Semilla - planting the seeds of change for Puerto Rico

塞米拉——为波多黎各播下变革的种子

• 批准号: 10473687
• 负责人: Maribel Campos-Rivera
• 金额: $ 24.57万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10473687
• 关键词: 12 year old; Academic achievement; Age; Buffers; Career Choice; Caring; Child; Child Support; Childhood; Clinic; Clinical; Communities; Counseling; Development; Disadvantaged; Discipline; Education; Educational Curriculum; Emotional; Environment; Event; Family; Fellowship Program; Future; Future Generations; Goals; Health; Health Professional; Health Promotion; Health education; Individual; Infrastructure; Joints; Learning; Longevity; Medicine; Mental Health; Mentors; Mindfulness Training; Modeling; Participant; Personal Satisfaction; Plants; Poverty; Prevention approach; Process; Puerto Rican; Puerto Rico; Recovery; Research Personnel; Risk; Rotation; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Scientific Inquiry; Scientist; Seeds; Self Care; Social Interaction; Stress; Students; System; Thinness; Toxic effect; Training; Training Programs; Training Support; Universities; Well in self; adverse childhood events; boys; care providers; community building; disadvantaged background; empowerment; evidence base; experience; girls; informal learning; innovation; medical specialties; neurobehavioral; programs; recruit; resilience; response; science education; service providers; tool; volunteer

The eco-bio-developmental (EBD) model of childhood development promotes the use of integrated evidence- based approaches for the prevention and management of adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress across the lifespan. The neurobehavioral effects of such exposures herald challenges in academic achievement, social interaction, and emotional wellbeing. Disproportionate effects of toxic stress in the learning process contributes to fewer students from under-represented and disadvantaged groups choosing to follow a career path towards Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). This gap is enhanced when there is a lack of or a poor level of coordination among service providers, and a buffering system for these at-risk students. By enhancing a child’s capacity to understand and communicate their needs with stakeholders, we aim to promote health agency both at the individual and community levels. The goal of Semilla is to engage children ages 9 – 12 years in the science of their own well-being. The expected broader impact of Semilla is a healthy community brought by children as agents of change for their own health, then that of their family and community. This change will be brought about by stepwise strengthening and iteration of relationships between education, science, medicine, and the community. Our activities flow from a focus on emotional wellness of participants to their whole-body wellness. As volunteers from the fields of science, education, and medicine enter into this process with children of their community, they too are changed. Our specific aims include: 1) Implementation of Semilla Curricula through Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico; 2) Recruitment, Training, and Deployment of a fellowship program for educators & scientists for current & sustained support of the whole body wellness of the Children of Puerto Rico; and 3) Development of a Clinical Community response to the Health & Wellness Needs of the children of Puerto Rico. The successful completion of Semilla will achieve a community of science where children from disadvantaged backgrounds can effectively communicate with professionals in training from various disciplines through a joint experience of scientific inquiry while the whole community moves toward better health.

儿童发展的生态生物发展（EBD）模型促进了综合证据的使用 预防和管理不良童年经历和有毒应激的基础方法 贯穿整个生命周期。这种暴露对神经行为的影响预示着学术上的挑战 成就、社交互动和情感健康。毒性应激的不成比例的影响 学习过程导致来自代表性不足和弱势群体的学生越来越少选择 遵循科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 的职业道路。这个差距是 当服务提供者之间缺乏协调或协调水平较差时，以及缓冲 针对这些高危学生的系统。通过增强孩子理解和表达需求的能力 我们的目标是与利益相关者一起在个人和社区层面促进卫生机构的发展。目标是 Semilla 旨在让 9 至 12 岁的儿童了解自身福祉的科学。预期更广泛 塞米拉的影响是一个由儿童作为自身健康变革推动者带来的健康社区，然后 他们的家庭和社区的。这种变化将通过逐步强化和迭代带来 教育、科学、医学和社区之间的关系。我们的活动源于对 参与者的情绪健康与其全身健康有关。作为来自科学领域的志愿者， 教育和医学与社区的儿童一起进入这一过程，他们也发生了变化。我们的 具体目标包括： 1) 通过波多黎各男孩和女孩俱乐部实施塞米拉课程； 2） 为当前和未来的教育工作者和科学家招募、培训和部署奖学金计划 持续支持波多黎各儿童的全身健康； 3) 临床开发 社区对波多黎各儿童健康与保健需求的响应。成功者 Semilla 的完成将建立一个科学社区，让来自弱势背景的儿童 通过共同经历，能够与不同学科的培训专业人士进行有效的沟通 科学探究，同时整个社会走向更好的健康。