RESEARCH CORE

研究核心由三个项目组成，涉及三种相互关联的疾病：高血压、肾脏 疾病和肾移植。参与这一核心的人员也将在 《行政核心》中描述的活动。 社会背景因素(例如贫困、社会网络、压力源、应对资源和社区 有关高血压的知识)可能会影响高血压的管理。世界银行的目标是 解决高血压管理项目的社会背景是1)确定社会背景 在少数民族和贫困市中心患者中开展高血压管理工作，2)培训社区居民 成为高血压健康顾问和研究大使，以及3)进行随机试验 一项对照试验，以测试使用高血压非专业健康顾问来解决高血压的社会背景的效用 高血压管理。 结合口译员和患者导航员的最强大的功能可能会改善结果 英语水平有限的患者。口译员作为西班牙裔患者代言人的目标 有高血压或肾脏疾病的人需要1)来确定说西班牙语的人的信息需求 市中心患有高血压或肾脏疾病的患者，2)培训口译员，为 有高血压或肾脏疾病的患者，以及3)进行随机对照试验以测试 使用口译员作为倡导者的效用。 移植过程中的具体步骤是造成种族、性别和收入差距的原因 获得肾移植的机会。移植导航仪介入治疗克服障碍的目标 肾移植项目有1)确定移植导航仪干预对患者的影响 获得肾移植；2)探讨成功干预的障碍。

The Research Core consists of three projects addressing three inter-related conditions: hypertension, kidney disease, and kidney transplantation. Personnel involved in this Core will also play an active role in the activities described in the Administrative Core. Social contextual factors (e.g. poverty, social networks, stressors, coping resources, and community knowledge about hypertension) may influence the management of hypertension. The goals of the Addressing the Social Context of Hypertension Management project are 1) To determine the social context of hypertension management among minority and poor inner city patients, 2) To train community residents to become hypertension health advisors and research ambassadors, and 3) To perform a pilot randomized controlled trial to test the utility of using hypertension lay health advisors to address the social context of hypertension management. Combining the most potent features of interpreters and patient navigators may improve the outcomes of patients with limited English proficiency. The goals of the Interpreters as Advocates for Hispanic patients with Hypertension or Kidney Disease are to 1) To determine the informational needs of Spanish-speaking inner city patients with hypertension or kidney disease, 2) To train interpreters to act as advocates for patients with hypertension or kidney disease, and 3) To perform a randomized controlled trial to test the utility of using interpreters as advocates. Specific steps in the transplant process are responsible for creating race, gender, and income disparities in access to kidney transplantation. The goals of the Transplant Navigator Intervention to Overcome Barriers to Kidney Transplantation project are 1) To determine the effect of a transplant navigator intervention on access to kidney transplantation and 2) To explore impediments to successful intervention.