OBESITY AND CONTROL IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY

圣地亚哥预防研究中心于2004年首次获得资助，与我们的合作伙伴社区合作，以确定促进拉丁美洲社区健康生活方式和环境的最佳实践。现在，SDPRC正在寻求资金，以便在未来五年内集中精力成为拉丁美洲肥胖控制研究和实践的国家中心。为实现这一使命，提出了六个核心：基础设施和管理：我们将提供维持和扩大中心所有活动所需的支持。社区参与和伙伴关系：我们将加强社区参与委员会（咨询委员会），并确定让社区领袖和居民参与决策过程的其他方法。 沟通和传播：我们会建立一个机制，把研究成果转化为公共卫生实践，并向公众传播健康信息。我们的传播工作的中心，拉丁美洲健康网络（LHN）将涉及与其他六个PRC，国家PRC办公室和选定的CDC部门的伙伴关系，以确定拉丁美洲健康的可改变的决定因素和传播以证据为基础的干预措施，以促进拉丁美洲健康的方法。培训核心：我们将继续我们成功的年度拉丁美洲健康会议，达到各种社区组织和其他PRC，我们将开发：（a）一个博士预科生培训机构为他们提供进行拉丁美洲健康研究的基础，（B）与社区学院建立伙伴关系，以建设志愿社区培训员和宣传员的能力，（c）培训州卫生部门工作人员和行政人员对拉丁美洲人进行循证干预的模式。评价核心（EC）：我们将向个人和组织提供技术援助，以确保与我们促进可持续发展和社区能力建设的使命一致的独立资金。研究核心（RC）：我们将完善以志愿者为基础的培训师培训模式，以促进健康的生活方式和环境，从而建立组织的能力，以支持合作伙伴社区的体育活动计划。

DESCRIPTION FOR CENTER APPLICATION (provided by the investigator): The San Diego Prevention Research Center was first funded in 2004 to work with our partner community to identify best practices for promoting healthy lifestyles and environments in the Latino community. Now, the SDPRC seeks funding to focus its efforts during the next five years in becoming a national hub for Latino obesity control research and practice. Six cores are being proposed to achieve this mission: Infrastructure and Administration: We will provide the support necessary to sustain and expand all center activities. Community Engagement and Partnerships: We will strengthen our Community Engagement Committee (advisory board), and identify other methods for involving community leaders and residents in the decision making process. Communication and Dissemination: We will develop a mechanism for translating research into public health practice and health communication messages for the lay public. Central to our Dissemination efforts, the Latino Health Network (LHN) will involve a partnership with six other PRCs, the national PRC office, and selected CDC divisions to identify modifiable determinants of Latino health & methods for disseminating evidenced-based interventions to promote Latino health. Training Core: We will continue our successful annual Latino Health Conference that reaches a variety of community organizations and other PRCs, and we will develop: (a) a training institute for pre-doctoral students provide them with a foundation for conducting Latino health research, (b) a partnership with community colleges to build the capacity of volunteer community trainers & promotores, (c) a model for training state health department staff and administrators on evidenced-based interventions for Latinos. Evaluation Core (EC): We will provide technical assistance to individuals and organizations to secure independent funding consistent with our mission to promote sustainability and community capacity building. Research Core (RC): We will refine a volunteer-based train-the-trainer model to promote healthy lifestyles and environments that, in turn, builds the capacity of organizations to support a physical activity program for the partner community.