Demand-driven capacity building for public health nutrition research in Lao PDR  

作　　者：Gerald Shively Ramya Ambikapathi Kate Eddens Susmita Ghosh Nilupa S.Gunaratna Kelley Khamphouxay Ratthiphone Oula Kethmany Ratsavong Thipphakesone Saylath Latsamy Siengsounthone Patricia Sipes Vanphanom Sychareun Carmen Tekwe Leah Thompson Souksamone Thongmixay Maikho Vongxay Viengnakhone Vongxay Roger Zoh 

机构地区：[1]Purdue University,615 West State St.,West Lafayette,IN 47907,USA [2]Cornell University,Ithaca,NY,USA [3]Indiana University,Bloomington,IN,USA [4]Catholic Relief Services,Vientiane,Lao PDR [5]Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute,Vientiane,Lao PDR [6]University of Health Sciences,Vientiane,Lao PDR [7]Nutrition Center,Vientiane,Lao PDR

出　　处：《Global Health Research and Policy》2024年第1期212-226,共15页全球健康研究与政策(英文)

基　　金：This work was made possible through support from the Innovation,Technology and Research Hub of the U.S.Agency for International Development(USAID),through the LASER PULSE Program led by Purdue University under the terms of Cooperative Agreement#7200AA18CA00009.

摘　　要：In Laos,rates of undernutrition,especially among children under 5 years of age,remain high.In response,a large multidisciplinary team embarked on a multi-year project in Laos beginning in 2019 with the purpose of institutional strengthening around public health nutrition research.This paper summarizes the Applied Nutrition Research Capacity Building project’s activities,immediate project results,and prospects for sustaining impacts into the future.Eight primary activities were undertaken,including back-office strengthening,mentored research,and curriculum review and development.Requested training and skill development in areas related to public health nutrition,anthropometry,and research methods reached more than 1000 professionals.The first edition of a Lao-English Nutrition Glossary was produced,as was the country’s first National Nutrition Research Agenda,a document which sets locally-identified priorities for future research.Project success was achieved by focusing on the priorities of project partners and the Lao government,as articulated in the Lao National Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan.Project design elements that could guide similar efforts undertaken elsewhere include multi-year engagement,an emphasis on sustained peer mentorship,and the use of an extended period of pre-planning in collaboration with project stakeholders prior to the start of activities.

关 键 词：Institutional strengthening Higher education NUTRITION Public health RESEARCH 

分 类 号：F42[经济管理—产业经济]