Arkansas Prevention Research Center for Cardiovascular Risk (HTN) Reduction

描述(申请人提供)：此申请是为了继续阿肯色州预防研究中心(ARPRC)，建立在以下基础上：目前由中华人民共和国初始资金资助的活动；阿肯色州卫生部(ADH)、Fay W.Boozman公共卫生学院(COPH)和社区合作伙伴之间的密切合作，以及这三个实体之间重新配置的联合体结构。五年的目标是：在由ADH从业者、COPH教师和主要社区合作伙伴组成的协作联盟中发展研究、伙伴关系、教育和沟通/传播基础设施，以开发和实施核心研究项目，以解决加强HTN控制的可扩展方法；发展公共卫生实践能力；增强合作历史；并积极参与中华人民共和国网络。该使命是：制定研究和教育计划，加强公共卫生实践，以降低该州、阿肯色州种族和少数民族中风险最大的人患慢性病的风险，目标是消除慢性病健康差距。为了实现这一使命，该中心将发展 核心基础设施，包括：主任办公室(DO)和执行委员会(EC)，负责管理日常行政事务；由各州卫生领导人组成的合作伙伴咨询委员会(PAC)，提供反馈并协助维持具有成本效益的研究结果；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-PIs组成，以确定ARPRC的优先事项；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，就实施研究项目向DO和研究项目团队提供建议；一个社区参与、伙伴关系和技术援助股(CEPTAU)，在现有的COPH和ADH合作(特别是现有的联合咨询委员会-JAC)的基础上，为技术援助(TA)倡议和发展CC；传播和传播股(CDU)，以制定沟通计划，以整合和促进所有中心核心活动和翻译研究，并为研究项目制定和实施社区媒体HTN活动；以及培训股(TU)，以针对已确定的培训需求制定五年全面培训计划，以加强卫生从业者、学生、社区成员和合作伙伴组织的能力，以提供TA，改进应用公共卫生研究和实践。此外，这项应用的主要研究重点是确定更好地控制高血压(HTN)的成本效益方法，高血压是各种疾病的主要风险因素，相对容易控制，是发病率和死亡率的主要来源，特别是在阿肯色州，未控制的HTN(u-HTN)非常高。HTN控制是ADH的主要优先事项，通过成本效益方法加强HTN治疗的公共卫生实践方法很可能是可扩展和可持续的，如果它们能够整合到正在发生的快速卫生保健改革中 在阿肯色州，为全国其他部门提供了一个榜样。

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.