Demand-driven capacity building for public health nutrition research in Lao PDR.
Higher education
Institutional strengthening
Nutrition
Public health
Research
Journal
Global health research and policy
ISSN: 2397-0642
Titre abrégé: Glob Health Res Policy
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101705789
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
18 Sep 2024
18 Sep 2024
Historique:
received:
09
05
2024
accepted:
04
09
2024
medline:
19
9
2024
pubmed:
19
9
2024
entrez:
18
9
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39294838
doi: 10.1186/s41256-024-00378-7
pii: 10.1186/s41256-024-00378-7
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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Organisme : U.S.A.I.D.
ID : 7200AA18CA00009
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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