Promoting Child Development: Yale-Ankara Collaboration

促进儿童发展：耶鲁-安卡拉合作

• 批准号: 6722399
• 负责人: JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
• 金额: $ 13.82万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-28 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6722399
• 关键词: Middle East; behavioral /social science research tag; child health care personnel; child physical development; child psychology; child with disability; clinical research; developmental disease /disorder; family; health care service availability; health care service planning; health science research support; health services research tag; human subject; infant human (0-1 year); interdisciplinary collaboration; international cooperation; patient care personnel attitude; pediatrics; preschool child (1-5)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the proposed project, Ankara University (AU) will partner with Yale University (YU) to develop a research infrastructure and strengthen the capacity for conducting research focused on the recognition, prevention, and treatment of developmental problems and disabilities in infants and young children and their families in Turkey. The proposal builds upon: (1) the preliminary studies by the AU investigators focused on the gaps in the Turkish health care system concerning children's developmental needs, (2) the collaboration of the Turkish investigators with the Turkish Ministry of Health and the WHO, and (3) the earlier collaboration between the Principal Investigator at AU and investigators at YU. The capacity building activities will take place both at AU and YU. At AU, a research center will be established in the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Unit, and a pediatric fellow, research psychologist, and research assistant will be funded. Two Yale investigators will visit AU per year and will give structured workshops and contribute to the ongoing research activtities. Two investigators per year from AU will visit YU where they will work with a mentor/collaborator and benefit from the educational experiences in the 3 participating Yale Departments -- Pediatrics, Child Study Center, and Epidemiology and Public Health. The pilot research projects, which will be developed collaboratively between AU and YU, will focus on understanding the developmental needs of young children - - both normal and those with developmental disabilities - - and the kinds of services available to these children in Turkey. The first study examines the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of health care professionals in Turkey regarding early childhood development, developmental problems, and services available. The second study examines the needs of families related to promoting the development of infants and young children with developmental problems and disabilities. The third study investigates the needs of families related to the promotion of the development of normal infants and young children. These proposed projects will help establish the research center, and the results of these studies will be used to develop larger, full scale research studies and interventions to improve the health care system's response to the developmental needs of young children.

描述（由申请人提供）：在拟议的项目中，安卡拉大学（AU）将与耶鲁大学（YU）合作开发研究基础设施并加强开展研究的能力，重点是识别、预防和治疗发育问题和土耳其婴幼儿及其家庭的残疾问题。该提案的基础是：(1) 非盟调查人员的初步研究重点是土耳其医疗保健系统在儿童发展需求方面的差距，(2) 土耳其调查人员与土耳其卫生部和世界卫生组织的合作，以及(3) AU 的首席研究员和 YU 的研究人员之间的早期合作。 能力建设活动将在 AU 和 YU 进行。 在非盟，儿科发育行为科将设立一个研究中心，并将资助一名儿科研究员、研究心理学家和研究助理。 两名耶鲁大学研究人员每年都会访问非盟，举办结构化研讨会，并为正在进行的研究活动做出贡献。 每年都会有两名来自 AU 的研究人员访问 YU，他们将与导师/合作者一起工作，并受益于耶鲁大学 3 个参与部门（儿科、儿童研究中心、流行病学和公共卫生）的教育经验。 这些试点研究项目将由非盟和 YU 合作开发，重点是了解幼儿（包括正常儿童和发育障碍儿童）的发展需求，以及土耳其为这些儿童提供的服务类型。 第一项研究调查了土耳其医疗保健专业人员在儿童早期发展、发展问题和可用服务方面的知识、技能和态度。 第二项研究调查了家庭对促进有发育问题和残疾的婴幼儿发育的需求。 第三项研究调查了家庭与促进正常婴幼儿发育相关的需求。 这些拟议项目将有助于建立研究中心，这些研究的结果将用于开展更大规模、全面的研究和干预措施，以改善医疗保健系统对幼儿发展需求的反应。