Early Cancer Research Education for Underrepresented Middle School Students: A Case Study of Experiences from Youth Enjoy Science Programs.
Early Cancer Research Education for Underrepresented Middle School Students: A Case Study of Experiences from Youth Enjoy Science Programs.
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对代表性不足的中学生的早期癌症研究教育：青年享受科学计划的经验的案例研究。
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10.15695/jstem/v5i2.13
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2022-08
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癌症是美国的第二大死亡原因，边缘化社区受到的影响不成比例。有必要处理癌症差异以及与这些差异相关的健康决定因素。增加癌症研究人员的多样性是解决健康差距的一个潜在机制。国家癌症研究所的青年享受科学研究教育计划提供资金，让来自未被充分代表的学生群体的初中生、高中生和本科生参与癌症研究教育规划，向社区开展癌症教育外展，并向幼儿园到12年级的教育工作者提供癌症研究课程。这些计划的最终目标是激励、准备和支持学生追求癌症研究事业。在这里，我们描述了三个拥有YES项目的学术机构-肯塔基大学、内布拉斯加大学医学中心和凯斯西储大学-如何为中学生提供癌症教育规划。文中还提供了各机构的方案说明。通过对三个方案的评估，确定了共同和独特的要素。虽然每个程序都是独立开发的，但它们有更多的共同之处，而不是独特的元素。我们为其他学术机构提供了对中学课程发展的洞察。
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and marginalized communities are disproportionately affected. There is a significant need to address cancer disparities and the determinants of health that are associated with those disparities. Increasing the diversity of the cancer research workforce is a potential mechanism to address health disparities. The National Cancer Institute’s Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program provides funding to engage middle school, high school, and undergraduate students from underrepresented student populations in cancer research education programming, conduct cancer education outreach to communities, and provide cancer research curricula to kindergarten through grade 12 educators. The ultimate goal of these programs is to motivate, prepare, and support students in pursuing cancer research careers. Herein, we describe how three academic institutions with YES Programs – the University of Kentucky, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Case Western Reserve University – provide cancer education programming to middle school students. Descriptions of each institutions’ programing are provided. Common and unique elements were determined through an evaluation of the three programs. Although each program was developed independently, they have more common than unique elements. We provide insight into the development of middle school programs for other academic institutions.