A GEOHealth Hub for Agriculture and Informal Work in Nicaragua: - USA

尼加拉瓜农业和非正式工作 GEOHealth 中心：- 美国

基本信息

批准号：
8864871
负责人：
DANIEL R BROOKS
金额：
$ 2.7万
依托单位：
BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-20 至 2015-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8864871
关键词：
Address Adult Agricultural Workers Agriculture Area Boston Central America Central American Costa Rica Country Data Data Sources Development Diffuse Doctor of Philosophy Employee Employment Ensure Environmental Health Environmental Risk Factor Face Family member Farming environment Funding Funding Agency Future Goals Government Grant Growth Haiti Health Health Hazards Health Policy Health Resources Home environment Human Income Individual Informal Sectors Injury Institution Laws Learning Legal Rights Monitor Nicaragua Nicaraguan Occupational Occupational Health Outcome Measure Pensions Policy Developments Population Process Process Measure Public Health Public Health Schools Public Policy Public Sector Regulation Reporting Research Research Activity Research Personnel Research Training Resources Rural Science Services Social Security Specific qualifier value Structure Technical Expertise Time Training Universities Work Workplace base design experience global environment hazard improved interest investigator training meetings programs social statistics

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 67% percent of its workforce engaged in the informal economy, consisting of the self-employed (excluding professionals and technicians), workplaces with <5 employees, unpaid family members who work at home or at small enterprises, and workers who are hired for only sporadic work in the formal sector, with no legal right to be rehired and no access to social benefits, such as social security and pensions. One-third of the workforce is engaged in agriculture, with >80% meeting the definition of informal employment. Workers in agriculture and the informal sector face serious occupational and environmental, health hazards, and the structures currently in place are inadequate to identify, monitor, and respond to these problems. The Center for Research on Health, Work and Environment (CISTA) at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at Leon (UNAN-Leon) and the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) propose to partner to build a network of institutions (academic, governmental, and other) capable of carrying out a research and training that will inform public policy to address occupational and environmental risks faced by workers in agriculture and the informal economy and, more broadly, by rural residents. This network, called a Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hub (GEOHealth Hub), will be centered in Nicaragua, but will also include partners from throughout Central America, as well as the U.S. and other high income countries. The goal of this two-year grant is to develop a viable and sustainable plan for the GEOHealth Hub, obtain commitments from partners, and put a structure in place that can conduct some activities immediately and also obtain funding for larger projects. We will meet this goal by conducting a needs and opportunity assessment; identifying and engaging partners in the planning process; identifying phority areas of research, specifying hypotheses, designing a research plan, and collecting preliminary data; identifying potential funding sources; assessing training needs of partners to build capacity; and providing input into the development of a PhD program at UNAN-Leon to increase the number of highly trained investigators in occupational and environmental health. RELEVANCE TO HUMAN HEALTH (provided by applicant): Residents of Nicaragua who work in agriculture and the informal sector face many occupational and environmental health hazards, and resources to address these problems are currently very limited. This grant will allow a U.S. and Nicaraguan university to jointly lay the groundwork for building an integrated network of Nicaraguan institutions that will be able to provide training and conduct research to improve the health of the nation's citizens.

描述（由申请人提供）：尼加拉瓜是西半球的第二贫困国家，其67％的劳动力从事非正式经济的参与，包括自雇人士（不包括专业人士和技术人员），具有<5员工的工作场所，在家中或在小型企业中工作的无薪家庭成员，以及仅在正规部门零星工作的工人，没有重新雇用的法律权利，也无法获得社会福利，例如社会保障和养老金。三分之一的劳动力从事农业，> 80％的人符合非正式就业的定义。农业和非正式部门的工人面临严重的职业和环境，健康危害以及目前所处的结构，无法确定，监测和应对这些问题。尼加拉瓜国家自治大学（UNAN-LEON）和波士顿大学公共卫生学院（BUSPH）尼加拉瓜国家自治大学（CISTA）研究中心（BUSPH）提议合作建立一个机构网络（学术，学术，，政府和其他）能够进行研究和培训，该研究和培训将为公共政策提供信息，以应对农业工人和非正式经济的职业和环境风险，更广泛地是农村居民。该网络称为全球环境和职业健康中心（GeoHealth Hub），将集中在尼加拉瓜，但还将包括来自整个中美洲以及美国和其他高收入国家的合作伙伴。这项为期两年的赠款的目的是为地理健康枢纽制定可行且可持续的计划，从合作伙伴那里获得承诺，并建立一个可以立即进行一些活动并为大型项目获得资金的结构。我们将通过进行需求和机会评估来实现这一目标；识别和吸引合作伙伴参与计划过程；识别研究的斑点领域，指定假设，设计研究计划并收集初步数据；确定潜在的资金来源；评估合作伙伴的培训需求以建立能力；并为Unan-Leon提供博士学位计划的发展提供了意见，以增加职业和环境健康方面训练有素的调查员的数量。与人类健康的相关性（由申请人提供）：从事农业工作和非正式部门的尼加拉瓜居民面临许多职业和环境健康危害，目前解决这些问题的资源非常有限。这项赠款将使美国和尼加拉瓜大学能够共同为建立尼加拉瓜机构的综合网络奠定基础，该网络将能够提供培训和进行研究以改善国家公民的健康状况。