Purdue University, 615 West State St., West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Glob Health Res Policy. 2024 Sep 18;9(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s41256-024-00378-7.
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.
在老挝，营养不良率，尤其是 5 岁以下儿童的营养不良率仍然很高。有鉴于此，一个大型多学科团队于 2019 年开始在老挝开展了一个多年项目，旨在加强公共卫生营养研究方面的机构能力。本文总结了应用营养研究能力建设项目的活动、近期项目成果以及未来维持影响的前景。开展了八项主要活动，包括后台强化、指导研究以及课程审查和开发。要求在公共卫生营养、人体测量学和研究方法等相关领域进行培训和技能发展，有 1000 多名专业人员参加。编制了老挝语-英语营养词汇第一版，以及老挝第一个国家营养研究议程，该文件确定了未来研究的当地优先事项。该项目的成功是通过关注项目合作伙伴和老挝政府的优先事项实现的，这些优先事项在老挝国家营养战略和行动计划中有所体现。可以为在其他地方开展类似工作提供指导的项目设计要素包括多年参与、强调持续的同行指导以及在活动开始前与项目利益相关者合作进行长时间的预先规划。
