Great Plains Cultural Ways Mental Health Careers Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求五年的资金，以启动研究教育和培训（COR）的职业机会，为内布拉斯加州林肯大学（UNL）的大平原美国印第安人学生提供荣誉本科培训计划。虽然美洲印第安人占美国少数民族的一小部分，但大平原原住民在经济和社会上处于严重不利地位。这一人群的心理健康需求没有得到充分解决，需要训练有素的心理健康研究人员，他们熟悉大平原土著社区，并将受到欢迎。UNL在NIH的资金超过600万美元，涉及与美国印第安人国家的研究，与内布拉斯加州和邻近州的部落学院的紧密联系，以及为土著学生服务的承诺，使其成为COR计划的理想场所。拟议的培训计划将建立在一个文化特定的研究方法，将包括传统的方法，以福祉沿着欧洲的方法，以心理健康的研究和评估。它将包括土著教师，学生导师和咨询委员会成员，以确保在培训计划的每一个层次的文化敏感性。此外，培训方案将提供精神卫生和药物滥用基础和预防研究方面的科学实习培训。该计划将涉及创新的学习社区方法，部落指导，以保持社区支持和与社区的联系，来自本地治疗师，长老，精神领袖和社会服务提供者的学分课程，以及保留或本地城市研究实习。除了极少数例外，目前的培训方案对土著人口服务不足。大平原没有培训计划，尽管许多美国印第安人居住在那里。该计划满足了本地本科生在心理健康研究的职业生涯准备的关键需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks five years of funding to initiate a Career Opportunity in Research Education and Training (COR) honors undergraduate training program for Great Plains American Indian students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Although American Indians make up a small percentage of U.S. minorities, Great Plains Native people are severely disadvantaged economically and socially. Mental health needs in this population are not adequately addressed and the need for trained mental health researchers who are familiar with and who will be welcomed into Great Plains Native communities is critical. UNL's more than $6M in NIH funding involving research with American Indian nations, strong ties to tribal colleges within Nebraska and adjacent states, and commitment to serving Native students makes it an ideal site for a COR program. The proposed training program will build on a culturally specific research approach that will include traditional approaches to well being along with European approaches to mental health research and evaluation. It will include Native teachers, student mentors, and advisory board members to insure cultural sensitivity at every level of the training program. In addition, the training program will provide state-of-the-science internship training in mental health and substance abuse basic and prevention research. The program will involve innovative learning community methods, tribal mentorship to maintain community support and ties to the community, credited courses from native healers, elders, spiritual leaders, and social services providers, and reservation or Native urban based research internships. With very few exceptions, current training programs have underserved the Native population. There are no Great Plains training programs although many of the Nation's American Indians reside there. The proposed program meets a critical need for preparing native undergraduates for careers in mental health research.