Strengthening Injury Control Research in Ghana and West Africa

这项建议的总体目标是加强学术机构的伤害控制研究能力。 在加纳和西非，建设一支合格的研究人员队伍，西方国家之间的合作越来越多 非洲国家。该项目将提高产生证据的能力，这些证据将转化为有效的 在伤害控制范围内的活动和可执行的政策。 具体目标是： 1.开发和实施高质量的短、中、长期伤病训练机会 在加纳和西非的内部控制，以培养该领域未来的学术领袖。我们将提供每小时7英里 和3个博士学位，并将举办15个短期(1-2天)课程，覆盖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，以产生证据来加强 加纳、西非和中低收入国家的伤害控制政策和实践 更笼统地说。 3.提高夸梅·恩克鲁马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 加纳和西非的非政府组织。至少有一个的Knust部门的数量 参加公共卫生硕士/博士培训的教职员工，重点关注损伤，并出版相关出版物 有了国际伤害研究网络，谁领导了经验丰富、成就卓著的研究团队将 从目前的3个增加到6个。开普敦海岸大学和 发展研究大学将从目前的0个系增加到每个系2个。 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)。这项计划建立在20年的伤害合作基础上 在Knust、加纳的其他机构和华盛顿大学之间进行研究。过去10年 一直在福格蒂创伤项目的赞助下。克努斯特的损伤研究能力 现在发展到了Knust计划的进一步增长，以及扩展到其他 加纳和西非的机构，最好是让Knust成为 下一个5年周期。这将创造更大的股本、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。 学者们将成功竞争研究资金，为日益增长的与政策相关的基础做出贡献 他从事研究，并在加纳和西非各地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.