Nutrition-Related NCD Prevention Training in China

描述（由申请人提供）：本资助重点关注与营养相关非传染性疾病（NR-NCD）领域的大规模项目和政策分析相关的能力建设。这是一项长期合作的延续和扩展，将为中国预防肥胖、糖尿病、高血压和相关心脏代谢问题的大规模项目和政策研究提供新一代培训。这意味着重点将主要放在与饮食和身体活动模式以及预防肥胖和相关合并症有关的问题上。目标将是提高与这些关键健康问题有关的研究、培训和机构能力的深度和质量。我们将与中国政府和美国疾病预防控制中心就中国减盐研究方面进行合作，并将与我们的合作研究机构——中国疾病预防控制中心的国家级研究机构和部分省级疾病预防控制中心开展合作。中国卫生部门缺乏这种培训和研究重点。我们的合作伙伴隶属于中国的主要机构，这些机构在国家层面上能够影响与非传染性疾病相关的项目和政策变化。在营养学、人类学、经济学、遗传学、地理学、卫生经济学、大众传播和城市规划等领域具有专门知识的联合国军中心顾问和培训人员将帮助加强与宏观政策研究和执行以及有关方案问题有关的研究培训。我们的团队还将加强在国家/省/特大城市层面的能力，以加强当前研究监测饮食变化和影响饮食变化的关键政策因素，并开展更有能力的项目和政策选择的随机对照试验。计划在1-5年每年培养2名长期博士预科生和3名中期博士后培养生；1-2年4名短期实习生；还有三名三年级的短期实习生。短期研修生预计将包括成熟的学者、研究人员和工作人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant focuses on capacity building related to large-scale program and policy analysis in the nutrition- related noncommunicable disease (NR-NCD) area. This is a continuation and expansion of a long-term collaboration that will allow a new generation of training in large-scale program and policy research related to the prevention of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and the related cardio-metabolic problems in China. This means the focus will be primarily on issues linked with dietary and physical activity patterns and preventing obesity and the related comorbidities. The goal will be to increase the depth and quality of research training and institutional capability related to these critical health issues. We will work with the government of China and also the US CDC on the research side of salt-reduction for China, and will work with our collaborating research institution-research components of the China Center for Disease Control (CCDC) at the national level institutes and part of the provincial CDCs at the provincial levels. This type of training and research focus is missing in China's health sector. Our collaborators are affiliated with the major Chinese institutions that are in a position to impact program and policy changes related to NR-NCDs at the national level. UNC advisors and trainers with expertise in the fields of nutrition, anthropology, economics, genetics, geography, health economics, mass communications, and urban planning will help strengthen the research training related to macro policy research and implementation and related programmatic issues. Our team will also strengthen capability at the national/provincial/megacity level to both enhance current research monitoring dietary changes and the key policy factors impacting them and also undertake more competent randomized controlled trials of program and policy options. We propose two long-term predoctoral trainees and three medium-term postdoctoral trainees each year in years 1-5; four short-term trainees in years 1-2; and three short-term trainees in year 3. The short-term trainees are expected to include mature scholars, researchers, as well as staff.