Improving Health Research Skills for AI/AN Students and Fellows

提高 AI/AN 学生和研究员的健康研究技能

• 批准号: 10016359
• 负责人: THOMAS MARK BECKER
• 金额: $ 51.94万
• 依托单位: NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HLTH BD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-16 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10016359
• 关键词: Advertising; Alaska Native; American Indians; Applications Grants; Area; Behavioral Research; Benchmarking; Biomedical Research; Chronic Disease; Clinical Research; Communicable Diseases; Communities; Competence; Data Analyses; Development; Development Plans; Disease; Education; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Employee; Epidemiologist; Ethicists; Evaluation; Fellowship; Fostering; Foundations; Funding; Funding Opportunities; Goals; Graduate Degree; Grant; Health; Health Occupations; Health Sciences; Health Status; Idaho; Incidence; Individual; Institution; Internships; Investigation; Learning; Manuscripts; Measurement; Mentors; Native American Research Center for Health; Native-Born; Online Systems; Oregon; Participant; Population; Population Research; Population Study; Preparation; Research; Research Design; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Training; Resources; Role; Science; Seasons; Series; Students; Time; Traineeship; Training; Training Programs; Tribal group; Tribes; Universities; Washington; Work; base; behavioral study; career; career development; comparative; course module; data management; design; empowered; experience; graduate student; health disparity; health science research; improved; innovation; interest; meetings; mortality; non-Native; peer coaching; posters; programs; recruit; role model; skill acquisition; skills; success; tool; tribal health; undergraduate student

PROJECT SUMMARY: Marked differences in infectious and chronic disease incidence and mortality rates have been documented among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes nationwide compared to U.S. whites, and most health indicators show that AI/AN people have comparatively poor health status. Although substantial research has been directed toward understanding reasons for high disease rates and health disparities among AI/AN people, involvement by AI/AN researchers in most of these studies has been particularly infrequent. Because cultural factors are central to the design and implementation in many clinical, behavioral, or population-based studies, increasing the involvement of AI/AN peoples to carry out effective research in AI/AN populations should be a priority concern. The program described in this application will increase the research capabilities of AI/AN investigators to carry out well-designed investigations within AI/AN populations and in other settings. Experienced epidemiologists, biostatisticians, ethicists, and other researchers at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (the Board), Oregon Health & Science University, and Portland State University will offer an individually-tailored training program for qualified AI/AN researchers at different levels—including graduate students, health professions students, and Board employees. The training program will introduce participants to various research strategies, measurement issues, study design considerations, data management, data analysis, preparation of grant applications, ethics of research, and manuscript preparation. Tailored seminars and mentoring from seasoned researchers and peer mentors will form a key part of the training experience. We will establish clear benchmarks for each trainee, including completion of a graduate degree for the fellows whom we will support. This proposal builds upon existing grant-funded training programs for AI/AN trainees at our academic partner institutions, and will further the career development of AI/AN researchers through capacity building and research skill development. Through the development of qualified, independent AI/AN investigators, our effort may ultimately serve to reduce some of the many disparities in health that are observed among AI/AN groups, compared to U.S. whites nationwide, as well as reduce tribes’ distrust of research.

项目概要： 传染病和慢性病发病率和死亡率的显着差异已被记录 与美国白人相比，全国范围内的美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民 (AI/AN) 部落中的大多数人 健康指标显示AI/AN人群健康状况较差。虽然实质性 研究旨在了解高发病率和健康差异的原因 在 AI/AN 人群中，AI/AN 研究人员参与大部分研究的比例尤其高 不常见。因为文化因素是许多临床设计和实施的核心， 行为或基于人群的研究，增加 AI/AN 人群的参与，以开展有效的研究 AI/AN人群的研究应该是优先关注的问题。本申请中描述的程序将 提高 AI/AN 研究人员的研究能力，以便在内部开展精心设计的调查 AI/AN 人群和其他环境。经验丰富的流行病学家、生物统计学家、伦理学家和其他 俄勒冈州健康与科学西北波特兰地区印第安人健康委员会（委员会）的研究人员 大学和波特兰州立大学将为合格的人工智能/AN 提供单独定制的培训计划 不同级别的研究人员——包括研究生、卫生专业学生和董事会 雇员。培训计划将向参与者介绍各种研究策略、测量 问题、研究设计考虑因素、数据管理、数据分析、拨款申请的准备、 研究伦理和手稿准备。量身定制的研讨会和经验丰富的指导 研究人员和同行导师将构成培训体验的关键部分。我们将建立明确的 每位学员的基准，包括我们将要培训的学员完成研究生学位 支持。该提案建立在我们现有的为 AI/AN 学员提供资助的培训计划的基础上 学术合作机构，并将通过能力促进人工智能/AN研究人员的职业发展 建设和研究技能发展。通过开发合格的、独立的 AI/AN 研究人员表示，我们的努力最终可能有助于减少健康方面的一些差异 与全国范围内的美国白人相比，在 AI/AN 群体中观察到这一点，并减少部落对 研究。