Coordinating Center of Excellence in Social Promotion of Health Equity Research

尽管受过少数民族培训的科学家的数量有了相当大的增加，但 在生物医学和行为科学方面攻读高级学位的少数民族人数不足的情况仍然存在 低于他们在美国人口中的比例，公共卫生领域在 追求高级学位和研究事业的少数族裔人数，以及少数族裔毕业生 解决这个问题的一种方法是通过吸引 健康差距人群学生研究机会，培养兴趣，发展 研究能力。 1999年，阿诺德公共卫生学院(ASPH)和南卡罗来纳州地区健康教育 协会(AHEC)主办了一系列社区会议，公共卫生代表出席了会议 机构、中学和高等教育机构、非营利组织致力于解决 贫困和教育差距，以及经济上处于不利地位和少数民族的地区教会 会员制。在这些会议期间，少数群体在公共卫生和卫生领域代表性不足的问题 从每个教育水平对相关职业进行了调查。与少数族裔代表不足有关的问题 并确定了提高这一代表性的障碍。初中、高中和大学 学生，缺乏对公共卫生的认识和理解被认为是阻碍 社区中出现了更多的公共卫生专业人员。这包括学生、家长、 学校工作人员对公共卫生和公共卫生事业的定义有限；认为 公共卫生专业人员薪水不高；缺乏公共卫生教育和职业知识 要求；以及不接触公共卫生工作场所。大学生选择的专业是 障碍，如公共卫生专业中缺乏榜样和缺乏必要的财政支持 攻读公共卫生专业学位。 对于新任命的教师来说，核心挑战是学习如何在教学、研究、服务、 和共同领导，而不牺牲个人关系、健康、个人声音和诚信。 代表不足的教职员工描述了更多的孤立、疏远和缺乏可见性的压力； 课堂敌意；基于种族的双重标准；顽固的刻板印象；被排除在网络之外；以及 学术的贬值和边缘化^。 我们目前在艾滋病毒/艾滋病和癌症方面的卓越中心提供了研究培训机会， 将重点放在艾滋病毒/艾滋病和HPV宫颈癌上，面向代表不足的教职员工和研究生和本科生 过去四年的学生人数(见进度报告)。通过CCE领域，我们将继续 扩大我们的努力，从代表性不足的人群中招聘、培养和留住合格的个人 使健康的社会决定因素领域的研究人员多样化。

Although there has been a considerable increase in the number of minority trained scientists, the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing advanced degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences remains below their representation in the U. S. population^ The field of public health remains significantly deficient in the number of minorities pursuing advanced degrees and research careers, and few minority graduates in public health go on to scientific research careers^ One method of addressing this problem is by attracting health disparity population students to research opportunities to cultivate their interest and develop their research capabilities. In 1999, the Arnold School of Public Health (ASPH) and the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium (AHEC) hosted a series of community meetings attended by representatives of public health agencies, secondary schools and institutions of higher learning, nonprofit organizations working to address poverty and educational disparities, and area churches with economically disadvantaged and minority memberships. During these sessions the problems of under-representation of minorities in public health and related careers were examined from each educational level. Problems related to minority under-representation and barriers to improving that representation were identified. For middle school, high school, and college students, lack of awareness and understanding of public health were identified as an overwhelming obstacle to the presence of more public health professions in the community. This includes the fact that students, parents, and school personnel have a limited definition of public health and public health careers; the perception that public health professionals do not make good salaries; lack of knowledge of public health education and career requirements; and lack of exposure to the public health workplace. College students identified the major barriers as a lack of role models in public health professions and a lack of financial support necessary to pursue professional degrees in public health. The core challenge for newly appointed faculty is learning how to be successful in teaching, research, service, and collegiality without sacrificing personal relationships, health, individual voice, and integrity. Underrepresented faculty have described additional strains of isolation, alienation, and lack of visibility; classroom hostility; racially-based double standards; persistent stereotypes; exclusion from networks; and the devaluation and marginalization of scholarship^. Our current Center of Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Cancer has provided research training opportunities that focus on HIV/AIDS and HPV cervical cancer to underrepresented faculty and graduate and undergraduate students over the last four years (See Progress Report). Through the CCE-SPHERE, we shall continue to expand upon our efforts to recruit, develop, and retain qualified individuals from underrepresented populations to diversify researchers in the areas of the social determinants of health.