Building a Multidisciplinary Pipeline of Researchers in Child Abuse and Neglect

 描述(由申请人提供)：虐待儿童是一个重大而复杂的公共卫生问题，它是多方面决定的，可能会导致各种负面的发展后果和社会代价。尽管在过去几十年中取得了重大进展，并在了解问题的严重程度方面取得了进展，但在知识方面仍然存在重大差距。问题的严重性，破坏性的短期和长期后果，以及共同出现的背景因素的重要性，使这一研究领域具有挑战性，需要多个学科的研究。医学研究所委员会最近一份题为“虐待和忽视儿童研究的新方向”的报告(2013年)得出结论，要发展一个以虐待和忽视儿童为重点的研究领域，有必要建立维持一个全国性、多学科研究项目所需的基础设施。此应用程序响应 这一需要通过实施为期五年的暑期强化研究培训机构来实现，该培训机构旨在培养一支新的熟练调查人员队伍，专门从事虐待儿童和忽视儿童的研究。拟议的研究所“建立虐待和忽视儿童问题研究人员的多学科管道”将培训和指导希望过渡到虐待儿童研究但缺乏该领域所需方法学培训的早期职业调查人员和更资深的研究人员，以帮助他们克服在衡量虐待和背景问题、选择适当的数据源和收集方法、实施原创设计或利用现有研究以及伦理方面的独特挑战。对虐待儿童问题的关注也是对目前关注妇幼保健的FOA(PA-12-207)的回应。研究所的讲演者(培训者)代表不同的领域(例如人类学、犯罪学、遗传学、法律、医学、心理学、公共卫生和社会工作)、方法专长和文化背景。每年，受训人员将通过面向不同学科、虐待和忽视儿童的兴趣、种族和经验的全国性招聘努力进行竞争性选拔。研训所的培训活动在夏季之前开始，除为期一周的现场培训外，还包括由与学员兴趣相匹配的培训员提供的个人后续辅导。它有三个主要目标：(1)实施一年一度的多学科暑期研究培训机构，向博士后培训生提供虐待儿童研究方法方面的关键知识，使他们能够领导或参加多学科或跨学科小组，继续推进这一领域的科学；(2)通过机构后的后续指导和传播机会，加强和加强对虐待儿童研究的持续参与；以及(3)通过将研究所的介绍存档，在全国范围内提供培训材料。该研究所将由两名来自不同学科背景的首席调查员领导，他们 在培训方面的重要合作历史以及作为虐待儿童研究人员的大量资助经验(MPI：Jonson-Reid和Widom博士)。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Child maltreatment is a significant and complex public health problem that is multi-determined and may lead to a variety of negative developmental consequences and costs to society. Despite significant progress in the past few decades and gains in understanding the extent of the problem, there remain major gaps in knowledge. The magnitude of the problem, the devastating short and long term consequences, and the importance of co- occurring contextual factors make this a challenging area of study requiring research from multiple disciplines. A recent Institute of Medicine Committee report (2013) entitled "New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research" concluded that to develop a field of research focused on child abuse and neglect, it is necessary to create the infrastructure required to sustain a national, multidisciplinary research enterprise. This application responds to this need by implementing a five-year intensive summer research training institute designed to prepare a new cadre of skilled investigators dedicated to engaging in child abuse and neglect research. The proposed institute, "Building a Multidisciplinary Pipeline of Researchers in Child Abuse and Neglect" will train and mentor both early career investigators and more senior researchers who wish to transition to child maltreatment research but lack the needed methodological training in this area to help them overcome the unique challenges in measurement of maltreatment and contextual issues, choosing appropriate data sources and collection methods, implementing original designs or leveraging existing studies, and ethics. The focus on child maltreatment is also responsive to the present FOA (PA-12-207) foci on maternal and child health. Institute presenters (trainers) represent diverse fields (e.g., anthropology, criminology, genetics, law, medicine, psychology, public health, and social work), methodological expertise, and cultural backgrounds. Each year trainees will be competitively selected through a national recruitment effort targeting diversity of discipline, child abuse and neglect interests, ethnicity, and experience. Training activities of the institute begin prior to te summer and extend beyond the on-site week-long training to include individual follow-up mentoring provided by trainers matched to participant interests. There are three major aims: (1) To implement an annual multidisciplinary summer research training institute to provide post-doctoral trainees with critical knowledge in approaches to child maltreatment research to enable them to lead or participate in multi- or transdisciplinary teams that will continue to advance the science in this area; (2) To reinforce and enhance ongoing participation in child maltreatment research through post-institute follow-up mentoring and dissemination opportunities; and (3) To provide ongoing nationwide access to training materials by archiving institute presentations. The institute will be led by two Principal Investigators from different disciplinary backgrounds with a significant history of collaboration in training as well as substantial funded experience as child maltreatment researchers (MPIs: Drs Jonson-Reid and Widom).