The Link: A Collective, Place-Based Approach to Inspiring Missoula's Next-Generation Healthcare Work Force

The Link：以集体影响、基于地点的方式激励蒙大拿州的下一代 医疗保健工作队伍 项目摘要/摘要 该项目将采取以社区为基础、集体影响的方法来共同创造健康- 科学和健康的生活体验，具有文化相关性，并满足独特的经济和 米苏拉及其邻近农村和部落社区的劳动力需求。由Pi Holly Truitt领导 (米苏拉市)和合作伙伴Rachel Severson博士(蒙大拿大学)，该项目将定位 LINK，米苏拉新的图书馆-博物馆综合体，将于2020年开放，作为充满活力的第三个地方，成为 健康科学学习、健康生活和STEM榜样参与。 该项目的跨部门咨询小组--代表来自P-12教育、卫生 科学和公共卫生，蒙大拿州部落社区，社会部门，市和县政府， 和设计思维--将共同创造一系列健康学习体验，包括： 是一个社区实验室，将把蒙大拿大学的研究嵌入社区的中心。 模仿生活实验室开发的最佳做法(科学世界和华盛顿大学 不列颠哥伦比亚省)，并由Severson博士共同领导，社区实验室将：1)参与高中 参与独立的、有指导的研究项目的学生；作为UM行为学的研究助理 在社区实验室进行的研究；作为讲解员和近距离同行的导师 项目展品和2)吸引早期学习者作为UM行为研究的参与者，同时 通过STEM研究和榜样为儿童和照顾者提供积极的体验。 A DNA攀岩展览，一个以健康和遗传为主题的攀岩结构和互动展览 这回应了社区对儿童室内娱乐机会的需求，特别是 在蒙大拿州寒冷的冬天和日益严重的野火季节。DNA攀登者将 为学龄前和小学生提供一个学习时可以移动身体的空间 关于健康生活和遗传学。 补充学习表和弹出式体验，将UM健康科学研究链接到 DNA攀登者展览和社区实验室编程。 移动编程吸引来自米苏拉县农村和邻近地区的P-12学生 平头印第安人保留地和比特罗特山谷的项目。 该项目尤其旨在接触到传统上代表性不足和服务不足的群体， 包括美洲原住民，潜在的第一代大学生，以及来自低收入家庭的孩子 背景。Inverness Research进行的外部评估将评估该项目的影响 集体影响、共同创意的设计过程，在LINK的STEM和职业道路参与。

The Link: A Collective-Impact, Place-Based Approach to Inspiring Montana’s Next-Generation Healthcare Work Force Project Summary/Abstract This project will take a community-based, collective-impact approach to co-creating health- science and healthy living experiences that are culturally relevant and meet the unique economic and workforce needs of Missoula and its neighboring rural and tribal communities. Led by PI Holly Truitt (City of Missoula) and co-I Dr. Rachel Severson (University of Montana), the project will position the Link, Missoula’s new library-museum complex opening in 2020, as a vibrant Third Place as a hub for health-science learning, healthy living, and STEM role-model engagement. The project’s cross-sector advisory group—with representatives from P-12 education, the health sciences and public health, Montana tribal communities, the social sector, city and county government, and design thinking—will co-create an array of health learning experiences, including:  A Community Lab that will embed University of Montana research in the heart of the community. Emulating best practices developed by the Living Lab (Science World and the University of British Columbia) and led by co-I Dr. Severson, the Community Lab will: 1) engage high-school students in independent, mentored research projects; as research assistants in UM behavioral research conducted at the Community Lab; and as docents and near-peer mentors at the project’s exhibits and 2) engage early learners as participants in UM behavioral research while providing positive experiences for children and caregivers with STEM research and role models.  A DNA Climber exhibit, a health- and genetics-themed climbing structure and interactive exhibit that responds to community demand for indoor recreation opportunities for children, especially during Montana’s cold winters and increasingly severe wildfire seasons. The DNA Climber will provide a space where preschool and elementary learners can move their bodies while learning about healthy living and genetics.  Complementary learning tables and pop-up experiences that link UM health-science research to the DNA Climber exhibit and Community Lab programming.  Mobile programming to engage P-12 students from rural Missoula County and the neighboring Flathead Indian Reservation and Bitterroot Valley with the project. The project aims in particular to reach traditionally underrepresented and underserved groups, including Native Americans, potential first-generation college students, and children from low-income backgrounds. External evaluation conducted Inverness Research will assess the impact of the project’s collective-impact, co-creative design process on STEM and career pathways engagement at the Link.