The U.S.A-Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research (USACAHDR)

描述(由申请者提供)：美国的政府和非政府组织正在建立创新的公私合作伙伴关系，以改善全球健康差距缩小研究。沙利文改革卫生行业联盟(SA)正在采取行动，与西印度群岛大学(UWL)建立合作关系。这一名为美利坚合众国(US)-加勒比健康差距研究联盟(USCAHDR)的合作伙伴关系将进行流行病学研究，以探索健康的决定因素：历史、血统、健康做法、生活方式和健康差距在美国和加勒比地区的非洲人口中有何不同和相似之处。为实现这一目标，已确定了三个具体目标：(1)建立由南澳大学、世界卫生组织、加勒比健康研究理事会和国家健康博物馆组成的协同伙伴关系，就社会决定因素在决定加勒比和美国人口健康状况和健康结果方面的作用开展研究；(2)促进美加勒比地区研究人员/科学家的专业发展；(3)建立一个全球健康差距电子博物馆，为该组织在美国和加勒比地区传播USCAHDR研究和教育材料的宽带电子平台增加内容价值。该计划将促进对美国和加勒比地区持续存在的健康差距的基本了解，发展一支对减少健康差距研究感兴趣的多学科专家团队，并为美国和加勒比地区创建具有文化能力的教育外展交流工具。 公共卫生相关性：相关性(见说明)：沙利文联盟旨在通过实施一个全球卫生联盟来扩大其减少健康差距的使命。美利坚合众国(美国)-加勒比健康差距研究联盟，致力于减少美国和加勒比地区的健康差距、流行病学研究和教育推广。这一合作有可能产生新的减少健康差距的知识，并减轻美国和加勒比地区非传染性疾病的负担。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the US are building innovative public/private partnerships to improve global health disparities reduction research. The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions (SA) is taking action to build collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWl). The partnership, The United States of America (US)-Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research (USCAHDR), will implement epidemiological research to explore how determinants of health: historyancestry, health practices, and life styles and health disparities differ and are similar among African populations in the US and the Caribbean. Three specific aims have been identified to accomplish this goal: (1) build a synergistic partnership comprised of the SA, UWl, the Caribbean Heath Research Council, and the National Health Museum to conduct research on the role of social determinants in determining health status and health outcomes among Caribbean and US populations; (2) enhance the professional development of US-Caribbean researchers/scientists; and (3) establish a global health disparities E-Museum that adds content-value to UWI's broadband e-platforms for disseminating USCAHDR research and educational materials in the US and the Caribbean. The program will advance fundamental understanding of persistent health disparities in the US and the Caribbean, develop a multidisciplinary team of experts interested in health disparities reduction research, and create culturally competent educational outreach communication tools for the US and the Caribbean. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: RELEVANCE (See instructions): The Sullivan Alliance aims to expand its health disparities reduction mission by implementing a global health consortium. The United States of America (US)-Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research, dedicated to health disparities reduction epidemiological research and educational outreach in the US and the Caribbean. This collaboration has potential to produce new health disparities reduction knowledge and to reduce the burden of non communicable diseases in the US and the Caribbean.