Student Career Enhancement Project

摘要 资源和基础设施方面的巨大差距阻碍了土著居民获得保健和公共服务的机会。 美国大众享有的健康服务。制定与文化相关的方法， 健康的社区，更多的土著卫生专业人员和研究人员需要土著民族， 行使主权，实现卫生公平。然而，对于农村地区有抱负的卫生专业人员来说， 预订、教育和培训机会有限。从2017年到2020年，纳瓦霍印第安人 健康研究中心（NIPE）伙伴关系的SEP建立了一个 纳瓦霍学生的教育途径，特别是公共卫生科学学士学位（BSPH）， 迪内学院和土著健康浓度内的硕士在公共卫生（MPH）计划在 北方亚利桑那大学。这些计划是基础设施的基础， 我们将继续开展相关的循证健康研究，并为纳瓦霍人提供基本的公共卫生服务。 通过对SEP评估的了解，认识到需要培养一代大学预科生， 公共卫生和卫生研究作为一种职业，并确定职业发展的重要性 在本科生，研究生和博士后水平，纳瓦霍语NAPESEP的总体目标 （2021-2025）是建立和维持与健康研究相关的“教育专业途径” 以及纳瓦霍民族的公共卫生需求。纳瓦霍族妇女教育方案的具体目标是：1）扩大 nnecessary与高中和相关组织合作，让学生了解和接触这些角色 和健康相关专业的职业道路; 2）通过开发扩展Diné学院BSPH计划 额外的本地研究经验，加强学术技能和与研究生课程的一致性， 并在纳瓦霍民族的六个校区建立联系，以更好地支持学生的学习， 发展; 3）调整NAU MPH计划土著健康（IH）浓度，以符合实践 纳瓦霍民族卫生部、印第安人卫生服务局和迪内学院的研究需求; 指导最近的纳瓦霍博士后研究员或早期研究员，以建立成功的技能，外部 资助的研究事业专注于纳瓦霍民族的健康公平。SEP将利用现有的学术 和专业合作伙伴关系，并与NCED行政核心和试点研究项目协调 透过持续进行及以社区为本的计划，提供体验式学习及培训机会。 参与卫生服务和积极的研究，使学生能够应用他们的知识， 专业联系人。项目的影响将通过学生入学率、学位、 授予，成绩（就业安置，研究生院和赠款提交）和质量，通过 学生声音记录与学术成功和应用所学技能相关的因素。

ABSTRACT Significant resource and infrastructural disparities hinder Native populations’ access to the health and public health services enjoyed by the general U.S. population. To develop culturally relevant approaches to building healthy communities, more Native health professionals and researchers are needed for Native Nations to exercise their sovereignty and to achieve health equity. Yet, for aspiring health professionals on rural reservations, education and training opportunities are limited. From 2017-2020, the Navajo Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) Partnership’s SEP built and institutionalized key components of an educational pathway for Navajo students, specifically a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health (BSPH) at Diné College and the Indigenous Health concentration within the Master’s in Public Health (MPH) program at Northern Arizona University (NAU). These programs are foundational to the infrastructure needed to conduct relevant, evidence-based health research and provide essential public health services to the Navajo people. Informed by SEP evaluation, recognizing the need to cultivate a generation of pre-college students to select public health and health research as a profession, and identifying the importance of professional development at the undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral levels, the overarching goal of Navajo NARCH SEP (2021-2025) is to build and sustain an “education to profession pathway” pertinent to health research and public health needs of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo NARCH SEP specific aims are to: 1) Expand NARCH collaborations with high schools and related organizations to inform and expose students to the roles and career paths of health-related professions; 2) Expand the Diné College BSPH program by developing additional local research experiences, strengthening academic skills and alignment with graduate programs, and building connections across six campuses on Navajo Nation to better support student learning and development; 3) Adapt the NAU MPH program Indigenous Health (IH) concentration, to align with the practice and research needs of the Navajo Nation Department of Health, Indian Health Service and Diné College and 4) Mentor recent Navajo post-doctoral fellows or Early Stage Investigators to build skills for successful, externally funded research careers focused on health equity for the Navajo Nation. SEP will leverage existing academic and professional partnerships and coordinate with the NARCH Administrative Core and pilot research projects to provide experiential learning and training opportunities with on-going and community-based projects. Engagement with health services and active research allows students to apply their knowledge and build professional contacts. Project impact will be tracked quantitatively, through student enrollment, degrees awarded, accomplishments (job placement, graduate school and grants submitted) and qualitatively, through student voice documenting factors associated with academic success and application of learned skill sets.