Improving Montana Community Health Through Graduate Education

通过研究生教育改善蒙大拿州社区健康

• 批准号: 8465151
• 负责人: Anne K Camper
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-15 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8465151
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of Improving Montana Community Health through Graduate Education is to increase community capacity to reduce health disparities in our state, by supporting under-represented minority (URM) graduate students in biomedical and behavioral sciences, who have strong ties to underserved Montana communities. Our hypothesis is that URM students will be more likely to apply to and complete health-related graduate programs when they have the opportunity to conduct community-based participatory research (CBPR) on health issues in their home communities. Graduate study can therefore be meaningful to them and their families, and be seen as leading to a career in which they can work to improve the health of their people. In communities where people have historically been the victims rather than the beneficiaries of research, ensuring that graduate work is locally meaningful and relevant, is vital. This model is already working in Montana (Cummins et. al. 2010), and has been nationally recognized as an effective innovation in undergraduate biology education (http://visionandchange.org/finalreport). Montana State University is uniquely positioned to offer this opportunity to URM graduate students, due to the current network of NIH supported community-based participatory health disparities research projects at all of Montana's seven tribal colleges, being conducted in collaboration with University faculty partners. Our specific aims are to (1) Actively and personally recruit potential scholars statewide, providing mentorship throughout the application process; (2) Help scholars envision and plan how they can use their graduate programs to address health disparities or improve health in their home communities, by providing opportunities to learn about community-based participatory research, and by connecting them with existing tribal college-university networks and appropriate MSU advisors; (3) Provide scholars with financial assistance and academic support for key areas of their graduate education not being addressed by existing MSU resources; (4) Provide scholars with professional development opportunities that will help them succeed both in the academic world and in their home communities; (5) Explore whether integrating a CBPR option into graduate research will increase underrepresented minority students' recruitment into, retention in and satisfaction with graduate education, thereby also increasing their community's capacity to address local health issues, and disseminate what we learn. To attain these specific aims, our objectives are to: (1) Connect graduate degrees with Montana Healthcare Workforce needs; (2) Develop and offer a Research Methods I and II course sequence; (3) Provide a tutor-led study group for Statistics 401, or other top gatekeeper courses; (4) Connect students to existing support services campus wide, including the graduate writing tutor, the American Indian Research Opportunities (AIRO) study center and computer lab, relevant student support programs and student organizations; (5) Provide a supplementary stipend for the top students, and assist all program participants with applying for other sources of graduate school funding; (6) Provide competitively available professional grants management training; (7) Support the broader professional development of program participants through presentation training, conference travel and leadership development training and (8) Dissemination, including recording and posting interviews with URM graduate student and URM scientist role models on project website as well as supporting student presentations of their research. An Advisory Committee representing community research partners, student participants, faculty researchers, and collaborating MSU programs will be established and meet biannually. The evaluation will include baseline, formative and summative components, and will be conducted with input from program participants and their research mentors, community research partners and Advisory Board members, with some assistance from an external evaluator. Dissemination will be via our website, in person on campus, in program participants' home communities, regionally and nationally. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a university-tribal college collaboration has proposed to offer community-based graduate opportunities in any discipline, and therefore dissemination of lessons learned will be vital and useful to URM students and communities nationwide.

描述（由申请人提供）：“通过研究生教育改善蒙大拿州社区健康”的目标是通过支持生物医学和行为科学领域代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 研究生（这些学生与服务不足的蒙大拿州社区有密切联系），提高社区能力，减少我们州的健康差距。我们的假设是，当 URM 学生有机会就其所在社区的健康问题进行基于社区的参与性研究 (CBPR) 时，他们将更有可能申请并完成与健康相关的研究生课程。因此，研究生学习对他们及其家人来说是有意义的，并被视为通向他们可以致力于改善人民健康的职业。在人们历史上一直是研究受害者而不是受益者的社区中，确保研究生工作具有当地意义和相关性至关重要。该模型已在蒙大拿州投入使用（Cummins et. al. 2010），并被全国公认为本科生物学教育的有效创新（http://visionandchange.org/finalreport）。蒙大拿州立大学在为 URM 研究生提供这一机会方面具有独特的优势，因为目前 NIH 支持蒙大拿州所有七所部落学院的社区参与性健康差异研究项目网络，并与大学教职伙伴合作开展。 我们的具体目标是（1）在全州范围内积极、亲自招募潜在学者，在整个申请过程中提供指导； (2) 通过提供了解基于社区的参与性研究的机会，并将他们与现有的部落大学网络和适当的密歇根州立大学顾问联系起来，帮助学者设想和规划如何利用研究生课程来解决健康差异或改善其家乡社区的健康状况； (3) 为学者提供现有密歇根州立大学资源无法解决的研究生教育关键领域的财政援助和学术支持； (4) 为学者提供专业发展机会，帮助他们在学术界和家乡社区取得成功； (5) 探索将 CBPR 选项纳入研究生研究是否会增加代表性不足的少数族裔学生的研究生教育入学率、保留率和满意度，从而提高其社区解决当地健康问题和传播我们所学知识的能力。 为了实现这些具体目标，我们的目标是： (1) 将研究生学位与蒙大拿州医疗保健劳动力需求联系起来； (2) 开发并提供研​​究方法 I 和 II 课程序列； （3）为统计401或其他顶级把关人课程提供导师带领的学习小组； (4) 将学生与校园内现有的支持服务联系起来，包括研究生写作导师、美洲印第安人研究机会 (AIRO) 学习中心和计算机实验室、相关学生支持计划和学生组织； （5）为尖子生提供补充奖学金，并协助所有项目参与者申请研究生院其他资助来源； (6) 提供有竞争力的专业赠款管理培训； (7) 通过演示培训、会议旅行和领导力发展培训支持项目参与者更广泛的专业发展；(8) 传播，包括在项目网站上记录和发布对 URM 研究生和 URM 科学家榜样的采访，以及支持学生展示其研究成果。 将成立一个代表社区研究合作伙伴、学生参与者、教师研究人员和密歇根州立大学合作项目的咨询委员会，并每两年举行一次会议。评估将包括基线、形成性和总结性组成部分，并将根据项目参与者及其研究导师、社区研究合作伙伴和咨询委员会成员的意见进行，并在外部评估员的帮助下进行。传播将通过我们的网站、在校园、项目参与者的家庭社区、地区和全国范围内进行。据我们所知，这是大学与部落学院合作首次提出在任何学科中提供基于社区的研究生机会，因此传播经验教训对于 URM 学生和全国社区至关重要且有用。