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以临床试验方案为基础提交本阶段L和11期申请，旨在将生物医学和临床研究人员、大学教职员工和社区聚集在一起，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到适合人群和年龄的背景和基于调查的经验中，将糖尿病作为疾病系统，并以营养和锻炼为重点的生活方式干预。临床试验方案课程将由HSTA教师和大学教职员工共同设计，用于校园暑期规划和学年、基于社区的学生研究项目。在西弗吉尼亚州，超过43%的儿童被归类为高危或超重。在过去的十年里，西弗吉尼亚州记录了全国与糖尿病相关的最高死亡人数，尽管它被认为是糖尿病和肥胖症的可改变危险因素的高流行率。该应用程序的目标是为普通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的一项使命)，并通过教育改善该州的健康状况。目标是指导学生和教师参与研究项目，在社区中涉及肥胖和糖尿病的生活方式干预，在那里他们向父母和社区成员传播他们对研究和临床试验方案的新知识和理解，以便： ？解决在健康生活方式方面取得进展的关键障碍， ？通过使用以临床试验方案为基础的新的教学形式，解决揭开临床试验研究神秘面纱的关键障碍， ？提高教师和学生科学培训的严格性， ？激励教师将临床试验方案课程纳入他们的课堂， ？在科学和数学方面提供丰富的学术知识，以更好地为代表不足的学生在大学取得学术成功做好准备， ？激发学生对生物医学研究的兴趣，特别关注代表性不足的学生

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