Short Courses for Teaching Gene-Environment Interactions with a focus on Environmental Justice Communities

教授基因与环境相互作用的短期课程，重点关注环境正义社区

基本信息

批准号：
10693955
负责人：
Kathleen Mead Vandiver
金额：
$ 21.56万
依托单位：
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-09-01 至 2027-06-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10693955
关键词：
Advisory Committees Attention Award Awareness Care given by nurses Cheyenne Collaborations Communication Communities Community Health Community Healthcare Complex Critiques DNA Development Discipline of Nursing Distance Learning Education Educational Curriculum Educational process of instructing Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Evaluation Familiarity Feedback Follow-Up Studies Foundations Funding Genes Genetic Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genomics Grant Growth Hand Health Health Professional Health Resources Health education Institution Instruction Internships Knowledge Lead Learning Learning Skill Legal patent Lenape Tribal Nation Measures Methods Modeling Molecular Molecular Biology Mutation National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Native-Born New Jersey Nurses Nursing Education Nursing Students Outcome Participant Persons Process Proteins Public Health Quality of life Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resources Rural Series Set protein Sioux Indians South Dakota Structural Models Structure Techniques Testing Training Translating Tribes Vulnerable Populations Work career college community building education research environmental justice environmental toxicology follow-up formative assessment gene environment interaction health communication health disparity health practice health training improved lectures marginalized community marginalized population member multidisciplinary novel peer programs project-based learning prototype public health research response skills success symposium tribal college tribal community web site

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT There is a dramatic decline in the US on environmental health education and this is particularly noticeable in the training of health professionals. This MIT program in collaboration with peer P30 centers at NYU and UNM, will address health professionals’ need for training in genomics and environmental health with a one-week Short Course on gene-environment interactions. Two Short Courses will be taught each summer over the grant cycle with rural Tribal Colleges, serving the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes (CRST) in South Dakota, and the Nursing Students at Ramapo College serving the Ramapough Lenape Tribe in New Jersey. Also, an online evening course will be piloted for working nurses in the Dakotas. Providing such learning opportunities for nurses that work primarily with Indigenous populations and/or environmental justice communities will significantly contribute to building community public health in vulnerable populations. Teaching gene-environment interactions requires foundational familiarity with molecular biology and instructing the course participants on how to communicate this fundamental knowledge is an important skill learned in this short course. The participants will start each day with a lecture/discussion on a pre-selected, community-relevant environmental health topic. Lectures will be followed by a unique hands-on program using MIT-patented DNA and Protein models and pre- and post- tests will be used to measure participant learning gains. Each topical lecture will reinforce the hands-on molecular biology sessions, demonstrating specific applications for Environmental Justice Communities. Importantly, the skills of communicating gene-environmental concepts learned from the MIT Edgerton Center DNA Kit and Protein Kit to colleagues and community members will be practiced using different skill sets and critiqued during the short course. Training from these Short Courses will help participants communicate difficult topics including environmental exposures that cause genetic changes and protein responses. Short Course participants will develop an expanded skill set to understand and practice gene-environment interactions through examples, and will generate a health messaging product on a topic of their own choosing in environmental health to demonstrate skills gained in communication. A follow up study (3 months later) will be conducted to collect feedback on how participants have utilized their new knowledge about gene-environment interactions and communication skills. The proposed courses will fill a much-needed gap in health care professional training that has the potential to bring awareness and enhance quality of life to communities who need it the most.

项目概要/摘要美国的环境健康教育急剧下降，这在美国尤为明显。麻省理工学院的这一项目与纽约大学和新墨西哥大学的同行 P30 中心合作，将开展对卫生专业人员的培训。通过为期一周的短期培训满足卫生专业人员对基因组学和环境健康培训的需求关于基因与环境相互作用的课程将在资助周期内每年夏天教授两门短期课程。与农村部落学院合作，为南达科他州的夏安河苏族部落 (CRST) 和护理学院提供服务拉马波学院的学生为新泽西州的拉马波莱纳佩部落提供服务。另外，还有一个在线晚会。该课程将为达科他州的工作护士试点，为护士提供这样的学习机会。主要与土著居民和/或环境正义社区合作将做出重大贡献在弱势群体中建立社区公共卫生需要教授基因与环境的相互作用。对分子生物学有基本的了解并指导课程参与者如何沟通这些基础知识是参与者每天都将在这个短期课程中学到的重要技能。将进行关于预先选定的、与社区相关的环境健康主题的讲座/讨论。接下来是使用麻省理工学院专利 DNA 和蛋白质模型以及前后测试的独特实践项目将用于衡量参与者的学习收获，每个主题讲座将加强分子实践。生物学会议，展示环境正义社区的具体应用。从麻省理工学院埃哲顿中心 DNA 套件中学到的传达基因-环境概念的技能向同事和社区成员提供的蛋白质套件将使用不同的技能进行练习，并在期间进行批评这些短期课程的培训将帮助参与者交流困难的话题，包括导致遗传变化和蛋白质反应的环境暴露。发展一套扩展的技能，通过例子来理解和实践基因与环境的相互作用，以及将生成一个关于他们自己选择的环境健康主题的健康信息产品来展示将进行后续研究（3 个月后）以收集有关如何获得沟通技能的反馈。参与者利用了他们关于基因-环境相互作用和沟通技巧的新知识。拟议的课程将填补医疗保健专业培训急需的空白，有潜力为最需要的社区提高认识并提高生活质量。