NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER

描述（由申请人提供）：将创建北卡罗来纳州公共卫生准备系统研究中心（NCPHPSRC），以开展与北卡罗来纳州公共卫生准备系统相关的系统和服务研究。该研究小组由公共卫生学院北卡罗来纳州公共卫生研究所所长爱德华·贝克博士领导，将包括来自公共卫生学院、位于查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学其他组成部分的高级研究人员，以及来自北卡罗来纳州州立大学、肯塔基州大学公共卫生学院、阿肯色州大学公共卫生学院和三角研究所（RTI）。该研究计划将包括一个核心，将支持一系列协调和翻译活动，包括为试点项目和新的研究人员提供资金。核心将包括一个研究翻译委员会，由北卡罗来纳州公共卫生司的一名高级代表担任主席，以确保研究迅速转化为北卡罗来纳州的政策和实践。该核心将支持四个领域的研究项目，这些项目将采用最先进的公共卫生系统研究方法，研究北卡罗来纳州公共卫生准备系统的具体要素。在我们的第一个项目中，我们将研究当前的监测系统，包括症状监测系统NCDECT和电子疾病监测系统NCEDSS。第二个研究项目将利用系统研究方法研究公共卫生区域监测队。第三个项目将利用系统工程方法来解决系统问题，这些方法适用于北卡罗来纳州卫生警报网的研究。最后一个项目将研究地方卫生机构认证对北卡罗来纳州公共卫生系统准备工作的影响。所有研究活动的结果将通过同行审查出版物和适当的国家会议积极传播。除了直接有利于北卡罗来纳州的公共卫生准备外，研究结果还将对全国产生广泛的益处。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The North Carolina Public Health Preparedness Systems Research Center (NCPHPSRC) will be created to conduct systems and services research related to public health preparedness systems in North Carolina. The research team, headed by Dr. Edward Baker, Director, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, UNC School of Public Health, will include senior researchers from UNC School of Public Health, other components of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and academic researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of Kentucky School of Public Health, the University of Arkansas College of Public Health and the Research Triangle institute (RTI). The research program will consist of a core which will support a range of coordination and translation activities including funding for pilot projects and new investigators. The core will include a research translation committee chaired by a senior representative of the North Carolina Division of Public Health to ensure rapid translation of research into policy and practice in North Carolina. The core will support research projects in four areas which will apply state-of-the-art public health systems research methodology to the study of specific elements of the North Carolina public health preparedness system. We will study current surveillance systems including NCDECT, a syndromic surveillance system, and NCEDSS, an electronic disease surveillance system in our first project. A second research project will study public health regional surveillance teams (PHRST) using systems research methodologies. A third project will address systems issues using systems engineering methodologies as applied to the study of the North Carolina Health Alert Network (NCHAN). A final project will study the impact of local health agency accreditation on preparedness of the North Carolina public health system. Results of all research activities will be actively disseminated through peer review publications and through appropriate national meetings. In addition to directly benefiting public health preparedness in North Carolina, study findings will have broad national benefit.