Center for Native Oral Health Research (CNOHR)

描述（由申请人提供）：该中心的研究，以减少口腔健康的差异将集中在美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/ANs）的口腔健康问题，并将被称为中心为原住民口腔健康研究（hocHR）。首席研究员是Judith E。N.白化病，博士，科罗拉多大学名誉校长，美国印第安人/阿拉斯加土著计划（AIANP）和颅面生物学教授，健康心理学家。她将领导研究计划管理中心（RPAC）。Spero曼森博士，博士，教授和头，AIANP，和医学人类学家，将担任共同调查员，并领导RPAC内的社区联络和传播核心。生物统计学家威廉亨德森，博士，教授，科罗拉多健康成果计划，将领导统计和数据协调中心（S&DCC）。hocHR采取了一种全面的方法来解决口腔健康的长期差异，最初的重点是口腔感染和行为因素和合并症的关键作用。跨学科团队包括在人类学，生物统计学，牙科，经济学，医学，心理学和公共卫生方面接受过培训的科学家，并得到经验丰富的项目管理和技术团队的支持。这三个初步项目的重点是龋齿和牙周病，并通过扩大现有服务及其使用以及增加预防服务和促进口腔健康来进行干预。第一个研究组成部分（RC 1）测试干预孕妇/新生儿母亲的北方平原保留地，这是集中在使用动机访谈，在预防ECC。RC 2是一项在患有2型糖尿病的美国西南部印第安人中进行的两种牙周病治疗方法的随机临床试验。RC 3是一项服务交付干预测试，其中部落/社区成员接受培训，为参加保留地印第安头启动计划的3-5岁儿童及其父母提供氟化物保护漆和个性化口腔健康教育。发展研究方案将提供机会，由新的调查人员，社区参与和规划活动，以及主要项目的初步结果建议的试点工作。传播的重点将包括旨在提高社区认识和影响卫生政策的活动。参与部落和社区的大量以往经验形成了hocHR的方法和途径，社区对规划的持续参与将继续影响驻地协调员的执行。一个强大的培训和职业发展经验计划将包括为中学，本科，专业和研究生以及博士后水平的学生提供指导和支持，重点是招募AI/AN调查人员进行口腔健康差异研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health will focus on oral health concerns of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and will be known as the Center for Native Oral Health Research (CNOHR). The Principal Investigator is Judith E. N. Albino, PhD, President Emeritus of the University of Colorado and Professor, American Indian/Alaska Native Programs (AIANP) and Craniofacial Biology, and a health psychologist. She will lead the Research Program Administrative Center (RPAC). Dr. Spero Manson, PhD, Professor and Head, AIANP, and a medical anthropologist, will serve as Co-Investigator and lead the Community Liaison and Dissemination Core within RPAC. Biostatistician William Henderson, PhD, Professor, Colorado Health Outcomes Program, will lead the Statistics and Data Coordinating Center (S&DCC). CNOHR takes a comprehensive approach to oral health disparities in the long term, with an initial focus on oral infections and key roles of behavioral factors and comorbidities. The interdisciplinary team includes scientists trained in anthropology, biostatistics, dentistry, economics, medicine, psychology, and public health, supported by experienced project management and technology teams. The three initial projects focus on caries and periodontal disease, and intervene by extending current services and their use as well as adding prevention services and oral health promotion. The first Research Component (RC1) tests an intervention with pregnant women/mothers of newborns on a Northern Plains Reservation, which is focused on the use of motivational interviewing in prevention of ECC. RC2 is a randomized clinical trial of two methods for treating periodontal disease in Southwestern American Indians who also have Type 2 diabetes mellitus. RC3 is a test of a service delivery intervention in which tribal/community members are trained to apply fluoride varnish and deliver personalized oral health education for 3-5 year old children and their parents enrolled in reservation-based Indian Head Start programs. A Developmental Research Program will offer opportunities to pilot work suggested by new investigators, by community participation and planning activities, and by preliminary results of major projects. A focus on dissemination will include activities aimed at increasing community awareness and influencing health policy. Considerable prior experience with the participating tribes and communities has shaped the CNOHR methods and approaches, and ongoing community participation in planning will continue to influence the implementation of the RCs. A robust program of training and career development experiences will include mentoring and support for students at the secondary, undergraduate, professional and graduate, and post-doctoral levels, with emphasis on recruiting AI/AN investigators to oral health disparities research.