Research Training in Environ & Occup Health in Southern*

说明：说明应用程序的广泛、长期目标和具体目标，并参考该项目与健康相关的内容。 简明扼要地描述实现这些目标的研究设计和方法。避免总结过去的成就，避免使用第一个 人。此摘要的目的是在脱离应用程序时，作为对拟议工作的简洁和准确的描述。请勿 超出提供的空间。 这项为期五年的竞争性续期申请是一项综合努力，旨在协助进一步发展环境和 南部非洲的职业健康基础设施和人力资源，特别强调改善研究 培训和能力。推动方案计划的区域情况分析的具体要素包括：a)高级别 南非的职业医学和职业流行病学的发展，职业卫生不是很好， 环境卫生，特别是不发达；b)在#年有完善的南非文凭和学位方案 职业健康；c)大多数其他南部非洲发展组织的人力资源开发乏力 共同体(南共体)国家；d)该区域缺乏现成的资金来支持初级和中级EOH研究人员；e) 与在南非支持学位候选人相比，支持美国学位候选人的成本相对较高； F)该国在南共体派驻的代表在地理上的广泛分散，以及对以下活动有效性的展示 非洲其他地区以技术为基础的远程教育学位课程；以及，g)集中了以下方面的强烈兴趣 在几个关键的国际和区域行为者中支持南部非洲的EOH(世卫组织/TLO、瑞典国家研究所 工作生活、南部非洲发展共同体就业与劳工和卫生部门)。基于对这些因素的分析，方案计划强调： 1)南非以外的南共体国家的能力建设，其中一半以上的方案资金用于此目的；2) 使用区域可用的资源，主要在南非，包括高质量的学位课程，以增加课程 成本效益；3)开发新的、高质量的硕士学位课程，例如职业卫生；4) 循序渐进地发展以技术为基础的远程学习学位课程，大幅增加南共体公民获得学位的机会 5)高度集中资源用于密歇根大学的培训，a)博士和硕士学位候选人，以及，b) 博士后和硕士级别的高级研究人员；6)资助密歇根大学教职员工主持的短期课程，学科和 南部非洲区域缺乏足够专业知识的领域(职业卫生、环境卫生等)；7) 大力支持南非和其他南共体国家早期以区域为基础的研究工作 职业生涯，特别强调干预和控制研究项目；以及，8)通过 EOH的主要利益攸关方和行为者定期举行会议，审查进展情况并调整该区域的研究和培训优先事项 并针对本项目发展情况进行了相应的调整。 演出现场(S)(组织、市、州) 密歇根大学 密歇根州安娜堡 关键人员。看见 名字 托马斯·罗宾斯 卡科马·奇冯达 乔纳森·迈尔斯 拉扬·奈杜 斯图尔特·巴特曼 西奥班·哈洛 丽塔·洛赫-卡鲁索 贝齐·罗佐夫 杰罗姆·恩里亚古 马丁·菲尔伯特 詹姆斯·文森特 阿尔弗雷德·弗兰兹布劳 大卫·加拉布拉特 芭芭拉·以色列 斯里玛塔·卡南 W·门罗·凯瑟林 史蒂文·莱文 萨莉·卢斯克 伊迪丝·帕克 说明第11页。根据需要使用续页，以下列格式提供所需信息。 项目中的组织角色 密歇根大学项目主任 南共体就业和劳工部门主要外国合作者 开普敦主要外国合作者的情况 W-纳塔尔大学，德班的主要外国合作者 密歇根大学联席主任 密歇根大学联席主任 密歇根大学联席主任 密歇根大学联席主任 密歇根大学联席主任 密歇根大学联席主任 密歇根大学联席主任 密歇根大学顾问 密歇根大学顾问 密歇根大学顾问 密歇根大学顾问 密歇根大学顾问 密歇根大学顾问 密歇根大学顾问 密歇根大学顾问 小灵通398(4/98版)第2页BB 在整个应用程序的底部连续编号页码。不要使用后缀，如3a、3b。 一个 抄送。，^F 键入主要调查员/计划的名称 第6页上的说明。) 首席调查员/项目D\r^r(最后、第一、中间)：Robins，Thomas Gregg 在每个打印页和每个续页的顶部放置导演。(有关类型规格，请参阅 研究补助金

DESCRIPTION: State the application's broad, long-term objectives and specific aims, making reference to the health relatedness of the project. Describe concisely the research design and methods for achieving these goals. Avoid summaries of past accomplishments and the use of the first person. This abstract is meant to serve as a succinct and accurate description of the proposed work when separated from the application. DO NOT EXCEED THE SPACE PROVIDED. This five-year competitive renewal application represents an integrated effort to assist the further development of environmental and occupational health (EOH) infrastructure and human resources in Southern Africa, with a particular emphasis on improving research training and capacities. The specific elements of a regional situational analysis which drivethe program plan include: a) the high level of development of occupational medicine and occupational epidemiology in South Africa, with occupational hygiene less so, and with environmental health notably underdeveloped; b) the existence of well-established South African diploma and degree programs in occupational health; c) the weak development of human resources in the EOH in most of the other Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) nations; d) the lack of readily accessible funds in the region to supportjunior to mid-level of EOH researchers;e) the relatively high cost of supporting degree candidates in the United States as compared to supporting such candidates in South Africa; f) the wide geographic dispersion of the country's represented in SADC, together with the demonstration of the effectiveness of technology-based, distance learning degree programs in EOH elsewhere in Africa; and, g) the convergence of strong interest in supporting EOH in Southern Africa among several key international and regional actors (WHO/TLO, Swedish National Institute for Working Life, SADC Employment & Labor and Health Sectors). Based on an analysis of these factors, the program plan emphasizes: 1) capacity building in the SADC nations outside of South Africa with more than half of program funds expended toward this end; 2) the use of regionally available resources, mostly found in South Africa, including high-qualitydegree programs to increase program cost-effectiveness; 3) development in the region of new, high-quality master degree programs, e.g., occupational hygiene; 4) the sequenced development of technology-based, distance learning degree programs to substantially increase access for citizens of SADC nations; 5) highly focused use of resources for training at the Universityof Michigan of a) PhD and Masters degree candidates, and, b) post-doctoral and masters level senior researchers; 6) funding of short courses led by University of Michigan faculty, in disciplines and areas for which sufficient expertise is lacking in the Southern African region (occupational hygiene, environmental health, etc.); 7) substantial support for the regionally based research endeavors of persons'iri both South Africa and other SADC nations early in their professional careers, with a special emphasis on intervention and control research projects; and, 8) regional consensus-building through periodic meetings of key stakeholders and actors in EOH to review progress and adjust research and training prioritiesfor the region and for this project in response to developing conditions. PERFORMANCE SITE(S) (Organization, city, state) University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI KEY PERSONNEL. See Name Thomas Robins KakomaChivunda Jonathan Myers Rajen Naidoo Stuart Batterman Sioban Harlow Rita Loch-Caruso Betsy Lozoff Jerome Nriagu Martin Philbert James Vincent Alfred Franzblau David Garabrant Barbara Israel Srimatha Kannan W. Monroe Keyserling Steven Levine Sally Lusk Edith Parker instructions Page 11. Use continuation pages as neededto provide the requiredinformationin the format shown below. Organization Role on Project University of Michigan Project Director  SADC Employment & Labour Sector Major Foreign Collaborator Uhiversity.of Cape Town Major Foreign Collaborator ¿W-University of Natal, Durban ' Major Foreign Collaborator University of Michigan Co-Director University of Michigan Co-Director University of Michigan Co-Director University of Michigan Co-Director University of Michigan Co-Director University of Michigan Co-Director University of Michigan Co-Director University of Michigan Consultant University of Michigan Consultant University ofMichigan Consultant University of Michigan Consultant University ofMichigan Consultant University of Michigan Consultant University ofMichigan Consultant University of Michigan Consultant PHS 398 (Rev. 4/98) Page 2 BB Number pages consecutively at the bottom throughout the application. Do not use suffixessuch as 3a, 3b. A CC .. , ^F Type the name of the principal investigator/program instructions on page 6.) Principal Investigator/Program D\r^r(Last, first, middle): Robins, Thomas Gregg director at the top of each printed page and each continuation page. (For type specifications,see RESEARCH GRANT