Table 2. Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities Research: Subproject specific aims.

	Collaborative Action for Child Equity (CACE)	Project THRIVE	Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy	Health360x	Health Policy Training
Project focus	Maternal-Child Health and Child Academic Readiness	Mental Health	HIT	Diabetes	Leadership/ Workforce Development
Specific Aimsa	1) Use quality parenting as an intervention for addressing childhood physical and mental health inequities; 2) Evaluate the extent to which existing policies in nine southeastern states ensure receipt of early child development resources and effectiveness of programs to support community participation in decision-making related to quality parenting; 3) Implement Smart & Secure Children (SSC) quality parenting intervention in nine southeastern states and demonstrate extent to which this intervention improves child and parent outcomes in vulnerable minority communities.	1) Design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally centered integrated health care model to address depression and selected co-morbid chronic diseases among underserved ethnically and culturally diverse adults; 2) Assess the impact of mental health insurance mandates and coverage on access to a community-based integrated mental and primary health care model for vulnerable populations.	1) Identify and analyze existing state and federal HIT policies that impact implementation of HIT in high disparity communities in Georgia and other similarly situated states in the region; 2) Build a collaborative regionwide coalition of community-level health equity advocates to evaluate state and federal policies that positively affect HIT implementation in these communities.	1) Analyze electronic health record (EHR) patient data and other clinical data to evaluate adherence to evidence-based protocols and disease-based quality measures; use of Physician Quality Reporting System-qualified EHR; Meaningful Use payments; health promotion and disease prevention; and appropriate data collection and reporting; 2) Evaluate effectiveness of a customizable chronic illness and decision support EHR template in improving clinical diabetes outcomes, among high-risk and dual-eligible Medicare beneficiaries.	1) Identify health policy leaders’ training needs for developing, implementing, and changing policies to address disparities in health; 2) develop a range of health policy leadership training programs in the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) to meet the needs of health professionals, community leaders, and students; 3) evaluate the impact of two SHLI health policy training programs: SHLI Health Policy Leadership Fellowship Program for postdoctoral professionals and the SHLI Community Health Leadership Program for community leaders and students.

a. Specific aims shown here were developed as part of the funding proposal and have been edited for brevity. Project activities are described in Tables 3-7.