Strengthening Injury Control Research in Ghana and West Africa

摘要 这项相互竞争的更新提案的广泛目标是加强#年伤害控制研究的能力 加纳的学术机构，建设一支合格的研究人员队伍，与 西非国家。该项目将提高产生证据的能力，这些证据将转化为 跨伤害控制的有效活动和可执行的政策。 具体目标是： 1.开发和实施高质量的短、中、长期伤病训练机会 在加纳和西非的内部控制，以培养该领域未来的学术领袖。我们将提供每小时4英里 学位，5个博士学位和3个博士后奖学金(面向初级教师)，为期3个月 有组织的培训和两年的指导性研究。我们将举办15个短期课程(1-2天) 覆盖500多名参与者和20个远程学习课程(1-2小时)，覆盖1,000多个West 全非洲的参与者。 2.让初级研究人员参与创新的、有指导的研究，以产生证据来加强 加纳、西非和中低收入国家普遍实行的伤害控制政策和做法。 3.提高夸梅·恩克鲁马科技大学的伤害控制研究能力 技术(KNUST)，以及其他学术机构、政府机构和非政府组织 加纳的组织。拥有至少一名教职员工的KNUST部门的数量 以受伤为重点的公共卫生硕士/博士培训，以及相关出版物，他们参与了国际 伤害研究网络，以及谁是经验丰富、成就卓著的研究团队的负责人，将从4个增加 目前增加到6个。开普敦海岸大学和华盛顿大学的这类系的数量 发展研究将从目前的1个部门增加到每个部门2个。 培训和研究将涉及伤害控制的范围(监测、预防、护理)。本节目 建立在Knust、加纳其他机构和 华盛顿大学。过去的15年是在福格蒂创伤项目的赞助下进行的， 在过去的5年里，克努斯特一直是最大的获奖者。下一个周期的新计划包括：1) 解决我们尚未充分解决的伤害问题，包括溺水、暴力和受伤 针对弱势群体(儿童、老年人)；2)更加重视博士和初级教职员工；3)引入 临床试验研究的培训和选择；以及4)建立了一个多学科的库马西损伤预防中心 这将增加Knust不同部门和受伤工作的政府机构之间的协同效应。 在项目结束时，学者们将成功地竞争资金，为不断增长的基础做出贡献 他从事与政策相关的研究，并在加纳和西非各地的机构担任教职。

ABSTRACT The broad goal of this competing renewal proposal is to strengthen the capacity for injury control research in academic institutions in Ghana, building a cadre of qualified researchers, with growing collaborations among West African countries. The project will increase capacity to generate evidence that will be translated into effective activities and implementable policy across the spectrum of injury control. The specific aims are: 1. Develop and implement high-quality short, intermediate, and long-term training opportunities in injury control within Ghana and West Africa, to train future academic leaders in the field. We will provide 4 MPH degrees, 5 PhD degrees, and 3 post-doctoral fellowships (oriented for junior faculty) comprising 3 months of structured training and 2 years of mentored research. We will conduct 15 short (1-2 day) courses reaching over 500 participants and 20 distance learning sessions (1-2 hours) reaching over 1,000 West Africa-wide participants. 2. Engage junior researchers in innovative, mentored research to generate evidence to strengthen the policy and practice of injury control in Ghana, West Africa, and low- and middle-income countries widely. 3. Increase the capacity for injury control research at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and in other academic institutions, government agencies, and non-government organizations in Ghana. The number of KNUST departments that have at least one faculty member with MPH/PhD training with a focus on injury, with related publications, who are involved with international injury research networks, and who head experienced, accomplished research teams will increase from 4 currently to 6. The number of such departments at University of Cape Coast and University of Development Studies will increase from 1 department currently to 2 each. Training and research will address the spectrum of injury control (surveillance, prevention, care). This program builds on a 30-year collaboration for injury research among KNUST, other institutions in Ghana, and the University of Washington. The past 15 years have been under the auspices of the Fogarty TRAUMA program, for which KNUST has been the prime recipient for the past 5 years. New plans for the coming cycle include: 1) address injury problems that we have not yet addressed sufficiently, including drowning, violence, and injuries to vulnerable populations (children, elderly); 2) increase emphasis on PhDs and junior faculty; 3) introduce training and options for clinical trial research; and 4) found a multi-disciplinary Kumasi Injury Prevention Center that will increase synergies among different KNUST departments and government agencies working in injury. At the end of the project, scholars will have competed successfully for funding, contributed to a growing base of policy-relevant research, and taken up faculty positions at institutions throughout Ghana and West Africa.