Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN

东加勒比卫生成果研究网有两个目标：（1）建立一个 在东加勒比群岛的波多黎各，美属维尔京群岛， 巴巴多斯和特立尼达和托巴哥招募并跟踪社区居住的成年人队列， 与心脏病，癌症， （2）通过加强本地区的健康成果研究领导能力， 在国内外开展一系列专项活动。ECHORN将扩大种族/民族临床研究 地球仪转型地区的少数民族人口现在面临着一种流行病的威胁， 非传染性慢性病（NCD）。ECHORN的发现将对健康产生直接影响， 美国大陆的差异研究和政策议程。从长远来看，链接ECHORN 将与地方卫生政策代表团和全球战略组织伙伴一起促进 翻译研究，以改善整个地区的健康结果。的收集和存储 生物标本也将有助于国家生物监测项目，并有可能确定 NCD发展中的独特风险和保护因素。

The Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) has two aims: (1) To form a research collaborative across the Eastern Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barbados, and Trinidad & Tobago to recruit and follow a community-dwelling adult cohort to estimate the prevalence of known and potential risk factors associated with the development of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes and (2) To enhance health outcomes research leadership capacity in the region through a series of dedicated activities locally and abroad. ECHORN will expand clinical research with racial/ethnic minority populations in a transitioning part of the globe now threatened with an epidemic of noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCD). ECHORN's findings will have direct implications for the health disparities research and policy agenda in the mainland United States. In the long term, the links ECHORN will faciliate with local health policy delegations and global strategic organizational partners will promote the translation of research to Improve health outcomes across the region. The collection and storage of biological specimens will also contribute to national biomonitoring projects and has the potential to identify unique risk and protective factors in the development of NCD.