 ESPRI
Egyptian Smoking
Prevention Research Institute
ESPRI
is an institute created to carry out smoking prevention research in
Egypt
.
By enhancing policy setting and
research on tobacco related issues, ESPRI's research will enable the
National Tobacco Control Program to take the necessary steps to make
Egypt
a tobacco free country.
Vision:
ESPRI's overall goal is to reduce tobacco use in
Egypt
by carrying out
interlocking observational, intervention and policy research, and through
capacity building for research, prevention, communications and policy on
smoking prevention will be carried out.
Background:
In September, 2002, the
University
of
Maryland
in Baltimore (UMB) was awarded a 5
year grant to assist
Egypt
in its efforts to improve
tobacco prevention and research activities. There are three major partners
involved in this project, namely UMB, Georgetown University (GU) and
Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP). Since the Co-Principal
Investigator, Dr.
Mostafa
K. Kamal
is from
Ain
Shams
University
, we have been able to draw on the
resources from
Ain
Shams also.
Since NIH funds primarily research, the
initial activities proposed primarily involve research from molecular
epidemiology aspects to prevention projects in a rural setting. Feedback was
received from the MOHP before submitting the grant to NIH. We are pleased
that we received the maximum funding given to any agency under this grant.
Figure 1. Research and capacity building components.
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RESEARCH
Cross-sectional and prospective
Surveillance
Case control studies of tobacco harm
Risk factors for smoking:
Social ,Environmental &Genetic factors
Intervention Development and Evaluation
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CAPACITY
BUILDING
Training Activities
Policy Studies
Health Education
Medical Advocacy
Public Awareness
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The specific aims of ESPRI are as follows:
Aim 1: Enhance policy setting and research on tobacco related issues
Conducting Policy Research will allow us to study effective
implementation, enforcement, and enactment of laws and regulations to
protect the public from tobacco harm, including eliminating environmental
tobacco smoke in public buildings and transportation.
Aim 2: Conduct Epidemiological Surveillance and Research
on current tobacco use, evidence of tobacco harm, and risk factors for
tobacco use (social and behavioral), including studies of special relevance
to Egypt such as the use of water pipes (i.e., shi-sha or Goza).
Aim 3: Conduct Molecular Epidemiology Research
to identify molecular , cellular and environmental risk factors associated
with addiction and tobacco harm.
Aim 4: Conduct Intervention Research to reduce
smoking and environmental tobacco smoke in villages.
Aim 5: Build Capacity and strengthen
infrastructure by both long-term and short-term training for professionals
in tobacco control research, public policy, and laboratory knowledge and
skills, and by facilitating networks of governmental and non-governmental
(NGO) organizations
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