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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：
10532594
负责人：
Kathleen Mead Vandiver
金额：
$ 22.2万
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/10532594
关键词：
Address 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 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 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 Pre-Post Tests Process Proteins Public Health Quality of life Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resources Rivers Rural Science of genetics Series Set protein Sioux Indians South Dakota Structural Models Structure Techniques Training Translating Tribes Vulnerable Populations Work base career college community building 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 ranpirnase 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.

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