Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities in Maternal, Child and Family Health

孕产妇、儿童和家庭健康本科暑期研究机会

• 批准号: 9458365
• 负责人: Sherry Tiffany Donaldson
• 金额: $ 10.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9458365
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Healthy People 2020 addresses gaping disparities in health behaviors, outcomes and quality of health care in African American, Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. A key national strategy for reducing these disparities is to increase the number of scientists and professionals from these populations working in the health research arena. Health disparities mirror educational disparities, in that both are rooted in economic disadvantage. Large income gaps are associated with lower rates of completion of baccalaureate degrees, which challenges our national goals for training a diverse public health workforce to meet national health equity goals. As Smith and colleagues (2009) suggest, without intentionally and substantially supporting the academic success of minority students, progress will not be made in the elimination of health disparities. Internships and mentoring have been shown to increase both retention rates and the likelihood of pursuing a graduate degree among minority students. One critical area in this workforce pipeline is maternal and child health, where ethnic and racial disparities are associated with infant mortality, low birth weight, childhood obesity, adolescent pregnancy and youth sexual risk behaviors. This proposal addresses these very challenges through an intensive summer research program that engages diverse cohorts of UMass Boston undergraduate students (12 per year) in innovative educational activities and in-depth experiences working on funded maternal, child and family health research projects being led by five UMass Boston faculty. Transition supports are included to bolster student career progression. UMass Boston is an ideal site for such a program, having recently made significant strides in increasing its regional, national and international research credentials, while in tandem providing opportunities for undergraduate research. A US Department of Education Title III Institution, UMass Boston’s student population is 56% first-generation, and 33% of its 12,847 undergraduates are under- represented minorities. We strive to provide numerous and rich opportunities for students to perform research, interact with the community, build core skills, and sustain their pursuit of research as their career and passion. Specific aims of this proposal are to: (1) Plan, implement and evaluate a 10-week mentored undergraduate summer research program. Evaluation of student and mentor experiences will include collection of the following quantitative and qualitative data: (a) Pre- and post-program survey data to quantify changes in students’ view of science as a career, perceived learning, and awareness of future education and work in maternal and child health; (b) Pre- and post-program assessments of changes in students’ global and role- based self-efficacy; (c) Post-program structured interviews to assess students’ and mentors’ perspectives on students’ experiences and learning, program quality and need for improvements, and personal satisfaction; and (d) Portfolio-based qualitative evaluation of students’ skill development, including presentations on research and community experiences, and use of statistics, research ethics, and career resources; and (2) Contribute to the recruitment and development of a new generation of under-represented biomedical, behavioral and clinical researchers in maternal, child and family health. Evaluation will include: (a) Annual follow-up surveys to assess past students’ career development, perceived knowledge/skill, satisfaction with and endorsement of the program, and ideas for program improvement; and (b) Annual follow-up assessment of students’ educational and career accomplishments, tracked in the National Student Clearinghouse database currently utilized by UMass Boston.

《健康人 2020》解决了健康行为、结果和医疗保健质量方面的巨大差异 非裔美国人、拉丁裔和美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民群体。减少污染的国家重要战略 这些差异是为了增加这些人群中工作的科学家和专业人员的数量 健康研究领域。健康差异反映了教育差异，因为两者都根源于经济 劣势。巨大的收入差距与学士学位完成率较低有关， 这挑战了我们培训多元化公共卫生劳动力以实现国家卫生公平的国家目标 目标。正如史密斯及其同事（2009）所建议的那样，在没有有意和实质性支持学术的情况下 即使少数民族学生取得了成功，在消除健康差距方面也不会取得进展。实习和 事实证明，辅导可以提高保留率和攻读研究生学位的可能性 在少数民族学生中。这一劳动力管道中的一个关键领域是孕产妇和儿童健康，其中少数民族 种族差异与婴儿死亡率、低出生体重、儿童肥胖、青少年 怀孕和青少年性危险行为。该提案通过以下方式解决了这些挑战 暑期强化研究项目吸引了麻省大学波士顿分校的不同群体的本科生 （每年12）创新教育活动和资助孕产妇、儿童方面的深入经验 以及由五名麻省大学波士顿分校教员领导的家庭健康研究项目。包括过渡支撑 支持学生的职业发展。麻省大学波士顿分校是此类项目的理想场所，最近推出了 在提高其区域、国家和国际研究资质方面取得重大进展，同时 为本科生研究提供机会。美国教育部第三类机构，麻省大学 波士顿的学生人口中 56% 是第一代学生，12,847 名本科生中，33% 为低年级学生。 代表少数群体。我们努力为学生提供大量丰富的机会进行研究， 与社区互动，培养核心技能，并维持他们对研究的追求作为他们的职业和热情。 该提案的具体目标是： (1) 规划、实施和评估为期 10 周的本科生导师制 暑期研究计划。对学生和导师经验的评估将包括收集 以下定量和定性数据： (a) 方案前和方案后调查数据，以量化 学生对科学作为职业的看法、感知的学习以及对未来教育和工作的认识 孕产妇和儿童健康； (b) 项目前和项目后对学生整体和角色变化的评估 基于自我效能感； (c) 项目后结构化访谈，以评估学生和导师的观点 学生的经历和学习、课程质量和改进需求以及个人满意度； (d) 对学生技能发展进行基于档案的定性评估，包括关于 研究和社区经验，以及统计数据、研究伦理和职业资源的使用；和（2） 为招募和发展新一代代表性不足的生物医学、 孕产妇、儿童和家庭健康的行为和临床研究人员。评估将包括： (a) 年度 后续调查，评估过去学生的职业发展、认知知识/技能、满意度 对计划的认可以及计划改进的想法； (b) 年度后续评估 学生的教育和职业成就，在国家学生信息交换所数据库中跟踪 目前由麻省大学波士顿分校使用。