Glover Saundra H, Xirasagar Sudha, Jeon Yunho, Elder Keith T, Piper Crystal N, Pastides Harris
Associate Dean for Health Disparities and Social Justice, Arnold School of Public Health, and Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2009 Apr 1;3(1):1-14.
To introduce a human capital approach to reduce health disparities in South Carolina by increasing the number and quality of trained minority professionals in public health practice and research. METHODS: The conceptual basis and elements of Project EXPORT in South Carolina are described. Project EXPORT is a community based participatory research (CBPR) translational project designed to build human capital in public health practice and research. This project involves Claflin University (CU), a Historically Black College University (HBCU) and the African American community of Orangeburg, South Carolina to reduce health disparities, utilizing resources from the University of South Carolina (USC), a level 1 research institution to build expertise at a minority serving institution. The elements of Project EXPORT were created to advance the science base of disparities reduction, increase trained minority researchers, and engage the African American community at all stages of research. CONCLUSION: Building upon past collaborations between HBCU's in South Carolina and USC, this project holds promise for a public health human capital approach to reduce health disparities.
通过增加公共卫生实践与研究领域中经过培训的少数族裔专业人员数量并提高其质量,引入一种人力资本方法以减少南卡罗来纳州的健康差距。方法:描述了南卡罗来纳州“出口计划”(EXPORT)项目的概念基础和要素。“出口计划”项目是一个基于社区的参与性研究(CBPR)转化项目,旨在建设公共卫生实践与研究方面的人力资本。该项目涉及克拉夫林大学(CU),一所历史悠久的黑人学院大学(HBCU)以及南卡罗来纳州奥兰治堡的非裔美国人社区,以减少健康差距,利用南卡罗来纳大学(USC)这一一级研究机构的资源,在一所服务少数族裔的机构建立专业知识。“出口计划”的要素旨在推进减少差距的科学基础,增加经过培训的少数族裔研究人员,并使非裔美国人社区参与研究的各个阶段。结论:基于南卡罗来纳州的HBCU与USC过去的合作,该项目有望采用公共卫生人力资本方法来减少健康差距。