Increasing Diversity in and Equitable Access to Applied Learning in Disaster Research Response: IDEAAL DR2

项目摘要 灾害对健康的有害影响加剧了先前存在的脆弱性和不平等，1和 对少数族裔和穷人造成不成比例的影响。2，3然而，指导我们 国家的准备和反应被描述为“严重不足”。 灾难的后果对于建立这一证据基础是必不可少的，但本质上是具有挑战性的。 一支成熟和训练有素的灾害研究队伍是至关重要的。4然而，我们不知道有任何培训 这为研究人员提供了环境和公共卫生灾害研究方面的实践经验培训 方法，也没有专门侧重于支持这一领域中代表性不足的少数群体学者。在……里面 应对，灾害研究中应用学习的日益多样化和公平获得 回应：IDEAAL DR2计划将在环境和公共领域提供基于技能的强化培训 健康灾难研究。我们将与比尔·安德森基金会(BAF)合作，该基金会是唯一的非营利性组织 它明确地侧重于支持代表不足的少数族裔(URM)学者在灾害和灾难中 研究，设计一个包容性的招聘流程和培训计划。IDEAAL DR2将培训多达100人 美国各地的早期职业研究人员，有意将重点放在URM学者身上，以1)增加 对环境和公共卫生灾害研究方法和技能的知识和认识 跨学科、职业生涯早期的研究人员，他们对开展以公共健康为重点的危害和 灾害研究；和2)通过以下方式增加灾害和灾害研究的多样性、公平性和包容性 提供必要的培训、设备、技术和建议，以支持早期职业生涯 来自历史上代表不足的背景的研究人员在他们自己的发展和完成中 研究项目。本课程将包括五个单元，包括课程前、课程中和课程后 组成部分：1)灾害研究基础；2)社区参与灾害研究；3)灾害 研究方法；4)灾害研究的工具和仪器；5)灾害研究的设计和 实施。在面授课程后的12个月内，研究员将设计和实施 独立的灾害研究项目，导致一篇质量可发表的论文，并得到每月培训的支持 讲习班和同行问责制小组。绕过长期存在的经济和体制障碍 系统性不平等，每年与BAF合作招聘的五名URM研究员将获得专门的 为他们的项目提供研究咨询和财务支持。跨学科项目的教职员工拥有强大的 有着悠久的合作历史。他们将由一个咨询委员会指导，结果来自 严格的形成性和终结性评价方案。将分发课程和评估材料 通过NIEHS DR2和NIEHS环境公共卫生资源伙伴关系门户网站， 评价结果将与NIEHS分享，并通过会议演示和出版物分享。

Project Summary The deleterious health impacts of disasters exacerbate pre-existing vulnerabilities and inequities,1 and disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities and the poor.2,3 However, the evidence base guiding our nation’s preparedness and response has been described as “seriously deficient.”4 Research conducted in the aftermath of a disaster is essential to building this evidence base, but is inherently challenging.5–7 Accordingly, an established and trained disaster research workforce is essential.4 However, we are unaware of any training that provides researchers hands-on, experiential training in environmental and public health disaster research methods, nor any with a specific focus on supporting underrepresented minority scholars in this domain. In response, the Increasing Diversity in and Equitable Access to Applied Learning in Disaster Research Response: IDEAAL DR2 program will provide intensive skills-based training in environmental and public health disaster research. We will partner with the Bill Anderson Fund (BAF), the only nonprofit organization that focuses explicitly on supporting underrepresented minority (URM) scholars in hazards and disaster research, to design an inclusive recruitment process and training program. IDEAAL DR2 will train up to 100 early career researchers across the U.S., with an intentional focus on URM scholars, to 1) Increase the knowledge and awareness of environmental and public health disaster research methods and skills among interdisciplinary, early career researchers who are interested in conducting public health-focused hazards and disaster research; and 2) Increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in hazards and disaster research by providing access to the necessary training, equipment, technology, and advising to support early-career researchers from historically underrepresented backgrounds in the development and completion of their own research projects. The course will include five modules with pre-course, in-person, and post-course components: 1) foundations of disaster research; 2) community engagement in disaster research, 3) disaster research methods; 4) tools and instrumentation for disaster research; and 5) disaster research design and implementation. For 12 months following the in-person course, Fellows will design and implement an independent disaster research project, leading to a paper of publishable quality, supported by monthly training workshops and peer accountability groups. To circumvent economic and institutional barriers that perpetuate systemic inequities, five URM Fellows annually, recruited in partnership with the BAF, will receive dedicated research advising and financial support for their project. Interdisciplinary program faculty have a strong and long-standing history of collaboration. They will be guided by an advisory committee and results from a rigorous formative and summative evaluation program. Course and evaluation materials will be disseminated broadly through the NIEHS DR2 and NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Resources Portal, and evaluation findings will be shared with NIEHS and through conference presentations and publications.