2/2-Colombia-Texas GEOHealth Hub Collaborative: U.S.A.

描述（申请人提供）：德克萨斯州-德克萨斯州全球环境和职业健康中心协作（ColTex-GEOH）是一项为期两年的探索性提案，建立在美国德克萨斯州德克萨斯大学公共卫生学院（UTSPH）和哥伦比亚Pontificia Universidad Javeriana（PUJ）人体工程学研究中心之间长达20年的独特合作基础上，中等收入国家（LMIC），由FOA指定。在哥伦比亚，环境和职业健康问题长期以来一直是一个紧迫的公共健康问题，迫切需要采取切实可行的、面向行动的干预措施来解决这一问题。在大多数情况下，这些关切导致针对眼前的紧急需要进行研究和培训。然而，为了取得成效，应根据优先事项规划多学科行动，其基础是明确评估各种需求和机会，以促进制定对当地情况敏感的现有解决办法，认识到工作的社会政治背景，以及如何最好地将科学研究结果转化为有效的政策。在UTSPH和PUJ之前合作的基础上，该提案侧重于工作场所安全和工业卫生，人体工程学和人为因素以及心理社会环境。在项目期间，重点是建设可持续的和 自主能力建设，我们将：（1）评估需求和机会，包括信息和基础设施能力，在哥伦比亚选定的职业领域，以确定研究和培训的优先事项和适当的枢纽合作伙伴;（2）在当地著名的高等教育机构中确定高质量、有动力、全国公认的活跃群体，政府部门和相关的私人利益相关者，增加拟议的ColTex-GEOH中心成功的潜力;（3）制定活动计划和战略计划，沿着选定的职业健康范围，强调对未来政策和计划发展的最大适用性;以及（4）编制一份评估和效益计划，说明在建设和维持能力方面可能取得的改进。 公共卫生相关性：该项目的公共卫生相关性在于建立一个德克萨斯州地球健康中心协作的预期成果，以根据需求和机会评估在选定的地球健康领域制定一项战略优先计划，以证明在建设和维持具有高度政策影响的能力方面的潜在改进。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Colombia-Texas Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hub Collaborative (ColTex-GEOH) is a two year exploratory proposal that builds on two decades of a unique collaboration between The University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH) in Texas, USA, and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) Center for Ergonomic Studies in Colombia, a middle-income country (LMIC) as specified by the FOA. In Colombia, environmental and occupational health problems have long been a pressing public health concern, and there is an urgent need for practical, action-oriented interventions to address this concern. For the most part, these concerns have led to research and training responses to immediate urgent needs. To be effective, however, multidisciplinary actions should be planned according to priorities based on a clear assessment of needs and opportunities that foster the development of locally sensitive and available solutions, recognition of the sociopolitical context of work and how best to translate scientific research findings into effectiv policies. Building on previous collaborative work between UTSPH and PUJ, this proposal focuses on workplace safety and industrial hygiene, ergonomics and human factors and the psychosocial environment. During the project period, and with an emphasis on building sustainable and autonomous capacity-building, we will: (1) assess the needs and opportunities, including information and infrastructure capabilities, in the selected occupational areas in Colombia, in order to identify both the research and training priorities and the appropriate Hub partners; (2) identify high-quality, motivated, nationally recognized active groups within prestigious local institutions of higher learning, governmental departments and relevant private stakeholders, increasing the potential for the proposed ColTex-GEOH Hub's success; (3) develop an activities program and strategic plan, along the selected occupational health spectrum that emphasize the greatest applicability to future policy and program development; and, (4) prepare an evaluation and benefits plan demonstrating the potential improvements towards building and sustaining capabilities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The project's public health relevance lies in the expected outcomes of establishing a Colombia-Texas GEOHealth Hub Collaborative to develop a strategic plan of priorities in the selected EOH areas based on a need and opportunities assessment to demonstrate the potential improvements towards building and sustaining capabilities with high policy impact.