Great Plains Cultural Ways Mental Health Careers Program

大平原文化方式心理健康职业计划

• 批准号: 7271904
• 负责人: LESLIE B WHITBECK
• 金额: $ 20.71万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-04 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7271904
• 关键词: Great; Plains; Cultural; Ways; Mental

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求五年的资金来启动研究教育和培训的职业机会（COR）荣誉（COR）荣誉本科培训计划，该计划是内布拉斯加州林肯大学（UNL）的大平原美洲印第安人学生。尽管美洲印第安人占美国少数族裔的一小部分，但大平原在经济和社会上处于严重的弱势群体。该人群的心理健康需求没有得到充分解决，需要熟悉并受到欢迎进入大平原社区的训练有素的心理健康研究人员至关重要。 UNL的NIH资金超过600万美元，涉及与美洲印第安国家的研究，与内布拉斯加州和邻近州内部的部落学院有密切的联系，并致力于为土著学生提供服务，使其成为COR计划的理想场所。拟议的培训计划将基于一种具有文化特定的研究方法，其中将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。它将包括土著教师，学生导师和顾问委员会成员，以确保培训计划的各个级别的文化敏感性。此外，该培训计划将提供精神健康和滥用药物滥用基础和预防研究的最先进的实习培训。该计划将涉及创新的学习社区方法，部落指导，以维持社区的支持并与社区联系，并从本地治疗师，长者，精神领导者和社会服务提供者以及预订或基于城市的本地研究实习实习。除少数例外，当前的培训计划使本地人口不足。尽管美国许多美国印第安人都居住在那里，但没有大平原培训计划。拟议的计划满足为为心理健康研究中的职业准备当地本科生的迫切需求。