Poster Presentation
Wednesday, 19 July 2006
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Wednesday, 19 July 2006
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
This presentation is part of : Poster Presentations I
Building Capacity of Novice Researchers for Reducing Health Disparities
Sharon Horner, PhD1, Lynn Rew, EdD1, and Mary Hoke, PhD, RN2. (1) School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, (2) Department of Nursing, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
Learning Objective #1: Explain the impact of pilot studies on building novice researchers’ capacity for conducting research.
Learning Objective #2: Describe a health promotion model for reducing health disparities among Mexican American and American Indian populations.
As one of 8 partnership centers (P20) funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Southwest Partnership Center (SWPC) is a collaborative endeavor between The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and New Mexico State University Department of Nursing. The SWPC purpose is to mentor novice researchers in building their capacity to conduct health promotion (HP) research to address health disparities of low-income, rural dwelling Mexican-Americans and American Indians. The HP model has three primary components. The first component involves assessment of predisposing risk factors and barriers that contribute to health disparities. The second component focuses on interventions designed to increase personal resources. The third component is evaluation of health outcomes. To date, 14 pilot studies have been funded by SWPC and 6 are complete. Several pilot studies focused on the assessment of risk and barriers (component 1) including exploring (a) the health beliefs of Mexican American adolescents and their parents about personal risks for diabetes; (b) health beliefs and personal practices for managing diabetes among American Indians; (c) barriers to care for Mexican American women’s depression; (d) the association between childhood abuse history and adolescents’ parenting behaviors; and (e) mid-life Mexican American women’s barriers and resources that influence eating behaviors. Pilot intervention studies (component 2) include increasing exercise motivation among Mexican American adults, and a preschool child injury prevention program provided to young Mexican American mothers. These pilot studies have allowed the novice investigators to develop culturally-sensitive measures and gain valuable experience in managing a research study. Seven of the investigators funded by the SWPC are moving forward with grant proposals for the next step in their research program.

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