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）的代表性明显不足。这种差距限制了创新和研究的应用，以解决服务不足的社区的需求。来自这些社区的年轻人往往缺乏BBR的榜样和倡导者，可能没有设想一个BBR的职业，追求BBR学习的机会，并培养成功追求这种职业所需的态度和技能。在一个服务不足的社区，该项目旨在：1)完善“向上延伸（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)对高中学生的(a)教育和职业抱负，(b)抱负动机（态度、主观规范、感知行为控制、自我效能）进行定性检查，(d)与抱负相关的挑战，以及(e)对10年级至12年级抱负的影响。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）条件是否比PTC+NIGMS+CURB条件更不可能促进从事BBR职业的动机，以及追求BBR大学教育。马里兰大学预防研究中心、马里兰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合作实现了研究目标。经过项目细化研究阶段，将随机分配8所高中；4组为PTC+NIGMS（“对照组”），4组为PTC+NIGMS+CURB（“干预组”）。高成绩的10年级学生志愿者（60名来自干预学校和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，以及追求BBR大学教育。干预条件将提供由三个组成部分组成的约束：10年级BBR职业暴露、11年级大学BBR指导和12年级BBR实习。干预的目标是社会认知理论和计划行为动机理论，其框架是BBR科学家可以鼓励研究生鼓励本科生鼓励高中生，这样在BBR阶梯上的学生就会支持其他人爬上BBR阶梯。这种模式可以在社区-大学合作中广泛推广，以帮助不需要的社区。

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.