Collaboration with the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences

描述(由申请者提供)：这项为期两年、聚焦于NICHD的R21脑疾病提案寻求两年的资金，以支持与越南河内的越南社会科学院发展长期、可持续的合作研究关系和项目。该研究计划将重点关注越南儿童和青少年，由于他们的国家在过去20年里经历了快速的城市化、工业化和西方化，他们面临着发展、行为和情感障碍的高风险。R21脑障碍项目的具体目标是：(A)巩固位于越南河内的越南社会科学院(VASS)内部的合作关系。我们与VASS国际合作部副主任Van Thi Kim Cuc博士(我们的主要外国合作者)有五年的合作关系，作为拟议项目的一部分，我们将巩固这种关系并将其扩展到Vass的其他教员；(B)进行需求评估，以确定Vass教员参与独立和协作研究以解决越南儿童心理健康问题所需的研究培训需求；(C)开展两个试点协作研究项目，其目的是(C1)获得与Vass不同教员进行协作研究的经验；(C2)在实质性领域产生数据；(C3)提供研究培训机会；(C4)如果PA重新发布，证明我们针对大脑障碍R01提案进行合作研究的可行性；(D)在个人研究人员、研究机构和(C)政策层面提供持续的研究能力增强。公共卫生相关性：该项目侧重于儿童心理健康问题的流行病学，以及儿童心理健康问题的危险因素。目前，心理健康问题是世界上卫生保健负担最高的领域之一。因此，该项目与公共卫生直接相关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This two year NICHD-focused R21 Brain Disorders proposal seeks two years of funding to support development of a long-term, sustainable collaborative research relationship and program with the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi, Vietnam. The research program will focus on Vietnamese children and adolescents who are at heightened risk for developmental, behavioral, and affective disorders, because of the rapid urbanization, industrialization, and Westernization that their country has undergone in the last twenty years. Specific aims of the R21 Brain Disorders project are to: (a) Solidify collaborative relationships within the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in Hanoi, Vietnam. We have a five year collaborative relationship with Dr. Van thi Kim Cuc (our Major Foreign Collaborator), Vice-Director of the VASS Department of International Cooperation, and as part of the proposed project, we will solidify this relationship and extend it to other VASS faculty; (b) Conduct a needs assessment to identify research training needs necessary for VASS faculty to participate in independent as well as collaborative research to address Vietnamese children's mental health problems; (c) Conduct two pilot collaborative research projects, the purposes of which are to (c1) gain experience conducting collaborative research with diverse VASS faculty; (c2) generate data in substantive domains; (c3) provide research training opportunities; (c4) demonstrate the feasibility of our collaborative research for our Brain Disorder R01 proposal, if the PA is re-released; (d) Provide sustained enhancement of research capacity, at the level of the individual researcher, research institution, and (c) policy. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project focuses on the epidemiology of children's mental health problems, and risk factors for children's mental health problems. Currently, mental health problems represent one of the highest domains in regards to health care burden in the world. Thus, this project is directly relevant to public health.