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助，以启动研究教育和培训 (COR) 的职业机会，为内布拉斯加大学林肯分校 (UNL) 的大平原美洲印第安人学生提供荣誉本科培训计划。尽管美洲印第安人只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。该人群的心理健康需求没有得到充分解决，因此需要训练有素的心理健康研究人员，他们熟悉并欢迎大平原原住民社区加入。 UNL 获得超过 600 万美元的 NIH 资助，涉及美洲印第安民族的研究，与内布拉斯加州和邻近州的部落学院有着密切的联系，并致力于为土著学生提供服务，这使其成为 COR 项目的理想场所。拟议的培训计划将建立在特定文化的研究方法的基础上，其中包括传统的福祉方法以及欧洲的心理健康研究和评估方法。它将包括本土教师、学生导师和顾问委员会成员，以确保培训计划各个级别的文化敏感性。此外，培训计划还将提供心理健康和药物滥用基础及预防研究方面最先进的实习培训。该计划将涉及创新的学习社区方法、维持社区支持和与社区联系的部落指导、本地治疗师、长者、精神领袖和社会服务提供者的学分课程，以及保留地或本地城市的研究实习。除极少数例外，当前的培训计划对原住民的服务不足。尽管许多美国印第安人居住在那里，但没有大平原训练计划。拟议的项目满足了为本土本科生从事心理健康研究职业做好准备的关键需求。

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.