Socio-behavioral Training and Research (STaR) Program for Nursing College Student

疾病预防，健康行为改变和医疗保健服务的进步需要一系列学科和专业之间的合作和整合，包括护士，医生和行为科学家。拟议的项目是韦恩州立大学（WSU）儿科预防研究中心位于医学院（PPRC-SOM）和WSU护理学院（CON）之间的合作努力。多学科PPRC教师和工作人员从事一系列国内和国际社会行为健康干预研究项目，重点是开发和适应循证规划，以减少儿童，青少年及其家庭的健康风险。PPRC教师也积极参与培训和指导年轻科学家在美国和国际。CON包括代表临床专家和活跃的护士科学家的教职员工。在2011年冬季学期，CON有215名本科生和444名研究生入学，其中28%来自非白人群体，20.9%是男性。超过50%的CON学生获得某种形式的经济援助。CON是家庭健康研究中心（Center for Health Research），通过该中心，教职员工从事在城市环境中进行的护理研究，为科学做出贡献，以减少差异并改善不同社区的健康状况。拟议的社会行为培训和研究（星星）计划将针对CON的初级和高级护理学生。星星计划结合了既定的指导方法和现代通信技术，以支持这一多样化的年轻男女群体从事研究和护理科学。星星计划将是跨学科的，并在纽曼的催化能力建设模型，它提供了一个有效的指导概念框架内组织。该计划的具体目标是：1）扩大现有的基础设施在PPRC和CON培养本科护理学生在跨学科的社会行为健康研究; 2）加强和扩大本科护理学生的研究技能，提高他们的能力过渡到研究生学习和/或研究工作环境的目标; 3）为来自不同背景的学生提供研究培训，这些学生在健康相关科学中的代表性不足; 4）建立一个持续的培训计划，为教师导师，现有学员和星星校友之间的跨学科研究和教育提供持续的联系; 5）利用持续的过程和结果评估（定量和定性），在星星计划的五年实施过程中，为计划管理员、导师、学员和校友提供反馈。 公共卫生相关性：拟议的项目旨在解决护理教师短缺的学士学位和研究生水平和需要更多的护理科学家。拟议的社会行为培训和研究（星星）计划是韦恩州立大学儿科预防研究中心（PPRC）和护理学院（CON）之间的合作。星星计划将为年轻本科生提供多样化的社会行为健康研究实践经验。星星计划将基于跨学科的方法，重点是文化能力和健康差异。星星计划的学员将与经验丰富的导师一起参加实践临床和社区健康研究。PPRC和CON之间的合作将扩大现有的关系，并加强研究和指导内和跨机构。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Advances in disease prevention, health behavior change, and healthcare delivery require collaboration and integration between a range of disciplines and professions, including nurses, physicians and behavioral scientists. The proposed project is a collaborative effort between the Wayne State University (WSU) Pediatric Prevention Research Center located in the School of Medicine (PPRC-SOM) and the WSU College of Nursing (CON). The multidisciplinary PPRC faculty and staff are engaged in a range of domestic and international socio-behavioral health intervention research projects focused on the development and adaptation of evidence-based programming to decrease health risks for children, adolescents, and their families. PPRC faculty are also actively involved in training and mentoring young scientists in the U.S. and internationally. The CON includes faculty members representing clinical experts and active nurse scientists. In the winter 2011 term, the CON had an enrollment of 215 undergraduate and 444 graduate-level students of which 28% are from non-white ethnic groups and 20.9% are male. More than 50% of CON students receive some form of financial aid. The CON is home to the Center for Health Research (CHR) through which faculty members are engaged in nursing research conducted in the context of an urban environment contributing to the science to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes in diverse communities. The proposed Socio- behavioral Training and Research (STaR) program will target junior and senior nursing students from CON. The STaR program combines established mentoring approaches and modern communication technologies to support this diverse group of young men and women toward careers in research and nursing science. The STaR program will be transdisciplinary and organized within Newman's Catalytic Capacity Building Model, which offers a conceptual framework for effective mentoring. The specific aims of the program are: 1) Expand on the existing infrastructure at the PPRC and CON to train undergraduate nursing students in transdisciplinary socio-behavioral health research; 2) Enhance and expand the research skills of undergraduate nursing students with the goal of improving their ability to transition to either graduate studies and/or research work environments; 3) Provide research training to students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in the health- related sciences; 4) Establish an on-going training program that will provide a sustained linkage for transdisciplinary research and education between faculty mentors, current trainees, and STaR alumni; 5) Utilize continuous process and outcome evaluations (quantitative and qualitative) to provide feedback between program administrators, and mentors, trainees, and alumni throughout the five-year implementation of the STaR program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed project is designed to address nursing faculty shortages at both the baccalaureate and graduate levels and the need for more nursing scientists. The proposed Socio-behavioral Training and Research (STaR) program is collaboration between the Wayne State University Pediatric Prevention Research Center (PPRC) and the College of Nursing (CON). The STaR program will provide a diverse population of young undergraduates with hands-on experience in socio-behavioral health research. The STaR program will be based on a transdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on cultural competency and health disparities. STaR program trainees will participate in hands-on clinical and community-based health research with experienced mentors. The collaboration between PPRC and CON will expand on an existing relationship and enhance research and mentoring within and across institutions.