Climbing Up and Reaching Back: Ladder of Support for Research Careers in Biomedic

描述（由申请人提供）：来自少数民族和服务不足社区的生物医学和行为研究人员（BBR）的代表性显着不足。这种差距限制了研究的创新和应用，以满足服务不足社区的需求。来自这些社区的青年往往缺乏BBR的榜样和倡导者，可能不会设想BBR职业，追求BBR学习机会，并培养成功追求这样一个职业所需的态度和技能。在服务不足的社区，该项目旨在：1）完善“攀登和回归（CURB）”BBR科学家接触、指导和实习模块、学生调查和辅导员管理的过程评估，2）对高中生进行定性检查（a）教育和职业抱负，（B）动机（态度，主观规范，感知的行为控制，自我效能）的愿望，（d）与愿望有关的挑战，和（e）对愿望的影响，从10日至12日年级，3）检查与追求BBR的高成就高中生相关的特征，和4）评估爱国者技术中心（PTC）会员资格加上国家普通医学科学研究所（NIGMS）出版物（PTC+NIGMS）条件比PTC+NIGMS+CURB条件更不可能促进BBR职业生涯的动机，以及追求BBR大学教育。马里兰州大学预防研究中心、马里兰州少数民族成就和城市教育研究所以及爱国者技术培训中心已经合作实现了研究目标。经过一个程序改进研究阶段，八所高中将被随机分配;四所PTC+NIGMS（“控制”）和四所PTC+NIGMS+CURB（“干预”）条件。高成就的10年级学生志愿者（60名来自干预学校，60名来自对照学校）将在基线和随后的六个学期后接受调查，以评估BBR的动机，并追求BBR大学教育。干预条件将提供由三个组成部分组成的CURB：10年级BBR职业暴露，11年级大学BBR指导和12年级BBR实习。干预的目的是社会认知理论和计划行为理论的动机框架的想法，BBR科学家可以鼓励研究生，鼓励本科生，鼓励高中生，这样的学生BBR阶梯上支持其他人爬BBR阶梯。这种模式可以在社区-大学伙伴关系中广泛推广，以帮助不值得帮助的社区。 公共卫生相关性：这个项目将有助于澄清决策过程中的大学教育和职业选择的高成就的高中学生在服务不足的社区。它还将试点测试一个示范指导支持系统，为这些学生接受生物医学/行为研究大学教育做好准备。这一模式是基于大学-社区-高中伙伴关系，可推广到其他大学-社区伙伴关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a significant underrepresentation of biomedical and behavioral researchers (BBR) from minority and underserved communities. This disparity limits innovation and application of research to address needs of underserved communities. Youth from such communities often lack BBR role models and advocates, may not envision a BBR career, pursue BBR -learning opportunities, and develop the attitudes and skills needed to successfully pursue such a career. In an underserved community, this project aims to: 1) Refine the "Climbing Up and Reaching Back (CURB)" BBR scientist exposure, mentoring, and internship modules, student survey, and facilitator-administered process evaluation, 2) Conduct a qualitative examination of high school students' (a) education and career aspirations, (b) motivations (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, self-efficacy) for aspirations, (d) challenges related to aspirations, and (e) influences on aspirations from 10th through the 12th grade , 3) Examine the characteristics associated with high achieving high school students pursuing BBR, and 4) Assess whether a Patriots Technology Center (PTC) membership plus National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) publications (PTC+NIGMS) condition is less likely than a PTC+NIGMS+CURB condition to facilitate motivation for a BBR career, as well as pursuit of a BBR college education. The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center, Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education, and the Patriots Technology Training Center have partnered to reach the study aims. After a program refinement study phase, eight high schools will be randomly assigned; four to the PTC+NIGMS ("control" and four to the PTC+NIGMS+CURB ("intervention') condition. High achieving 10th-grade student volunteers (60 from the intervention and 60 from control schools) will be surveyed at baseline and after six subsequent semester periods to assess motivation for BBR, and pursuit of a BBR college education. The intervention condition will offer CURB consisting of three components: 10th grade BBR career exposures, 11th grade college BBR mentoring, and 12th grade BBR internships. Intervention is aimed at Social Cognitive Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior motivations framed by the idea that BBR scientists can encourage graduate students to encourage undergraduate students to encourage high school students such that students up the BBR ladder support others to climb the BBR ladder. This model could be widely generalizable in community-university partnerships to help undeserved communities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project will help to clarify the decision-making processes regarding college education and career choice of high achieving high school students in underserved communities. It will also pilot-test a model mentoring support system for preparing such students for biomedical/behavior research college education. The model is based on a University- Community Based Organization-High School partnership generalizable to other University-Community partnerships.