Addressing Mental Illness and Physical Comorbidities in Migrants and Their Famili

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请涉及移民对慢性非传染性疾病（NCD）的不利影响，特别是在精神疾病和身体合并症领域。这项申请的总体目标是在低收入和中等收入国家建立有关这一重大全球卫生问题的研究能力。该报告关注的是东欧和中亚的移民，这两个移民来源国分别是科索沃和塔吉克斯坦，这两个国家都是穆斯林占多数的中低收入国家。本研究的目的是提高科索沃和塔吉克斯坦的政策制定者、从业者和教育工作者处理其公民与移民相关的精神和身体疾病的能力

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application addresses the adverse impact of migration on chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD), specifically in the area of mental illness and physical comorbidities. The overall aim of this application is to build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries concerning this major global health problem. It focuses on migration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from two of the world's highest migrant sending countries, Kosovo and Tajikistan, both Muslim majority LMICs. The purpose of this research is to improve the abilities of policymakers, practitioners, and educators in Kosovo and Tajikistan to deal with migration- associated mental and physical illnesses for their citizens both at home and abroad. This grant supports the University of Illinois at Chicago to work with leading research institutions in Kosovo and Tajikistan to train postdoctoral researchers and build centers of expertise in NCD research that will be part of a Chicago- Prishtina-Dushanbe Network (CPDN). This research training program has three specific aims: 1) Train 10 early- to mid-career postdoctoral researchers from Kosovo and Tajikistan in multidisciplinary approaches to NCD research through training at UIC; 2) Build research capacity at 7 partner institutions by supporting 10 one-year mentored research projects and by training an estimated 250 participants per year (both live and on- line) who are either academics, educators, practitioners, policymakers, or stakeholders on pertinent research methods, issues, and infrastructure; 3) Develop and sustain a diverse network of researchers from the U.S., Kosovo, and Tajikistan dedicated to sharing knowledge and skills through convening annual meetings, trainings, and dissemination. The research training program focuses on the impact of migration upon chronic non-communicable diseases in the areas of mental illness (e.g. depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance abuse) and risks for physical comorbidities (e.g. cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and occupational diseases). The contemporary complex nature of migration, mental illness, and physical comorbidities requires multifaceted and novel approaches to NCD research training that incorporate: 1) clinical, behavioral, environmental, and social science approaches to the impact of migration; 2) lifecycle, family, epigenetic, and prevention science approaches to studying risks, resilience, and intervention opportunities; 3) services research approaches to the implementation and evaluation of care and prevention in diverse settings; and 4) international exchange of research expertise.