Strengthening Injury Control Research in Ghana and West Africa

这项建议的广泛目标是加强学术机构的伤害控制研究能力 在加纳和西非，建立一支合格的研究人员队伍，与西方国家之间的合作日益增加， 非洲国家该项目将提高产生证据的能力， 在伤害控制的范围内的活动和可实施的政策。 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7 MPH 和3个博士学位，并将进行15个短期（1 - 2天）的课程，达到500多名参与者。 2.让初级研究人员参与创新的、有指导的研究，以生成证据， 加纳、西非和中低收入国家伤害控制的政策和实践 更普遍地说。 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 加纳和西非的组织。至少有一个KNUST部门的数量 教师与MPH/博士培训，重点是伤害，与相关出版物，谁参与 与国际伤害研究网络，谁领导的经验丰富，有成就的研究团队将 从目前的3个增加到6个。海岸角大学此类系的数量， 发展研究大学将从目前的0个部门增加到2个部门。 培训和研究活动将涉及伤害控制的多学科范围（监测， 预防、院前和医院创伤护理）。该计划建立在20年的伤害合作基础上 KNUST、加纳的其他机构和华盛顿大学之间的研究。过去10年 都在福格蒂创伤项目的赞助下KNUST的伤害研究能力 现在已经发展到KNUST计划的进一步发展，以及扩展到其他 加纳和西非的机构，将最好的服务，让KNUST的主要受援国， 下一个五年周期这将创造更大的公平性、可持续性、效率和最佳投资回报。 在项目期结束时，该计划将加强整个地区的合作。 学者们将成功地竞争研究资金，为不断增长的政策相关基础做出贡献。 研究，并在加纳和西非的学术机构担任教职。

The broad goal of this proposal is to strengthen the capacity for injury control research in academic institutions in Ghana and West Africa, 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 7 MPH and 3 PhD degrees and will conduct 15 short (1-2 day) courses that reach over 500 participants. 2. Engage junior researchers in innovative, mentored research to generate evidence to strengthen the policy and practice of injury control in Ghana and in West Africa and low- and middle-income countries more generally. 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 and West Africa. 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 3 currently to 6. The number of such departments at University of Cape Coast and University of Development Studies will increase from 0 departments currently to 2 each. Training and research activities will address the multi-disciplinary spectrum of injury control (surveillance, prevention, prehospital and hospital trauma care). This program builds on a 20 year collaboration for injury research among KNUST, other institutions in Ghana, and the University of Washington. The past 10 years have been under the auspices of the Fogarty TRAUMA program. KNUST’s capacity for injury research has now grown to the point where further growth of the program at KNUST, as well as expansion to other Ghanaian and West African institutions, would be best served by having KNUST be the primary recipient of the next 5 year cycle. This would create greater equity, sustainability, efficiency, and the best return on investment. At the end of the project period, this program will have strengthened collaborations throughout the region. Scholars will have competed successfully for research funding, contributed to a growing base of policy-relevant research, and taken up faculty positions at academic institutions throughout Ghana and West Africa.