UVa MHIRT: Training Future Leaders to Address Global Rural Health Disparities

UVa MHIRT：培训未来领导者以解决全球农村健康差异

• 批准号: 8934135
• 负责人: Rebecca A. Dillingham
• 金额: $ 26.94万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-25 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8934135
• 关键词: Address; Award; Bahamas; Biological Sciences; Caring; Collaborations; Communities; Data; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease; Educational workshop; Faculty; Future; Generations; Goals; HIV; Health; Health Occupations; Health Sciences; Health Services Accessibility; International; Internships; Island; Knowledge; Manuscripts; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training; Modeling; Nevis; Research; Research Design; Rotation; Rural; Rural Community; Rural Health; Science; Seasons; Site; Social Sciences; South Africa; Students; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Uganda; Universities; Virginia; Water; Work; Writing; base; career; disorder prevention; experience; global health; health disparity; interdisciplinary approach; lens; physical science; population health; programs; research in practice; skills; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Virginia (UVa) MHIRT Program: Training Future Leaders to Address Global Rural Health Disparities will provide 8 outstanding students (6 undergraduate and 2 graduate) with the opportunity to participate in an intensive, international, mentored research experience that extends the analysis of global rural health disparities beyond assessments of disparate access to care between rural and urban communities and uses instead the lens of population health and an interdisciplinary approach in order to appreciate more completely the complexity of global rural health and disease. The awards will be offered for 5 years. The UVa MHIRT Program will attract outstanding applicants through a network of organizations at UVa and regionally that reach out to students from groups under-represented in the health sciences. Through participation in the UVa MHIRT program, the participation of the trainees in careers in health-related biological, physical and social sciences and the health professions will increase. This goal will be achieved by building the following capacities in the UVa MHIRT Scholars. First, the Scholars will gain knowledge, skills, and experience in research design, conduct, and presentation. Second, they will develop and apply culturally respectful practices in research. Thirdly, they will participate on inter-disciplinary tams and recognize the importance of multiple perspectives when addressing rural global health challenges. Finally, the students will identify and pursue professional and academic opportunities based on the mentorship and networking opportunities provided. The internship will include an 8 week research experience at one of our 4 collaborating international sites: the University of Venda in Thohoyandou, South Africa; Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Mbarara, Uganda; St Kitts and Nevis; and Grand Bahama Island. Experienced faculty and practitioners from UVa and the collaborating sites who maintain close ties to each other and to the rural communities they serve will mentor the students. Two sites will host students each year in a regular rotation. Research topics will relate to issues prioritized in the rural communities where the MHIRT Scholars will work such as: HIV management; water borne disease prevention; and new models for diabetes care. In addition to the 8 week research period, the students will benefit from individualized mentoring beginning with selection in February of the year of their internship, a one week Pre-Departure workshop and Cultural Orientation Training at UVa in the last week of May, and a one week Post-Research Season Workshop and Debrief in the first week of August. In October of the year of the award, the students will return to UVa to present their work at the UVa Center for Global Health Student Research Symposium. This comprehensive program will support students from hypothesis generation, through data gathering and analysis, and all the way to manuscript writing and presentation. In addition, the UVa MHIRT program will provide students with the opportunity to develop critical "soft" skills necessary for community-based or community-inspired health-related research and inter-disciplinary collaboration.

描述(由申请者提供)：弗吉尼亚大学(UVA)MHIRT项目：培训未来领导者解决全球农村健康差距问题将为8名优秀学生(6名本科生和2名研究生)提供机会，参加一项密集的、国际化的、有指导的研究体验，将对全球农村健康差距的分析扩展到对农村和城市社区之间不同获得医疗服务的评估之外，并使用人口健康的视角和跨学科的方法，以便更全面地了解全球农村健康与疾病的复杂性。该奖项的颁发期限为5年。UVA MHIRT计划将通过UVA和区域组织的网络吸引优秀的申请者，这些组织接触到健康科学中代表性不足群体的学生。通过参加UVA MHIRT方案，受训人员参与与健康有关的生物、物理和社会科学职业 卫生专业人员将会增加。这一目标将通过在UVA MHIRT学者中培养以下能力来实现。首先，学者们将在研究设计、实施和陈述方面获得知识、技能和经验。其次，他们将在研究中发展和应用尊重文化的做法。第三，他们将参与跨学科的TAM，并认识到在应对农村全球卫生挑战时多视角的重要性。最后，学生将根据提供的指导和网络机会确定和追求专业和学术机会。实习将包括在我们四个合作的国际地点之一进行为期8周的研究经验：南非托扬杜的文达大学；乌干达姆巴拉拉的姆巴拉拉科技大学；圣基茨和尼维斯；以及大巴哈马。来自弗吉尼亚大学和合作地点的经验丰富的教师和从业人员将指导学生，他们彼此之间以及与他们所服务的农村社区保持着密切的联系。每年将有两个地点定期轮流接待学生。研究主题将与MHIRT学者将工作的农村社区优先考虑的问题有关，例如：艾滋病毒管理；水传播疾病预防；糖尿病护理的新模式。除了为期8周的研究期外，学生还将受益于从实习当年2月开始的个性化指导，5月最后一周在弗吉尼亚大学举行的为期一周的出发前研讨会和文化导向培训，以及在8月第一周举行的为期一周的研究后季节研讨会和汇报。在该奖项的10月，学生们将返回弗吉尼亚州，在弗吉尼亚州全球卫生学生研究中心研讨会上展示他们的工作。这一综合计划将支持学生从假设产生，到数据收集和分析，一直到手稿写作和演示。此外，UVA MHIRT项目将为学生提供发展关键的“软”技能的机会，这些技能是以社区为基础或社区启发的健康相关研究和跨学科合作所必需的。