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

描述（由申请人提供）：美国的政府和非政府组织正在建立创新的公共/私人伙伴关系，以改善全球卫生差距缩小研究。沙利文保健专业改革联盟正在采取行动，与西印度群岛大学建立合作关系。美利坚合众国（美国）-加勒比健康差异研究联盟（USCAHDR）这一伙伴关系将开展流行病学研究，以探索健康的决定因素：历史、祖先、卫生习惯、生活方式和健康差异在美国和加勒比的非洲人口中是如何不同和相似的。为实现这一目标，确定了三个具体目标：(1)建立由国家卫生署、联合国、加勒比卫生研究理事会和国家卫生博物馆组成的协同伙伴关系，研究社会决定因素在决定加勒比和美国人口的健康状况和健康结果方面的作用；(2)促进美国-加勒比研究人员/科学家的专业发展；(3)建立一个全球健康差异电子博物馆，为UWI的宽带电子平台增加内容价值，以便在美国和加勒比地区传播USCAHDR研究和教育材料。该项目将促进对美国和加勒比地区持续存在的健康差异的基本理解，培养一支对减少健康差异研究感兴趣的多学科专家团队，并为美国和加勒比地区创造具有文化竞争力的教育推广沟通工具。

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.