Mentoring Diverse Students in Health Disparities Research

项目摘要 考虑到文化、文化适应和社会经济地位等因素的异质性， 需要进一步研究健康差异以及与健康相关的共同保护和风险因素， 少数群体特有的慢性病。然而，少数群体的代表性不足， 研究人员，科学家和大学教师在美国，这有助于在洞察力的限制， 科学家们试图了解和扭转少数民族经历的负面健康差距， 社区.因此，培训和培养少数民族学生进行减少健康的研究至关重要 差距，同时为学生提供机会，以提高他们的研究技能， 学术和职业追求继续为减少健康差距做出贡献。更多少数民族 学生和其他学生在研究发展的技能，成为研究人员，将有 更大的潜力，使劳动力多样化，促进文化敏感的研究，鼓励 继续将不同群体纳入和参与研究。 拟议的培训计划，题为“指导不同的学生在健康差异研究”，将 将少数民族社区卫生研究方面的研究人员与本科生聚集在一起， 研究生，以优化他们的研究，学术和职业成功和进步的机会， 准备学生成为下一代的研究人员谁将解决健康差距。到 促进学生的学术或职业发展，拟议的团队将提供培训， 导师计划（TMP）涉及一系列教育培训和专家研究人员的指导， 参加社区研究的实习，以及侧重于少数群体健康和 健康差异研究。两组20名SDSU学生（30名本科生和10名公共 卫生硕士水平的研究生总数）在健康差距研究中代表性不足， 参加为期两年的TMP。 该计划的最终目标是使学生具备必要的研究技能， 追求更高层次的参与学术或其他职业追求，有助于减少健康 差距。将定期评估拟议的技术管理计划，以确定其总体相关性和价值。 采用的方法。学生和导师的反馈将用于完善该计划，以最好地满足以下需求： 参与者。此外，该计划的部分内容将在结束时传播，以便其他人能够 无法参加利用培训的各个方面发展富有成效的少数民族健康研究技能。

Project Summary Given the heterogeneity of factors such as culture, acculturation, and socioeconomic status, there is a need for additional research on health disparities and shared protective and risk factors associated with chronic diseases specific to minority subgroups. However, there is an under-representation of minority researchers, scientists and university faculty in the US, which contributes to a limitation in insight among scientists seeking to understand and reverse the negative health disparities experienced by minority communities. It is thus crucial to train and develop minority students to conduct research that will reduce health disparities and at the same time provide students with opportunities to advance their skills in research, academics, and career pursuits to continue to contribute to reducing health disparities. As more minority students and other students underrepresented in research develop the skills to become researchers, there will be greater potential to diversify the workforce and promote culturally sensitive research that encourages the continued inclusion and participation of diverse groups in research studies. The proposed training program, entitled, "Mentoring Diverse Students in Health Disparities Research," will bring researchers accomplished in minority community health research together with undergraduate and graduate students to optimize their chances of research, academic and career success and advancement and prepare students to become the next generation of researchers who will be addressing health disparities. To advance the academic or career development of students, the proposed team will offer a Training and Mentoring Program (TMP) involving a series of educational trainings and mentoring by expert researchers, internship participation in community research, and special research projects focused on minority health and health disparities research. Two cohorts of twenty SDSU students each (30 undergraduate and 10 public health master's level graduate students total) who are underrepresented in health disparities research will participate in the two-year TMP. The ultimate goal of the program is to equip the students with the necessary research skills necessary to pursue higher level involvement in an academic or other career pursuit that contributes to reducing health disparities. The proposed TMP will be evaluated regularly to determine the overall relevance and value of the methods employed. Student and mentor feedback will be used to refine the program to best meet the needs of the participants. Further, portions of the program will be disseminated at its conclusion to allow others who are not able to attend to develop productive minority health research skills using aspects of the training.