Addressing Mental Illness and Physical Comorbidities in Migrants and Their Famili

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请涉及移民对慢性非传染性疾病（NCD）的不利影响，特别是在精神疾病和身体合并症方面。这项申请的总体目标是在低收入和中等收入国家建立有关这一重大全球健康问题的研究能力。报告重点关注东欧和中亚地区来自世界上两个最大的移民输出国-科索沃和塔吉克斯坦-的移民，这两个国家都是穆斯林占多数的中低收入国家。这项研究的目的是提高科索沃和塔吉克斯坦的决策者、从业人员和教育工作者处理其公民与移民有关的精神和身体疾病的能力， 海内外这笔赠款支持伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校与科索沃和塔吉克斯坦的领先研究机构合作，培训博士后研究人员，并建立非传染性疾病研究的专业中心，这将成为芝加哥-普里什蒂纳-杜尚别网络（CPDN）的一部分。该研究培训方案有三个具体目标：（1）通过在UIC的培训，对来自科索沃和塔吉克斯坦的10名职业生涯初期至中期的博士后研究人员进行非传染性疾病研究多学科方法的培训; 2）通过支持10个为期一年的指导研究项目和每年培训约250名参与者，在7个伙伴机构建立研究能力（包括现场和在线）谁是学者，教育工作者，从业者，政策制定者，或利益相关者对相关的研究方法，问题和基础设施; 3）发展和维持一个多样化的网络研究人员从美国，科索沃和塔吉克斯坦致力于通过召开年度会议、培训和传播来分享知识和技能。研究培训方案的重点是移徙对精神疾病（如抑郁症、焦虑症、创伤后应激障碍和药物滥用）和身体合并症（如心血管病、脑血管病和职业病）风险等领域慢性非传染性疾病的影响。移民，精神疾病和身体合并症的当代复杂性需要多方面和新颖的方法来进行NCD研究培训，包括：1）临床，行为，环境和社会科学方法来研究移民的影响; 2）生命周期，家庭，表观遗传和预防科学方法来研究风险，恢复力和干预机会; 3）服务研究方法，以执行和评估护理和预防在不同的设置;和4）研究专门知识的国际交流。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application addresses the adverse impact of migration on chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD), specifically in the area of mental illness and physical comorbidities. The overall aim of this application is to build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries concerning this major global health problem. It focuses on migration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from two of the world's highest migrant sending countries, Kosovo and Tajikistan, both Muslim majority LMICs. The purpose of this research is to improve the abilities of policymakers, practitioners, and educators in Kosovo and Tajikistan to deal with migration- associated mental and physical illnesses for their citizens both at home and abroad. This grant supports the University of Illinois at Chicago to work with leading research institutions in Kosovo and Tajikistan to train postdoctoral researchers and build centers of expertise in NCD research that will be part of a Chicago- Prishtina-Dushanbe Network (CPDN). This research training program has three specific aims: 1) Train 10 early- to mid-career postdoctoral researchers from Kosovo and Tajikistan in multidisciplinary approaches to NCD research through training at UIC; 2) Build research capacity at 7 partner institutions by supporting 10 one-year mentored research projects and by training an estimated 250 participants per year (both live and on- line) who are either academics, educators, practitioners, policymakers, or stakeholders on pertinent research methods, issues, and infrastructure; 3) Develop and sustain a diverse network of researchers from the U.S., Kosovo, and Tajikistan dedicated to sharing knowledge and skills through convening annual meetings, trainings, and dissemination. The research training program focuses on the impact of migration upon chronic non-communicable diseases in the areas of mental illness (e.g. depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance abuse) and risks for physical comorbidities (e.g. cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and occupational diseases). The contemporary complex nature of migration, mental illness, and physical comorbidities requires multifaceted and novel approaches to NCD research training that incorporate: 1) clinical, behavioral, environmental, and social science approaches to the impact of migration; 2) lifecycle, family, epigenetic, and prevention science approaches to studying risks, resilience, and intervention opportunities; 3) services research approaches to the implementation and evaluation of care and prevention in diverse settings; and 4) international exchange of research expertise.