UCLA/Cambodia HIV/AIDS Training Program in Data Management & Analysis

描述(申请人提供)：1990年代，柬埔寨艾滋病毒/艾滋病的流行率急剧上升，在高危人群中达到40%以上。2虽然到2006年，流行率下降到约0.9%，但在高危人群中仍居高不下。3在疫情之后，柬埔寨政府启动了全国数据收集和疾病监测工作，从艾滋病毒/艾滋病治疗和监测方案中产生了丰富的纵向数据。然而，接受过管理和解释这类数据培训的专业人员仍然短缺。加州大学洛杉矶分校流行病学系和柬埔寨健康科学大学(UHS)提出了一项计划，培训柬埔寨公共卫生专业人员对二级数据的管理、分析和评估。学员将有两个曲目可供选择。加州大学洛杉矶分校硕士/公共卫生硕士课程要求学习流行病学方法和原理、生物统计学、数据管理、行为科学和艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病学。这一轨道还要求完成一个硕士项目，该项目必须与柬埔寨的艾滋病毒/艾滋病政策发展有关。加州大学洛杉矶分校的博士课程要求学员完成流行病学的核心课程，以及逻辑、因果关系和概率、艾滋病毒/艾滋病生物学、研究生统计学和合格考试的课程。然后，受训者在柬埔寨进行与艾滋病毒/艾滋病政策有关的论文。将根据学员的进度和升学率；论文/论文的质量、政策相关性和发表比例；该项目对大学保健局招聘率的影响以及学员在国家艾滋病毒/艾滋病监测和数据分析方面的作用来评估整个计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Cambodia increased sharply in the 1990s, reaching upwards of 40% among high-risk populations.2 While the prevalence rate declined to approximately 0.9% by 2006, it remains inflated among high-risk groups.3 In the wake of the epidemic, the Cambodian government initiated national data collection and disease monitoring efforts that have produced rich, longitudinal data from HIV/AIDS treatment and surveillance programs. However, a shortage of professionals trained to manage and interpret these types of data, persists. The UCLA Department of Epidemiology and the Cambodian University of Health Sciences (UHS) propose a program to train a cohort of Cambodian public health professionals in the management, analysis and evaluation of secondary data. Trainees will have two tracks from which to choose. The UCLA MS/MPH track requires coursework in epidemiologic methods and principles, biostatistics, data management, behavioral sciences and HIV/AIDS epidemiology. This track also requires completion of a master's project that must be relevant for HIV/AIDS policy development in Cambodia. The UCLA PhD track requires trainees complete core courses in epidemiology as well as courses in logic, causation and probability, the biology of HIV/AIDS, graduate statistics and pass a qualifying exam. Trainees then carry out a dissertation in Cambodia that is relevant to HIV/AIDS policy. The overall program will be assessed based on trainee progress and matriculation rates; thesis/dissertation quality, policy relevance and the proportion published; the program's impact on UHS recruitment rates and trainee placement in national HIV/AIDS monitoring and data analysis roles.