Strengthening Injury Control Research in Ghana and West Africa

摘要 这一竞争性更新提案的广泛目标是加强伤害控制研究的能力， 加纳的学术机构，建立了一支合格的研究人员队伍， 西非国家。该项目将提高生成证据的能力， 有效的活动和可实施的政策在整个范围内的伤害控制。 具体目标是： 1.开发和实施高质量的短期，中期和长期培训机会，在伤害 在加纳和西非的控制，以培养未来的学术领导人在该领域。我们将提供4 MPH 学位，5个博士学位和3个博士后奖学金（面向初级教师），包括3个月 结构化培训和2年的指导研究。我们将举办15个短期（1-2天）课程 参加者超过500人，20个远程学习课程（1-2小时），西半球1 000多人参加 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，以生成证据， 在加纳、西非和中低收入国家广泛实施伤害控制的政策和实践。 3.提高Kwame Nkrumah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。至少有一名教员的KNUST部门的数量 MPH/博士培训，重点是伤害，与相关出版物，谁是参与国际 伤害研究网络，以及领导经验丰富，有成就的研究团队的人将从4 目前为6。海岸角大学和海岸角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2个部门。 培训和研究将涉及伤害控制的范围（监测、预防、护理）。这个程序 建立在KNUST，加纳其他机构和 华盛顿大学。过去15年一直在福格蒂创伤计划的主持下， 在过去的5年里，KNUST一直是主要的接受者。下一个周期的新计划包括： 解决我们尚未充分解决的伤害问题，包括溺水、暴力和伤害 弱势群体（儿童，老年人）; 2）增加对博士和初级教师的重视; 3）引入 临床试验研究的培训和选择;以及4）建立多学科库马西伤害预防中心 这将增加不同KNUST部门和政府机构在受伤工作之间的协同作用。 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 他从事政策相关研究，并在加纳和西非的机构担任教职。

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.