CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH THROUGH FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY TRAIN

通过现场流行病学和实验室培训开展公共卫生研究

• 批准号: 8219478
• 负责人: SHEBA GITTA
• 金额: $ 60.05万
• 依托单位: AFRICAN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK, LTD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-15 至 2017-03-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8219478
• 关键词: CONDUCTING; PUBLIC; HEALTH; RESEARCH; THROUGH

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Though Africa has only 12% of the world's population, it bears the biggest burden of disease globally. This, coupled with an acute shortage of human resources for health and financial shortages, has caused a large proportion of health care resources to be diverted to curative medical practice, at the expense of public health practice. Operational research, a key component of public health practice has been grossly neglected, yet it is critical for evidence-based decision making. Various approaches have been used in an attempt to improve public health practice in Africa. One of these is the establishment of Field Epidemiology (and Laboratory) Training Programs (FE(L)TPs) in various countries. FE(L)TPs are competency-based training programs that train epidemiologists and public health laboratorians to deal with priority public health issues in their communities through field work placements that take up to 70% of trainees' time. The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) is a networking alliance of FE(L)TPs in Africa. With 11 member programs and over 500 graduates from the programs, public health practice in Africa is taking on a new face, as many of these graduates remain in their home countries where they influence policy and practice in health care. Through this project, we aim to promote evidence-based public health practice in African Ministries of Health by supporting FE(L)TP trainees to conduct research projects that enable them to attain competences as well as address Ministry of Health priorities. More specifically, we hope to support African Ministries of Health to carry out operational research through FE(L)TPs; monitor the progress of research projects of trainees supported by this grant; and promote the dissemination of the findings of such projects to promote evidence-based decision-making. We anticipate that this project will strengthen our existing collaboration with African Ministries of Health, and other local and international partners. More importantly, it is an opportunity for us to make a contribution towards improving the health of Africans through improved public health practice.

描述(申请人提供)：虽然非洲只有世界人口的12%，但它承担着全球最大的疾病负担。这一点，再加上卫生人力资源的严重短缺和财政短缺，导致很大一部分卫生保健资源被转用于医疗实践，而损害了公共卫生实践。作为公共卫生实践的一个关键组成部分，运筹学被严重忽视，但它对循证决策至关重要。已使用各种方法试图改善非洲的公共卫生做法。其中之一是在各国建立现场流行病学(和实验室)培训计划(FE(L)TPS)。FE(L)TPS是以能力为基础的培训计划，培训流行病学家和公共卫生实验室人员通过占用学员高达70%的时间的实地工作安排来处理其社区的优先公共卫生问题。非洲现场流行病学网络是FE(L)TPS在非洲的网络联盟。随着11个成员项目和500多名项目毕业生的加入，非洲的公共卫生实践正呈现出新的面貌，因为这些毕业生中的许多人仍然留在自己的祖国，在那里他们影响着医疗保健的政策和实践。通过这个项目，我们的目标是在非洲卫生部促进循证公共卫生实践，支持FE(L)TP学员开展研究项目，使他们能够获得能力并解决卫生部的优先事项。更具体地说，我们希望支持非洲卫生部通过FE(L)TPS开展业务研究；监测由该赠款支持的学员研究项目的进展情况；并促进此类项目的研究结果的传播，以促进循证决策。我们预计，该项目将加强我们与非洲卫生部以及其他地方和国际伙伴的现有合作。更重要的是，这是我们通过改进公共卫生做法为改善非洲人的健康作出贡献的机会。