North American Naturopathic Medical Research Consortium

摘要（由申请方提供）：有人假设，自然疗法有可能减少疾病负担，并改善获得这种补充和替代医学（CAM）综合系统的人群的生活质量和持续时间。北美自然疗法医学研究联盟（NMRC）的总体目标是制定优先研究议程、战略计划和临床试验联盟 这将评估自然疗法有可能减少疾病负担和改善人口的生活质量和持续时间的假设，这些人口可以获得这种全面的补充和替代医学（CAM）系统。北美NMRC将把五所自然疗法医学学院的研究主任与传统医学研究专家聚集在一起，组成一个工作组，其使命是开发 自然疗法医学研究议程，战略计划和文件， 北美自然疗法医学研究议程和战略计划。研究议程将包括一个优先和排序的研究问题清单，解决美国公众的基本健康问题，沿着的方法，能力和实施计划，将有效地应对每个研究问题。必须在两年的时间内为北美自然疗法医学研究议程和战略计划建立共识和支持，以使这一为期两年的规划过程对提高自然疗法医学的研究生产力产生预期的影响。通过向越来越广泛的科学受众和更大的医疗保健利益相关者群体进行演示的迭代过程，沿着每个群体的关键反馈，NMRC工作组将建立共识和合作伙伴关系，以执行自然疗法医学研究议程和战略计划。该规划项目的具体目标是：1）召集自然疗法医生/科学家和传统研究科学家，考虑与自然疗法医学相关的研究问题，解决美国公众的基本健康问题; 2）为题为北美自然疗法医学研究议程和战略计划的文件产生并获得共识; 3）通过促进自然疗法医学院校和传统研究机构之间的合作来提高研究能力。

ABSTRACT (Provided by the applicant): It has been hypothesized that naturopathic medicine has the potential to reduce disease burden and improve quality and duration of life in populations who have access to this comprehensive system of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The overarching goal of the North American Naturopathic Medical Research Consortium (NMRC) is to develop a prioritized research agenda, strategic plan, and clinical trials consortium that will evaluate the hypothesis that naturopathic medicine has the potential to reduce disease burden and improve quality and duration of life in populations who have access to this comprehensive system of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The North American NMRC will bring together research directors of the five naturopathic medicine colleges with experts in conventional medical research to form a Work Group whose mission is to develop a naturopathic medicine research agenda, strategic plan and a document for dissemination entitled - The North American Naturopathic Medical Research Agenda & Strategic Plan. The research agenda will include a prioritized and sequenced list of research questions that address fundamental health issues for the American public, along with the methods, capacities and implementation plans that will effectively respond to each research question. Consensus and support must be built over two years time for the North American Naturopathic Medical Research Agenda & Strategic Plan in order for this two-year planning process to have its intended effect on increasing research productivity in naturopathic medicine. Through an iterative process of presentation to increasingly wider scientific audiences and larger groups of stakeholders in health care, along with incorporation of critical feedback from each group, the NMRC Work Group will build consensus and collaborative partnerships for the execution of the Naturopathic Medical Research Agenda & Strategic Plan. The specific aims of this planning project are: 1) To convene naturopathic physicians/scientists and conventional research scientists to consider research issues related to naturopathic medicine that address fundamental health issues for the American public; 2) To produce and obtain consensus for a document entitled North American Naturopathic Medical Research Agenda & Strategic Plan; and 3) To increase research capacity by fostering collaborations among naturopathic medical colleges and conventional research institutions.