Collaboration with the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：这项为期两年的NICHD重点R21脑疾病提案寻求两年的资金，以支持与越南河内的越南社会科学院建立长期，可持续的合作研究关系和计划。该研究计划将重点关注越南儿童和青少年，他们由于过去二十年来该国经历的快速城市化，工业化和西方化而面临发展，行为和情感障碍的高风险。R21脑疾病项目的具体目标是：（a）巩固越南河内越南社会科学院内部的合作关系。我们与货车Thi Kim Cuc博士有五年的合作关系（我们的主要外国合作者），VASS国际合作部副主任，作为拟议项目的一部分，我们将巩固这种关系，并将其扩展到其他VASS教师;（B）进行需求评估，以确定必要的研究培训需求VASS教师参与独立以及合作研究，解决越南儿童的心理健康问题;（c）开展两个试点合作研究项目，其目的是：（c1）获得与不同的VASS教师开展合作研究的经验;（c2）生成实质性领域的数据;（c3）提供研究培训机会;（c4）若PA重新发布，证明我们就脑部疾病R 01方案进行合作研究的可行性;（d）在研究人员个人和研究机构一级持续提高研究能力;（c）政策。公共卫生相关性：该项目侧重于儿童心理健康问题的流行病学和儿童心理健康问题的风险因素。目前，心理健康问题是世界上卫生保健负担最高的领域之一。因此，该项目与公共卫生直接相关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This two year NICHD-focused R21 Brain Disorders proposal seeks two years of funding to support development of a long-term, sustainable collaborative research relationship and program with the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi, Vietnam. The research program will focus on Vietnamese children and adolescents who are at heightened risk for developmental, behavioral, and affective disorders, because of the rapid urbanization, industrialization, and Westernization that their country has undergone in the last twenty years. Specific aims of the R21 Brain Disorders project are to: (a) Solidify collaborative relationships within the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in Hanoi, Vietnam. We have a five year collaborative relationship with Dr. Van thi Kim Cuc (our Major Foreign Collaborator), Vice-Director of the VASS Department of International Cooperation, and as part of the proposed project, we will solidify this relationship and extend it to other VASS faculty; (b) Conduct a needs assessment to identify research training needs necessary for VASS faculty to participate in independent as well as collaborative research to address Vietnamese children's mental health problems; (c) Conduct two pilot collaborative research projects, the purposes of which are to (c1) gain experience conducting collaborative research with diverse VASS faculty; (c2) generate data in substantive domains; (c3) provide research training opportunities; (c4) demonstrate the feasibility of our collaborative research for our Brain Disorder R01 proposal, if the PA is re-released; (d) Provide sustained enhancement of research capacity, at the level of the individual researcher, research institution, and (c) policy. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project focuses on the epidemiology of children's mental health problems, and risk factors for children's mental health problems. Currently, mental health problems represent one of the highest domains in regards to health care burden in the world. Thus, this project is directly relevant to public health.