Encouraging Excellence: Health Science Education in Native American Communities

内布拉斯加大学医学中心将继续利用信任， 我们与部落学校和社区合作， 内布拉斯加州和南达科他州开发，实施和评估科学课程， 外展活动和培训经验，以美洲土著学生为对象， K-12和他们的老师。该项目的长期目标是促进 学生对科学的兴趣，培养更多的科学素养， 最终增加美国原住民进入健康和科学领域的人数， careers.促进美洲原住民社区的健康是我们的最终目标。 这个项目的方方面面。改进科学教学，提高对 健康职业将鼓励学生进入这些职业，并希望带来这些 技能回归社区。公共宣传，提高卫生知识， 健康的生活将促进更好的个人健康决定。这一补充请求 寻求扩大我们的SEPA计划，包括开发新的在线模块 向学生介绍病毒学和免疫学的概念，特别关注 SARS-CoV-2与疫苗开发和犹豫， 不同的人群。疫苗犹豫并不局限于这个时代， 冠状病毒大流行。因此，增加一般知识将是有益的， 世界恢复正常，随着未来疫情爆发的前景开始消退， 人们的记忆。

The University of Nebraska Medical Center will continue to leverage the trust and cooperative spirit that we have garnered working with tribal schools and communities in Nebraska and South Dakota to develop, implement, and evaluate science curriculum, outreach activities, and training experiences targeting Native American students in grades K-12 and their teachers. The long-term goals of this project are to promote student interest in the sciences, foster a more science-literate public, and ultimately increase the number of Native Americans entering health and science careers. Advancing the health of Native American communities is the ultimate aim of every aspect of this project. Improved science teaching and heightened awareness of health careers will encourage students to enter these careers and hopefully bring these skills back to their communities. Public outreach that increases health literacy and healthy living will promote better personal health decisions. This supplement request seeks to expand our SEPA program to include the development of novel online modules that introduce students to concepts in virology and immunology with a specific focus on SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine development and hesitancy as has been observed in different populations during this pandemic. Vaccine hesitancy is not limited to this era of the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, an increase in general knowledge will be beneficial as the world returns to normal and as the prospect of future outbreaks begins to recede in people’s memories.