Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interests Projects Supp.

 描述（由申请人提供）：慢性病是全球总体疾病负担的主要贡献者，也是全球过早发病和死亡的主要原因。慢性病每年约占全球死亡人数的63%，低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs）不成比例地承担了80%的慢性病死亡率。2010年至2020年，全球慢性病死亡人数将增加15%。如果社区能够获得初级保健资源，过早死亡和生活质量下降是可以预防的。当地的环境和政策对在资源匮乏的环境中采取干预措施有很大影响。虽然大多数国家（92%）至少制定了一项应对慢性病的政策、战略或计划，但只有79%的国家认为该政策是可操作的，只有71%的国家报告说有专门的资金用于实施有关慢性病的政策。全球和地区卫生研究网络的建立表明了有效解决慢性病等重大全球公共卫生问题所需的合作类型。伊利诺伊州预防研究中心（IPRC）寻求作为网络的合作中心参与，并与全球合作伙伴机构，他们的社区和其他合作伙伴合作，在个人，组织，环境和政策层面制定，实施，评估和传播健康促进干预措施，研究，政策和实践，以减少慢性病负担。IPRC提出了一个全球卫生伙伴关系模式，该模式促进社区与现有初级卫生保健服务资源之间的联系，以适应当地情况，从而可以分享和应用关于如何在有需要的人群中增加获得机会和改善健康状况的经验教训。具体而言，伙伴关系模式将用于评估通过社区参与办法在地方一级制定的卫生政策的横向和纵向调整。IPRC为网络带来的许多杰出资源包括：在制定、执行和评价预防举措方面与国内和国际伙伴成功合作的历史;一支卓有成效的预防研究人员队伍，在与全球卫生有关的许多研究和评价领域都有既定记录;一个已建立的合作部门和组织的校园范围内的网络，以促进研究规划，翻译工具的开发，并迅速采用，实施和维护全球慢性病推广的成熟计划和战略。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Chronic diseases are a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease and are a major cause of premature morbidity and mortality worldwide. Chronic disease accounts for approximately 63% of global deaths annually and low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately burdened with 80% of chronic disease mortality. Between 2010 and 2020 deaths from chronic disease will increase by 15% globally. Premature death and diminished quality of life are preventable conditions if primary health care resources are accessible to communities. Local context and policy strongly influences the adoption of interventions in low- resource settings. While most countries (92%) have developed at least one policy, strategy or plan to address chronic disease, only 79% consider the policy to be operational and only 71% report having dedicated funding for policy implementation concerning chronic disease. The establishment of the Global and Territorial Health Research Network exemplifies the type of collaboration needed to effectively address critical global public health problems such as chronic disease. The Illinois Prevention Research Center (IPRC) seeks to participate as a collaborating center of the Network and to collaborate with global partner institutions, their communities, and other partners to develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate health promotion interventions, research, policies and practices at the individual, organizational, environmental, and policy levels to reduce chronic disease burden. The IPRC proposes a global health partnership model that fosters linkages among communities and existing primary health care service resources that are responsive to local contexts such that lessons can be shared and applied regarding how access is enhanced and health status can be improved in populations of need. Specifically, the partnership model will be used to assess the horizontal and vertical scaling of health policy originating at the local level through community participatory approach. Among the many outstanding resources that the IPRC brings to the Network are: a history of successful collaborations with domestic and international partners in the development, implementation, and evaluation of prevention initiatives; an accomplished team of highly productive prevention researchers with established records in numerous areas of research and evaluation relevant to global health; an established campus-wide network of collaborating departments and organizations to facilitate research planning, the development of translational tools, and rapid adoption, implementation, and maintenance of proven programs and strategies for global chronic disease promotion.