A CBPR Initiative to Address Obesity Disparities for Latinos in the San Joaquin V

在全国范围内，所有年龄组的拉丁美洲人超重和肥胖的发病率和死亡率不成比例。在贫困率高、英语水平有限的社区，这种差异更加严重。加州圣华金河谷（San Joaquin Valley， SJV）的八个县地区就是这样一个地区。SJV是美国拉美裔人口最集中的地区之一，主要是墨西哥裔。该地区的无证拉丁裔移民比例也是最高的，他们在研究领域的代表性不足，对与研究人员的关系构成了更大的挑战。加州大学默塞德分校（UC Merced）成立于2005年，是SJV中第一个研究型大学，也是加州大学10个校区系统中两个西班牙裔服务机构之一。自成立以来，加州大学默塞德分校一直致力于改善SJV的福祉。自2006年以来，加州大学默塞德分校已经发展了一项社区参与奖学金计划，该计划为多个地区的CBPR努力做出了贡献，重点是社会正义和健康公平。这些努力并没有很好地惠及SJV的拉丁裔社区，也没有解决肥胖差异问题。加州大学默塞德分校、加州中部地区肥胖预防计划和几个地区社区利益相关者之间拟议的合作将创建一个正式的CBPR倡议，以解决拉美裔人之间的肥胖差异，重点关注家庭和多代家庭（拉美裔在SJV中很常见）。传统的工作伙伴关系、咨询委员会和会议方法将与新兴的CBPR方法相结合，如开放空间、世界咖啡馆、Photovoice、培训和支持的目的是提高社区和学术合作伙伴的能力，协同工作，制定一项行动计划，利用CBPR解决拉丁裔肥胖差异问题。将与社区学术代表和跨社区部门（例如……）建立咨询、规划和行动小组。（信仰、事业、教育）和几代人。该项目将产生可持续的社区学术关系和基础设施，并为CBPR项目提出初步建议，以解决拉丁美洲人肥胖/超重的差异

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary Nationwide, Latinos of all age groups disproportionately experience overweight and obesity morbidity and mortality. These disparities are exacerbated in communities with high rates of poverty and limited English proficiency. The eight-county region of the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California is such an area. SJV is represented by one of the highest concentrations of Latinos in the U.S., predominantly of Mexican descent. The region also has among the highest rates of undocumented, immigrant Latino populations which are largely under-represented in research and pose greater challenges in relationship with researchers. Established in 2005, the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is the first-ever research university in the SJV and one of two Hispanic Serving Institutions in the 10-campus UC system. Since its inception UC Merced has had a strong, formal commitment to improve the well-being of SJV. Since 2006, UC Merced has grown an initiative for Community Engaged Scholarship that has contributed to multiple regional CBPR efforts with a focus on social justice and health equity. These efforts have not well reached the Latino communities in SJV nor have they addressed obesity disparities. The proposed collaboration between UC Merced, Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program, and several regional community stakeholders will create a formal CBPR initiative to address obesity disparities among Latinos, with a focus on families and multigenerational households (common for Latinos in SJV). Traditional working partnerships, advisory boards, and conference and meeting methods will be blended with emerging CBPR approaches such as Open Space, World Cafes, Photovoice, and social media to establish a strong and sustainable network of action research that is culturally and linguistically appropriate Training and support will aim to improve the capacity of both community and academic partners to work synergistically to establish an action plan to use CBPR to address Latino obesity disparities. Advisory, planning, and action teams will be established with community-academic representatives and across community sectors (e.g.., faith, business, education) and generations. The project will produce sustainable community-academic relationships and infrastructure, and initial proposals for CBPR projects on Latino obesity/overweight disparities in the SJV.