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iHASE ☼ Institute of HIV/AIDS Surveillance &
Epidemiology
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| Background,
Rationale and Statement of the Issues: |
- Many Public Health and Community
Health agencies that serve communities adversely impacted by the global HIV
pandemic and many other public health threats have limited access to trained
Epidemiologists with expertise needed to:
- Assess community needs including
disease surveillance/assessment of disease burden/risk and early
detection, prevention and control of infectious disease outbreaks;
- Analyze and use surveillance and
other Epidemiologic data to support planning of response plans to
meet changing demands for
service;
- Conduct intervention Epidemiology
research to develop and pilot public health interventions, and
evaluate outcomes thereof;
- Applied public
health Epidemiologic research to elucidate and solve public
health problems is currently too limited in quantity and
quality as Public Health/Community Health agencies have limited capacity to meet the need;
- Broader quality assurance and continuing
education through openly accessible publication of peer-reviewed
applied Epidemiology work is too limited in quantity and quality;
- The public health workforce, and
public health and medical professions students are not as well prepared in
applied Public Health Epidemiology as they could or should be to meet the
needs of communities;
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Goals:
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In collaboration with CHASE-CAE,
the global Council on HIV/AIDS Surveillance & Epidemiology (CHASE)
in the College of Applied Epidemiology (CAE),
the
Institute of
HIV/AIDS Surveillance & Epidemiology (iHASE) aims to coordinate the
establishment of a network of iHASE Collaboration Centers/Groups/Units through which
academic Public Health (&/or Medical) institutions can collaborate with Public Health/Community Health agencies
to provide applied
HIV Epidemiology support for sustainable HIV prevention and care program
planning, development, implementation, outcome evaluation and training/capacity
development. In summary, this applied HIV Epidemiology capacity development
initiative will respond to the issues outlined above in the background and
rationale through balancing four key concepts consistent with shared objectives of
public health agencies [including affiliates of the UNAIDS/International
Partnership Against AIDS (IPAA)]:
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- Provide applied HIV Epidemiology
support for prevention and care to the host public health agency;
- Train and create a core group of public health
practitioners with applied HIV Epidemiology skills;
- Provide quality assurance and continuing
education through openly accessible publication of peer-reviewed work;
- Strengthen
capacity in applied HIV epidemiology across public health agencies and
institutions;
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Mechanism:
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To help develop and provide sustainable HIV prevention and care service capacity, iHASE-affiliated/iHASE-accredited
Collaboration Centers/Groups/Units function as the public health agency service and
academic training collaboration
mechanism. Through this collaboration mechanism, public health agencies
gain access to trained HIV Epidemiologists
through an on-the-job/in-service applied HIV Epidemiology fellowship/training program for
recent/prospective graduates in public health/primary care. Under the guidance
of experienced academic and applied HIV Epidemiologist preceptors, fellows/on-the-job
trainees
will provide a service to state/provincial, district,
city or local public health or community health agencies; in turn, fellows/trainees will also receive state-of-the-art in-service/on-the-job training
on supporting prevention and care program planning, disease burden/risk assessment, public health
surveillance, and intervention Epidemiology research support for intervention/program development,
implementation and outcome evaluation. Through
this academic-public health agency collaboration, iHASE Collaboration Centers/Groups/Units
offer a high quality
service supported by on-the-job
applied HIV Epidemiology training experience which includes fellowship
programs, short courses, seminars and a peer-reviewed
scientific journal to provide continuing education and assure the quality and rigor of
ongoing Epidemiology support
for prevention and care. The institute's applied Epidemiology programs are
expected to stimulate public health scholars' interest
in evidence-based prevention and care service delivery and prepare
fellows for long-term applied HIV epidemiology career placements in public health/community
health agencies serving adversely impacted communities.
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HIV
Epidemiology |
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Worldwide
HIV Data
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Basic
HIV Epi
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IEPH
Features
Institutes & Initiatives |
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IEPH, Inc. is a nonprofit
institute whose global virtual network of Epidemiologists and Public Health practitioners
promote epidemiologic research in the public interest and are
committed to making the world's epidemiologic, scientific and
medical expertise, knowledge and
literature an easily accessible public resource. |
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