Guttmacher Center for Population Research Innovation and Dissemination

描述(由申请人提供)：古特马赫研究所是美国领先的独立研究机构，完全专注于生育和生殖健康，该研究所寻求获得NICHD专门研究基础设施补助金，以支持和扩大古特马赫人口研究创新和传播中心。在这一支持下，中心将加强研究所的传播能力，为实地研究人员和公众提供服务和教育，扩大研究所自身研究人员的培训和发展活动并使之正规化，并与同事组织建立合作关系。该中心包括来自人口学、社会学、流行病学、经济学和公共卫生学科的17名人口科学家，以及其他19个附属机构和技术贡献者。该中心的标志性主题是生育力和生殖健康；该中心的附属机构共同为这一研究领域做出了广泛的贡献和出版物，包括关于生育偏好、怀孕意向和妊娠结局的工作；性行为、避孕用法和避孕服务；以及青春期性健康和生殖健康。为支持研究所的研究目标和中心附属机构的工作，在专题小组和研讨会系列中，中心附属机构征求对其正在进行的研究的反馈意见，以及与世卫组织、哥伦比亚大学、约翰霍普金斯大学和其他机构的合作。中心的行政核心通过将目前由研究人员执行的行政任务转移给行政人员，并通过增加工作人员培训来提高项目管理技能，从而使中心附属机构的工作更有效率。发展基础设施核心加强了与其他机构的研究合作，并为中心各级附属机构提供专业发展。传播核心通过促进有效地创建公共使用的数据集、提供关于如何解释研究结果的公共教育、指导研究人员在同行评议的期刊上发表文章以及加强中心附属机构传播研究结果的机制来加强信息的获取。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Guttmacher Institute, the leading independent research organization in the U.S. entirely focused on fertility and reproductive health, seeks an NICHD Specialized Research Infrastructure Grant in order to support and expand the Guttmacher Center for Population Research Innovation and Dissemination. With this support, the Center will enhance the Institute's dissemination capabilities to serve and educate both researchers in the field and the general public, expand and formalize training and development activities for the Institute's own researchers, and build collaborations with colleague organizations. The Center includes 17 population scientists from the disciplines of demography, sociology, epidemiology, economics and public health, along with 19 other affiliates and technical contributors. The signature theme of the Center is fertility and reproductive health; Center affiliates have collectively made extensive contributions and publications to this area of study, including work on fertility preferences, pregnancy intentions and pregnancy outcomes; sexual behavior, contraceptive use and contraceptive services; and adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Thematic issue teams and a seminar series in which Center affiliates solicit feedback on their ongoing research, as well as collaborations with WHO, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and others, support the Institute's research objectives and the work of Center affiliates. The Center's Administrative Core makes the work of Center affiliates more efficient by shifting administrative tasks currently performed by researchers to administrative staff and improving project management skills through increased staff training. The Developmental Infrastructure Core strengthens research collaborations with other institutions and provides professional development to Center affiliates at all levels. The Dissemination Core strengthens access to information by facilitating efficient creation of public-use datasets, providing public education o how to interpret research findings, guiding researchers on publishing in peer-reviewed journals, and enhancing mechanisms for the dissemination of research findings of Center affiliates.