West Virginia HSTA Students Design Public Health Clinical Trials

描述（由申请人提供）：西弗吉尼亚大学健康科学与技术学院（HSTA）提交了基于临床试验方案的第一阶段和第二阶段申请，作为一种形式，将生物医学和临床研究人员、大学教师和社区聚集在一起，向9 -12年级代表性不足的学生、他们的高中老师和公众传播科学教育。临床试验的关键组成部分将嵌入适合人群和适合年龄的环境中，并将糖尿病作为疾病系统和以营养和锻炼为重点的生活方式干预纳入基于调查的经验中。临床试验方案课程将由HSTA教师和大学教师共同设计，并用于校园暑期项目和学年、社区、学生研究项目。在西非，超过43%的儿童被列为高危儿童或超重儿童。在过去的十年里，尽管被认为是糖尿病和肥胖的可改变风险因素的高发地区，但西弗吉尼亚州的糖尿病相关死亡率在全国是最高的。这项申请的目标是为公众揭开临床试验的神秘面纱，特别关注服务不足的人群（美国国立卫生研究院的使命），并通过教育改善国家的健康状况。其目标是指导学生和教师参与涉及社区肥胖和糖尿病生活方式干预的研究项目，并将他们对研究和临床试验方案的新知识和理解传达给他们的父母和社区成员，以便：

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) of West Virginia University submits this Phase l and ll application based on clinical trial protocol as a format to bring together biomedical and clinical researchers, university faculty, and community to disseminate science education to 9th-12th grade underrepresented students, their high school teachers and to the general public. Critical components of clinical trials will be embedded in population-appropriate and age-appropriate context and inquiry based experiences using diabetes as the disease system and life-style interventions focused on nutrition and exercise. Clinical Trials Protocol curriculum will be designed by both HSTA teachers and university faculty and used for both campus summer programming and academic year, community-based, student research projects. In WV, over 43% of children have been classified as at-risk or overweight. In the last decade WV has recorded the highest diabetes related deaths in the nation though it is believed to have a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors for diabetes and obesity. The objectives of this application are to demystify clinical trials for the general public with special attention to under-served populations (a mission of NIH) and to improve the health of the state through education. The goals are to guide students and teachers in research projects involving life-style interventions for obesity and diabetes in communities where they transmit their new knowledge and understanding of research and clinical trials protocol to their parents and community members in order to: ?address critical barriers to progress in healthy lifestyles, ?address critical barriers to demystifying clinical trials research through the use of a novel teaching format using clinical trial protocol as the foundation, ?raise the level of rigor to the science training for both teachers and students involved, ?excite teachers to incorporate the clinical trial protocol curriculum in their classrooms, ?provide academic enrichment in science and math to better prepare under-represented students for academic success in college, ?stimulate student interest towards biomedical research with particular attention to under- represented