Kaufman Arthur, Rhyne Robert L, Anastasoff Juliana, Ronquillo Francisco, Nixon Marnie, Mishra Shiraz, Poola Charlene, Page-Reeves Janet, Nkouaga Carolina, Cordova Carla, Larson Richard S
From the Office for Community Health, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM.
J Am Board Fam Med. 2017 Jan 2;30(1):94-99. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160119.
Health Extension Regional Officers (HEROs) through the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC) help to facilitate university-community engagement throughout New Mexico. HEROs, based in communities across the state, link priority community health needs with university resources in education, service, and research. Researchers' studies are usually aligned with federal funding priorities rather than with health priorities expressed by communities. To help overcome this misalignment, the UNM Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) provides partial funding for HEROs to bridge the divide between research priorities of UNMHSC and health priorities of the state's communities. A bidirectional partnership between HEROs and CTSC researchers was established, which led to: 1) increased community engaged studies through the CTSC, 2) the HERO model itself as a subject of research, 3) a HERO-driven increase in local capacity in scholarship and grant writing, and 4) development of training modules for investigators and community stakeholders on community-engaged research. As a result, 5 grants were submitted, 4 of which were funded, totaling $7,409,002.00, and 3 research articles were published. Health extension can serve as a university-funded, community-based bridge between community health needs and Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) research capacity, opening avenues for translational research.
通过新墨西哥大学健康科学中心（UNMHSC），健康推广区域官员（HEROs）助力推动新墨西哥州各地的大学与社区互动。HEROs分布于该州各个社区，将社区重点健康需求与大学在教育、服务及研究方面的资源相联系。研究人员的研究通常与联邦资金优先事项一致，而非与社区表达的健康优先事项相符。为帮助克服这种不一致，新墨西哥大学临床与转化科学中心（CTSC）为HEROs提供部分资金，以弥合UNMHSC的研究优先事项与该州社区健康优先事项之间的差距。HEROs与CTSC研究人员建立了双向伙伴关系，带来了以下成果：1）通过CTSC开展的社区参与研究增多；2）HERO模式本身成为研究对象；3）由HERO推动当地在学术研究和拨款申请撰写方面的能力提升；4）为研究人员和社区利益相关者开发了关于社区参与研究的培训模块。结果，提交了5项拨款申请，其中4项获得资助，总计7,409,002.00美元，发表了3篇研究文章。健康推广可作为大学资助的、基于社区的桥梁，连接社区健康需求与临床与转化科学奖（CTSA）研究能力，为转化研究开辟道路。
