HEALTH SCIENCE CAREERS

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。背景/问题：太平洋盆地土著居民的健康统计数据与发展中国家相似。如何改善这一地区的健康状况的一个理论是招募和培训更多的土著提供者，在有需要的地区照顾病人，从而增加提供者的数量，提高提供者的文化知识和对社区的承诺水平。然而，很少密克罗尼西亚人成功地从事卫生科学事业。目的：要求儿童权利委员会提供援助，以资助这项研究，以检查密克罗尼西亚成功的卫生保健提供者（医生、医务人员、护士和护士从业人员）的共同因素，以及他们认为阻碍他们选择职业道路的因素。方法：本研究将分两个阶段进行：第一阶段：定性访谈：将对密克罗尼西亚后裔的10名卫生保健提供者进行初步访谈。获得的信息将由PI使用SPSS TechSmart的概念和主题的定性分析程序进行分析。第二阶段：从这些访谈中获得的信息将用于编制书面调查表格，然后通过电子邮件和普通邮件发送给密克罗尼西亚后裔的200名卫生保健提供者，预计回收率为50%。所选择的参与者人数构成了在太平洋国家执业的密克罗尼西亚保健提供者的大多数。本次调查的结果将由PI使用SAS软件进行行平均得分和回归分析，以了解人口因素对行平均得分的影响。意义：研究项目的结果将用于开发和改进项目，以增加太平洋地区成功从事医疗保健事业的学生人数。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Background/problem: Indigenous populations of the Pacific Basin have health statistics similar to developing countries . One theory of how to improve the health of this region is to recruit and train more indigenous providers to care for patients in the areas of need, thus increasing the number of providers, improving the cultural knowledge of the providers and the level of commitment to the community. However very few Micronesians have successfully pursued health science careers. Purpose: CRC assistance is requested to help fund this study to examine the factors common to successful Micronesian health care providers (physicians, medical officers, nurses and nurse practitioners), and factors that they perceived as barriers to the career paths they chose. Methods: This study will be conducted in two phases: Phase 1: Qualitative interviews: Initial interviews will be conducted with 10 health care providers of Micronesian descent. Information obtained will be analyzed by the PI using the qualitative analysis program by SPSS TechSmart for concepts and themes. Phase 2: The information gained from these interviews will be utilized to develop a written survey form that will then be sent to 200 health care providers of Micronesian descent via email and snail mail with an anticipated return rate of 50%. The number of participants chosen constitutes a majority of the Micronesian healthcare providers practicing in the countries of the Pacific. The results of this survey will be analyzed by the PI using SAS software for row mean scores and regression analyses to understand the impact of demographic factors on the row mean scores. Significance: The results of the research project will be utilized to develop and improve programs to increase the number of students successfully pursuing healthcare careers across the Pacific.