Research on Vulnerable Women, Children and Families

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是一个竞争性的继续申请，弱势妇女，儿童和家庭（T32 NR 007100 ~项目主任，玛丽莲萨默斯）：学者培训跨学科方法，分析技术和技术（刺激）。该应用程序在宾夕法尼亚大学（宾夕法尼亚）护理学院的总体目标是消除健康差异或患病率，死亡率和健康问题的影响差异，这些健康问题是由性别，种族或民族，教育或收入，残疾，地理位置或性取向引起的。 或主要目标是准备科学家通过“有意义地使用”技术来促进弱势妇女，儿童和家庭的健康。 培训生培养跨学科研究方法的知识和技能，应用现有和新兴技术，整合生物措施，并应用先进的分析技术。 我们认为，这项工作的适当重点是健康促进和慢性病症状管理。 我们建议继续我们目前的支持四个博士后学员，三个博士前学员，两个加速BSN博士学员（学者培训促进研究[星星]）。 我们的应用程序 响应研究所2010年开创性倡议的建议， 医学，护理的未来，到2020年将拥有博士学位的护士人数增加一倍。该培训计划由来自生态系统理论的理论框架指导。 所有受训人员都要参加一项学习计划，包括正式的课程学习， 他在护理学院、医学院、兽医学院、工程学院和联合科学学院、费城儿童医院和蒙乃尔化学感官中心的附属教师那里获得了实验室经验。 受训人员选择与妇女、儿童和家庭研究有关的两个轨道之一：轨道1）技术-生物轨道，其中培训主要基于实验室，并侧重于慢性疾病的症状管理~轨道2）生物行为轨道，在那里，学员学习使用移动的技术，利用社区-基于参与性研究和生物行为结果。 学员接受尖端教育的技术进步，如遗传学/基因组学/表观遗传学~数字图像科学~健康信息系统和移动的技术~地理学/制图学~药物遗传学~健康结果的生物标志物~和睡眠科学。 这两个方向的受训人员都有以弱势群体的健康公平和测量生理变量作为结果衡量标准的课程。14年来，该计划在招募优秀合格的学员方面取得了巨大成功，其中大多数是 少数民族的代表。 毕业生产生重要的科学出版物，并继续在主要大学的资助研究项目蓬勃发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a competitive continuation application, Vulnerable Women, Children, and Families (T32NR007100~ Program Director, Marilyn Sommers): Scholars Training in Interdisciplinary Methods, Analytic Techniques, and Technologies (STIMULATE). The overall goal of the application at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Nursing is to eliminate health disparities or differences in prevalence, mortality and impact of health problems that occur by gender, race or ethnicity, education or income, disability, geographic location, or sexual orientation. Or primary objective is to prepare scientists to promote health in vulnerable women, children, and families through the "meaningful use" of technology. Trainees develop knowledge and skills in interdisciplinary research methods, apply existing and emerging technologies, integrate biological measures, and apply advanced analyses techniques. We believe that the appropriate focus of this work is health promotion and symptom management in chronic conditions. We propose to continue our current support of four post-doctoral trainees, three pre-doctoral trainees, and two expedited BSN to PhD trainees (Scholars Training for the Advancement of Research [STAR]). Our application is responsive to the recommendation of the groundbreaking initiative in 2010 by the Institute of Medicine, The Future of Nursing, to double the number of nurses with doctoral degrees by 2020. The training program is guided by a theoretical framework derived from the Ecological Systems Theory. All trainees undertake a plan of study including formal course work and laboratory experiences with affiliated faculty at the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Engineering and Allied Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Monell Chemical Senses Center. Trainees choose one of two tracks related to research with women, children, and families: Track 1) techno- biologic track, where training is primarily based in the laboratory and focused on symptom management of chronic conditions~ Track 2) biobehavioral track, where trainees learn to use mobile technology to deliver and test interventions in chronic conditions using community-based participatory research and biobehavioral outcomes. Trainees receive cutting edge education in technological advancements such as genetics/genomics/epigenetics~ digital image science~ health information systems and mobile technology~ geography/cartography~ pharmacogenetics~ biological markers for health outcomes~ and sleep science. Trainees in both tracks have coursework grounded in health equity for vulnerable populations and measurement of physiological variables for outcome measures. The program has been highly successful for 14 years with respect to recruiting superbly qualified trainees, the majority of whom are from under- represented minorities. Graduates produce significant scientific publications and continue to flourish with funded programs of research at major universities.