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）根据临床试验方案提交了这一I期和II期申请，作为一种格式，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，他们的高中教师和公众传播科学教育。临床试验的关键组成部分将嵌入人群适当和年龄适当的背景和调查为基础的经验，使用糖尿病作为疾病系统和生活方式干预，重点是营养和运动。临床试验方案课程将由HSTA教师和大学教师设计，并用于校园暑期课程和学年，以社区为基础的学生研究项目。在西弗吉尼亚州，超过43%的儿童被归类为有风险或超重。在过去的十年中，西弗吉尼亚州记录了全国最高的糖尿病相关死亡率，尽管人们认为它具有糖尿病和肥胖症的可改变风险因素的高患病率。本申请的目的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（NIH的使命），并通过教育改善国家的健康状况。目标是指导学生和教师参与社区中涉及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协议的新知识和理解传递给他们的父母和社区成员，以便： ?消除健康生活方式方面的重大障碍， ?通过使用一种新颖的方法， 以临床试验方案为基础的教学形式， ?提高教师和学生参与科学培训的严格程度， ?激发教师将临床试验方案课程纳入课堂， ?提供科学和数学方面的学术充实，以更好地为代表不足的人做好准备 学生在大学里取得学业成功， ?激发学生对生物医学研究的兴趣，特别注意 表示

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