Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN

东加勒比健康成果研究网络有两个目标：(1)形成一个 东加勒比海波多黎各群岛、美属维尔京群岛的合作研究， 巴巴多斯、特立尼达和多巴哥招募并跟踪社区居住的成年人队列，以估计 已知的和潜在的与心脏病、癌症、 以及(2)加强该地区的健康成果研究领导能力 一系列专门的国内外活动。ECHORN将扩大种族/民族的临床研究 全球转型地区的少数族裔人口现在正面临着艾滋病疫情的威胁 非传染性慢性病(NCD)。ECHORN的发现将对人类健康产生直接影响 美国大陆的差异研究和政策议程。从长远来看，这些链接ECHORN 将与当地卫生政策代表团和全球战略组织合作伙伴协调，将促进 将研究成果转化为改善整个区域的健康结果。收集和存储 生物标本还将为国家生物监测项目做出贡献，并有可能识别 非传染性疾病发展中独特的风险和保护因素。

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.