in the state of Kansas. Wyandotte County is a 'majority minority' county with high rates of poverty, unemployment, poor access to healthcare and excessive morbidity and mortality. Community leaders and policy makers in Wyandotte County and the state of Kansas need to know how to improve the health of the citizens of Wyandotte County. They are in need of the knowledge that can be delivered by academic-community partnerships engaged in high quality, community-based participatory research. Over the past five years, researchers in the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine at KUMC have been forging new efforts to overcome the inertia surrounding community-based research in Wyandotte County. This faculty has worked closely with two key County institutions: El Centro, Inc. and the Wyandotte County Health Department. Although we have seen some initial successes, efforts have been stymied by a lack of infrastructure. The Wyandotte County Research Development Collaborative (WyCoRD) will address this problem by creating an academic-community home that will support sustainable linkages between community members, community leaders, and KUMC researchers in Wyandotte County. This academic-community home will bring researchers and community members together into Innovation Action Teams with the resources that they need to conduct research and build sustainable partnerships that will address the key priorities of the community. The WyCoRD will: 1) empower community members to effectively advocate for their health and research priorities with academic researchers; 2) train researchers to actively listen to the concerns of the local community; 3) establish sustainable research support for academicians and community members that are engaged in community- based research; and 4) create an environment in which both KUMC and key community organizations and non-profit funders are committing significant fiscal support to academic-community research partnerships in Wyandotte County. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: In terms of health, Wyandotte County Kansas ranks 105th out of the 105 counties in the state of Kansas. The Wyandotte County Research Development Collaborative will establish academic-community research partnerships designed to find innovative solutions to address the needs of this disaffected community.