MidCareer Investigator Award: Health Behavior Interventions for Suicidal Youth

描述（由申请人提供）：谢丽尔·金博士在申请职业中期研究者奖时，要求对早期职业研究者的指导、高级培训和新的研究提供支持，重点是为有自杀风险的青少年发展健康行为干预。正如卫生局局长的《预防自杀行动呼吁》（1999年）和《国家预防自杀战略》（2001年）所强调的那样，为有自杀倾向的人制定循证干预措施具有重大的公共卫生意义。对早期职业研究者的指导计划包括与候选人的研究计划紧密结合和参与，个性化目标和独立研究项目的发展，以及与国家认可的高级研究者进行咨询。该候选人的学员将在自杀青年研究、健康行为理论和干预、高风险和弱势群体的研究伦理以及文化敏感干预措施的发展方面获得大量培训。现有初级教师3人，高级儿童精神病学研究员1人，博士后1人，高级研究员1人，研究生2人。候选人的职业发展计划提出了三个领域的咨询和重点培训，这些领域与发展干预措施的目标相关，这些干预措施促进了自杀风险青年的治疗寻求，治疗依从性和改善结果：(1)健康行为理论，社会网络模型，以及对患有慢性疾病和其他风险条件的青年的有效健康行为干预；(2)研究和实施健康行为干预的文化敏感策略；(3)确保研究设计、知情同意和风险管理程序符合最高伦理标准和不断变化的监管要求的策略。我们提出了一个研究计划，包括(1)继续进行与青少年提名支持小组干预自杀青少年相关的干预研究，以及(2)针对有自杀风险的青少年开发一种基于急诊科的多成分健康行为干预。该奖项将大大有助于候选人的职业目标，减轻她的病人护理职责，并提供有保障的时间进行指导和高级培训活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this application for a Mid-Career Investigator Award, Cheryl King, Ph.D., requests support for mentorship of early career investigators, advanced training, and new research focused on developing health behavior interventions for youth at risk for suicide. As emphasized in the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide (1999) and the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), the development of evidence-based interventions for suicidal individuals is of substantial public health significance. The mentorship plan for early career investigators includes close integration and involvement with the candidate's research program, individualized goals and development of independent research projects, and consultation with nationally recognized senior investigators. The candidate's mentees will obtain substantial training in research with suicidal youth, health behavior theories and interventions, research ethics with high risk and vulnerable populations, and the development of culturally sensitive interventions. Current mentees include three junior faculty, one advanced child psychiatry fellow, 1 postdoctoral fellow, one senior research associate, and two graduate students. The candidate's career development plan proposes consultation and focused training in three areas related to the goal of developing interventions that promote treatment seeking, treatment adherence, and improved outcomes among youth at risk for suicide: (1) health behavior theories, social network models, and effective health behavior interventions for youth with chronic diseases and other at risk conditions; (2) culturally sensitive strategies for studying and implementing health behavior interventions; and (3) strategies for ensuring that study design, informed consent, and risk management procedures meet the highest ethical standards and changing regulatory requirements. A research plan is proposed that includes (1) continued intervention research related to the Youth-Nominated Support Team intervention for suicidal adolescents, and (2) development of a multi-component Emergency Department based health behavior intervention for adolescents at risk for suicide. This award will contribute substantially to the candidate's career objectives by relieving her of patient care duties and providing protected time for mentorship and advanced training activities.