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）荣誉本科培训计划，为内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（UNL）的大平原美洲印第安学生提供职业机会。虽然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都处于严重的不利地位。这一人群的心理健康需求没有得到充分解决，对训练有素的心理健康研究人员的需求至关重要，这些研究人员熟悉并将受到大平原土著社区的欢迎。UNL获得了超过600万美元的NIH资助，包括与美国印第安民族的研究，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项目的理想场所。拟议的培训方案将以一种特定文化的研究方法为基础，该方法将包括传统的健康方法以及欧洲的精神健康研究和评估方法。它将包括当地教师、学生导师和顾问委员会成员，以确保在培训项目的各个层面对文化的敏感性。此外，培训方案将提供精神健康和药物滥用基础和预防研究方面的最先进的实习培训。该项目将包括创新的社区学习方法，部落指导以保持社区支持和与社区的联系，来自当地治疗师、长老、精神领袖和社会服务提供者的学分课程，以及保留地或当地城市的研究实习。除了极少数例外，目前的培训项目对土著人口的服务不足。大平原地区没有培训项目，尽管许多美国印第安人居住在那里。拟议的计划满足了准备本土本科生从事心理健康研究的关键需求。

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.