Research Training in Environ & Occup Health in Southern*

环境研究培训

• 批准号: 6874927
• 负责人: Thomas G Robins
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-30 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6874927
• 关键词: Research; Training; Environ; Occup; Health

EXCEED THE SPACE PROVIDED. This five-year competitive renewal application represents an integrated effort to assist the further development of environmental and occupational health (EOH) infrastructure and human resources in Southern Africa, with a particular emphasis on improving research training and capacities. The specific elements of a regional situational analysis which drivethe program plan include: a) the high level of development of occupational medicine and occupational epidemiology in South Africa, with occupational hygiene less so, and with environmental health notably underdeveloped; b) the existence of well-established South African diploma and degree programs in occupational health; c) the weak development of human resources in the EOH in most of the other Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) nations; d) the lack of readily accessible funds in the region to supportjunior to mid-level of EOH researchers;e) the relatively high cost of supporting degree candidates in the United States as compared to supporting such candidates in South Africa; f) the wide geographic dispersion of the country's represented in SADC, together with the demonstration of the effectiveness of technology-based, distance learning degree programs in EOH elsewhere in Africa; and, g) the convergence of strong interest in supporting EOH in Southern Africa among several key international and regional actors (WHO/TLO, Swedish National Institute for Working Life, SADC Employment & Labor and Health Sectors). Based on an analysis of these factors, the program plan emphasizes: 1) capacity building in the SADC nations outside of South Africa with more than half of program funds expended toward this end; 2) the use of regionally available resources, mostly found in South Africa, including high-qualitydegree programs to increase program cost-effectiveness; 3) development in the region of new, high-quality master degree programs, e.g., occupational hygiene; 4) the sequenced development of technology-based, distance learning degree programs to substantially increase access for citizens of SADC nations; 5) highly focused use of resources for training at the Universityof Michigan of a) PhD and Masters degree candidates, and, b) post-doctoral and masters level senior researchers; 6) funding of short courses led by University of Michigan faculty, in disciplines and areas for which sufficient expertise is lacking in the Southern African region (occupational hygiene, environmental health, etc.); 7) substantial support for the regionally based research endeavors of persons'iri both South Africa and other SADC nations early in their professional careers, with a special emphasis on intervention and control research projects; and, 8) regional consensus-building through periodic meetings of key stakeholders and actors in EOH to review progress and adjust research and training prioritiesfor the region and for this project in response to developing conditions. PERFORMANCE SITE ========================================Section End===========================================

超出提供的空间。这项为期五年的竞争性续签申请是一项综合努力，旨在协助南部非洲进一步发展环境和职业健康基础设施和人力资源，并特别强调改善研究、培训和能力。推动方案计划的区域情况分析的具体内容包括：a)南非职业医学和职业流行病学发展水平较高，职业卫生水平较低，环境卫生明显不发达；b)南非在职业卫生方面存在成熟的文凭和学位课程；c)其他南部非洲发展共同体(南共体)国家的人力资源开发乏力；d)该区域缺乏资金支持初级和中级EOH研究人员；e)与支持南非的学位候选人相比，美国支持学位候选人的成本相对较高；F)该国在南部非洲发展共同体的代表在地理上的分布很广，并展示了非洲其他地区以技术为基础的远程教育学位课程的有效性；以及(G)几个关键的国际和区域行为者(世卫组织/TLO、瑞典国家职业生活研究所、南共体就业与劳工和卫生部门)在支持南部非洲的远程教育方面的浓厚兴趣汇聚在一起。根据对这些因素的分析，方案计划强调：1)南非以外的南共体国家的能力建设，其中一半以上的方案资金用于此目的；2)使用区域可用的资源，主要在南非，包括高质量的学位课程，以提高方案的成本效益；3)在新的、高质量的硕士课程区域发展，例如职业卫生；4)按顺序发展以技术为基础的远程学习学位课程，以大大增加南共体国家公民的机会；5)高度集中利用资源在密歇根大学培训a)博士和硕士学位候选人，以及(B)博士后和硕士级别的高级研究人员；6)资助由密歇根大学教员主持的南部非洲区域缺乏足够专业知识的学科和领域的短期课程(职业卫生、环境卫生等)；7)大力支持南非和其他南共体国家在职业生涯初期开展的区域研究工作，特别强调干预和控制研究项目；8)通过定期召开欧洲教育、科学及文化组织的主要利益攸关方和行为者会议，以审查进展情况并调整研究和培训的优先次序，从而建立区域共识，并根据发展情况调整该区域和本项目的优先事项。表演网站========================================Section End===========================================