COMMUNITY-BUILDING TO PROMOTE BIOMEDICAL HEALTH CAREERS

社区建设促进生物医学健康事业

• 批准号: 6794189
• 负责人: CHARLES EVANS
• 金额: $ 10.75万
• 依托单位: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-30 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6794189
• 关键词: African American; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; academic achievement; agriculture worker; career; clinical research; community; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; health care personnel; health care personnel education; health science profession; human subject; longitudinal human study; low socioeconomic status; role model; rural area; social support network; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The health agenda for the US depends on professionals educated in biomedical sciences. Disadvantaged rural students have decreased chances of entering these fields due to high drop-out rates, lack of adult support and inadequate life and academic skills to gain entrance to and sustain college degrees. This proposal addresses the issue of increasing entry into science-based health careers by creating a community- based support system for students. The selected participants are educationally and materially disadvantaged students from three underrepresented rural populations: Native American students of Pine Ridge, South Dakota (SD); African-American and white students from Assumption Parish in Louisiana and Hispanic children of Eastern migrant farm workers; adults from these areas acting as mentors; science and math teachers from the students' high schools. The primary objectives are: 1) to enhance the student's academic skills increasing college acceptance and retention in science majors; 2) spark enthusiasm and inspire hope for a future health-related career; 3) create a community network providing support for participants and others in the region. Students with interest and aptitude, with the adults, experience an initial 3-week summer residential program with a subsequent school year plan and a return trip to the project site the next year. The summer program focuses on academic preparation for students, curriculum education for faculty and mentoring development for adults, followed by field trips, interactive experiences, lectures and laboratory exercises exposing all to many science-based careers. Distance-learning and on-line community characterize the school-year plan encouraging student success leading to skills and strategies appropriate for college entrance. In the second summer, a new cohort enters the initial phase; returning students act as peer advisors while developing specific career interests under the guidance of individual scientists or health care professionals. Evaluation includes qualitative and quantitative methods to assess baseline reading, writing and math skills and post-program assessment, as well as interest inventory and personality tests. All participants as well as program faculty and consultants, will evaluate individual curricular elements and career experiences as they occur and participate in final program evaluation.

描述（由申请人提供）：美国的卫生议程取决于在生物医学科学中受过教育的专业人员。 由于较高的辍学率，缺乏成人支持，生活和学术技能不足，无法进入和维持大学学位，因此处境不利的农村学生进入这些领域的机会减少了。 该提案通过为学生创建基于社区的支持系统来解决增加基于科学的医疗职业的问题。 选定的参与者是来自三个代表性不足的农村人群的教育和物质上处于弱势群体的学生：南达科他州派恩里奇的美国原住民学生（SD）；来自路易斯安那州假设教区的非裔美国人和白人学生以及东方移民农场工人的西班牙裔儿童；这些领域的成年人担任导师；来自学生高中的科学和数学老师。 主要目标是：1）提高学生的学术技能，以增加科学专业的大学接受和保留； 2）激发热情并激发人们对未来健康有关的职业的希望； 3）创建一个社区网络，为该地区的参与者和其他人提供支持。 具有兴趣和能力的学生，与成年人一起，经历了一个最初的3周夏季住宅计划，随后的学年计划和第二年的返程前往项目。 夏季计划的重点是学生的学术准备，教师的课程教育以及成人的指导发展，然后进行实地考察，互动经验，讲座和实验室练习，将所有这些都展示给许多基于科学的职业。 距离学习和在线社区的特征是学年计划，鼓励学生成功，从而获得适合大学入学的技能和策略。 在第二个夏天，一个新的队列进入初始阶段。在个人科学家或卫生保健专业人员的指导下，返回的学生在发展特定的职业兴趣的同时，担任同伴顾问。 评估包括定性和定量方法，以评估基线阅读，写作和数学技能以及程序后评估以及兴趣清单和人格测试。 所有参与者以及课程教师和顾问将在发生时评估单个课程要素和职业经验并参与最终计划评估。