Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) Program

阿巴拉契亚肿瘤学职业培训 (ACTION) 计划

• 批准号: 10475257
• 负责人: Bernard Mark Evers
• 金额: $ 45.98万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-18 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10475257
• 关键词: Academic achievement; Achievement; Address; Appalachian Region; Area; Award; Cancer Burden; Cancer Center; Cancer Research Project; Clinical; Communities; Country; County; Data; Degree Completion; Degree program; Doctor' s Degree; Early Intervention; Economically Deprived Population; Education; Education and Outreach; Educational Intervention; Educational workshop; Faculty; Family; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Health; Health Personnel; Healthcare; Home; Incidence; Income; Intervention; Kentucky; Knowledge; Link; Literature; Localized Malignant Neoplasm; Malignant Neoplasms; Mentors; Mentorship; Participant; Population; Poverty; Poverty Areas; Preparation; Primary Schools; Readiness; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Rest; Rural; Rural Population; Schools; Science; Secondary Schools; Socioeconomic Status; Students; Training; Training and Education; Underrepresented Students; Underserved Population; United States; Universities; Youth; anticancer research; cancer care; cancer education; cancer health disparity; cancer site; career; career development; career preparation; clinical care; economic indicator; education research; experience; faculty mentor; health literacy; high risk; high school; higher education; literacy; matriculation; medically underserved; mortality; oncology program; outreach; peer; peer learning; peer networks; programs; rural area; science education; skills; socioeconomic disparity; socioeconomics; student training; undergraduate student; underserved community; underserved students

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Appalachian Kentucky has significant challenges associated with health, socioeconomic, and education disparities. This predominantly rural region not only has the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States, it is also one of the most economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and poorly educated regions of the country in which less than 1% of residents earn doctoral degrees. These disparities form the basis for the need to create targeted educational and scientific workforce preparedness and health literacy intervention strategies for this population. As such, the research, educational, and outreach strengths of the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center will be leveraged to develop the Appalachian Career Training In ONcology (ACTION) Program as a Youth Enjoy Science education intervention. The ACTION Program will immerse underrepresented and underserved high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky in cross-disciplinary mentored research projects, cancer care observational experiences, and cancer education and career development activities, as well as provide hands-on community and school outreach opportunities. The overarching goal of the program is to enhance cancer-focused biomedical workforce diversity in a high-risk, rural population and to increase the community's cancer-related literacy. Expected impacts of the program include: 1) increasing our students' matriculation into post-secondary, professional, and/or graduate science degree programs; 2) instilling in our students lifelong commitments to research, education/outreach, or health care careers focused on the cancer burden and unique challenges in Appalachian Kentucky and beyond; and, 3) enhancing the Appalachian Kentucky community's understanding of cancer research and clinical care, linking these facets to the benefits of science education. The overarching goal and the program impacts will be accomplished through four Specific Aims including: 1) developing participants' cancer research knowledge and skills through cross-disciplinary faculty-mentored research training experiences; 2) enhancing students' cancer- focused career preparation by providing didactic cancer education and career development mentoring through faculty-led courses, workshops, seminars, and career coaching and mentoring; 3) conducting outreach activities in participant communities to increase the understanding of the research and clinical aspects of cancer and the importance of science education among universities; primary and secondary school groups; civic organizations; health care providers; and the families and communities of our student participants; and, 4) evaluating program progress and impacts, focusing on longitudinal participant data (including tracking progression of participants through their academic and professional careers) and outreach activity efficacy. Ultimately, the program will establish a new paradigm for enhancing cancer-focused educational preparation among rural, low- socioeconomic students and increasing citizens' understanding of cancer and the importance of science education in rural, low-socioeconomic and low-education-attainment areas.

项目概要/摘要 阿巴拉契亚肯塔基州在健康、社会经济和教育方面面临重大挑战 差异。这个以农村为主的地区不仅癌症发病率和死亡率最高 美国，也是经济最弱势、医疗服务最匮乏、最差的国家之一 全国受教育程度较高的地区，只有不到 1% 的居民获得博士学位。这些差异形成 需要建立有针对性的教育和科学劳动力准备和健康素养的基础 针对这一人群的干预策略。因此，该机构的研究、教育和推广优势 肯塔基大学马基癌症中心将用于开发阿巴拉契亚职业培训 在肿瘤学（行动）计划中，作为青少年享受科学教育干预。行动计划将 让阿巴拉契亚地区代表性不足和服务不足的高中生和本科生融入其中 肯塔基州跨学科指导研究项目、癌症护理观察经验和癌症 教育和职业发展活动，以及提供实践社区和学校外展活动 机会。该计划的总体目标是增强以癌症为中心的生物医学劳动力的多样性 提高社区对癌症相关的认识。的预期影响 计划包括：1) 提高学生进入高等教育、专业和/或研究生的机会 科学学位课程； 2) 向我们的学生灌输终生致力于研究、教育/推广的承诺，或 医疗保健职业重点关​​注阿巴拉契亚肯塔基州及其他地区的癌症负担和独特挑战； 3) 增强阿巴拉契亚肯塔基州社区对癌症研究和临床护理的理解， 将这些方面与科学教育的好处联系起来。总体目标和计划影响将是 通过四个具体目标来实现，包括：1）培养参与者的癌症研究知识和 通过跨学科教师指导的研究培训经验获得技能； 2）增强学生的抗癌能力—— 通过提供说教性癌症教育和职业发展指导来重点做好职业准备 教师主导的课程、讲习班、研讨会以及职业辅导和指导； 3）开展外展活动 在参与者社区中增加对癌症研究和临床方面的了解以及 大学科学教育的重要性；中小学团体；民间组织； 医疗保健提供者；以及我们学生参与者的家庭和社区；以及，4) 评估计划 进展和影响，重点关注纵向参与者数据（包括跟踪参与者的进展 通过他们的学术和职业生涯）和外展活动的功效。最终，该计划将 建立新的范式，加强农村、低收入人群以癌症为重点的教育准备 社会经济学学生和提高公民对癌症和科学重要性的了解 农村、低社会经济和低教育程度地区的教育。