Arkansas Prevention Research Center for Cardiovascular Risk (HTN) Reduction

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是为了继续阿肯色州预防研究中心（ARPRC），建立在：目前由初始PRC资助的活动;阿肯色州卫生部（ADH）、Fay W.公共卫生的Boozman学院（COPH）和社区合作伙伴与这三个实体之间的联盟重新配置的结构。五年目标是：发展研究，合作伙伴关系，教育和通信/传播基础设施的合作财团组成的ADH从业人员，COPH教师，和关键的社区合作伙伴，开发和实施核心研究项目，以解决可扩展的方法来提高HTN控制;发展公共卫生实践能力;提高合作的历史;并积极参与PRC网络。使命是：制定研究和教育计划，以加强公共卫生实践，以减少那些谁承担在国家，阿肯色州的种族和少数民族的风险最大的慢性病，消除慢性病的健康差距的目标。为了实现这一使命，中心将开发 核心基础设施，包括：一个主任办公室（DO）和执行委员会（EC），负责管理日常行政事务;一个由州卫生领导人组成的合作伙伴咨询委员会（PAC），负责提供反馈意见，并协助维持成本效益调查结果;一个指导委员会（SC），由EC的所有成员、核心单位成员和研究项目PI/Co-PI组成，负责确定ARPRC的优先事项;一个社区委员会（CC），其成员代表德沙县的不同领导人，拟议的研究项目地点，为DO和研究项目团队提供有关实施研究项目的建议; a社区参与、伙伴关系和技术援助股，在现有的COPH和ADH合作的基础上，（特别是现有的联合咨询理事会-联合咨询委员会）提供技术援助倡议，并制定竞争委员会;一个交流和传播股（CDU），负责制定一项交流计划，以整合和促进中心的所有核心活动，并翻译研究成果，并为研究项目制定和实施社区媒体HTN活动;和一个培训股（TU），为已确定的培训需求制定一个5年综合培训计划，以加强卫生从业人员、学生、社区成员和伙伴组织提供技术援助的能力，改进公共卫生应用研究和实践。 此外，本申请的主要研究焦点是确定更好地控制高血压（HTN）的成本有效的方法，高血压是多种疾病的主要的、相对容易控制的风险因素，这些疾病是发病率和死亡率的主要来源，特别是在阿肯色州，其中不受控制的HTN（u-HTN）非常高。HTN控制是ADH的一个主要优先事项，如果能够将其纳入正在进行的快速卫生保健改革，通过具有成本效益的方法加强HTN治疗的公共卫生实践方法可能是可扩展和可持续的 在阿肯色州，为全国其他部门提供了典范。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to continue the Arkansas Prevention Research Center (ARPRC), building on: activities currently by initial PRC funding; close collaboration between the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health (COPH) and community partners with a reconfigured structure of a consortium between these three entities. The 5-year goal is to: develop the research, partnerships, educational, and communication/dissemination infrastructure in collaborative consortium consisting of ADH practitioners, COPH faculty, and key community partners to develop and implement a core research project to address a scalable approach to enhancing HTN control; develop public health practice capacity; enhance a history of collaboration; and participate actively in the PRC Network. The Mission is to: develop research and educational programs to enhance public health practice in order to reduce risks for chronic diseases among those who bear the greatest risk in the state, Arkansas' racial and ethnic minorities, with a goal of eliminating chronic disease health disparities. To achieve this Mission, the Center will develop core infrastructure, including: a Director's Office (DO) and Executive Committee (EC) to manage the daily administrative matters; a Partner Advisory Committee (PAC) of state health leaders to provide feedback and assist in sustaining cost- effective findings; a Steering Committee (SC) with all members of the EC, core unit members, and Research Project PI/Co-PIs to establish ARPRC priorities; a Community Committee (CC) with members representing diverse leaders of Desha County, the proposed research project site to advise both the DO and the Research project team about implementing the research project; a Community Engagement, Partnerships and Technical Assistance Unit (CEPTAU), building on the existing the COPH and ADH collaborations (particularly the existing Joint Advisory Council - JAC) for technical assistance (TA) initiatives and to develop the CC; a Communication and Dissemination Unit (CDU) to establish a communication plan to integrate and promote all center core activities and translate research, and to develop and implement a community media HTN campaign for the Research Project; and a Training Unit (TU) to develop a 5-year comprehensive training plan for identified training needs to strengthen capacity of health practitioners, students, community members, and partner organizations to provide TA, improve applied public health research and practice. In addition, the major research focus of this application is identifying cost-effective methods of better controlling hypertension (HTN), a leading, relatively easily controllable risk factor for a variety of diseases which are leading sources of morbidity and mortality, particularly in Arkansas where uncontrolled HTN (u-HTN) is exceedingly high. HTN control is a major ADH priority, and public health practice approaches to enhance HTN treatment via cost-effective methods are likely scalable and sustainable if they can be integrated in the rapid health care reform occurring in Arkansas, providing a model for other sectors of the nation.