UCLA/CDU Partnership for Enhancing Diversity of Nurses with Research Careers

描述（由申请人提供）：来自代表性不足的少数群体（URMGs）的个体的健康差异继续困扰着美国人口。这一问题的根源是多方面的和复杂的，但与此密切相关的是，在卫生专业人员队伍中缺乏来自URMGs的个人，在护理人员队伍的民族/种族构成方面的严重差异尤其明显。2008年NSSRN调查显示，32.1%的黑人/非洲裔护士和39.4%的拉丁裔护士拥有学士学位；在所有种族/族裔群体中，只有11.4%的人拥有研究生学位，包括博士学位。这个州存在于美国人口老龄化和种族多样化的时代。鉴于这种可怕的状况，我们建议加强加州大学洛杉矶分校护理学院与查尔斯·r·德鲁医学与科学大学（CDU）之间的现有关系，这是一所历史悠久的黑人研究生机构和西班牙裔服务机构，制定和实施个人和机构活动的综合计划，使URMGs的硕士生能够无缝过渡到博士教育。该项目的长期目标是通过(1)通过结构化的发展活动，增加CDU SON的硕士生和教师对科学事业的参与，增加那些准备从事护理研究事业的人的民族/种族多样性，重点是老年人（45岁以上）的研究；(2)丰富CDU SON的研究课程设置和科学环境，为硕士生无缝过渡到博士教育做好准备；(3)通过促进学生注册和加州大学洛杉矶分校和基德盟教师之间的科学交流的系统，促进学生升入加州大学洛杉矶分校的SON。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Health disparities for individuals from under-represented minority groups (URMGs) continue to plague the US population. The roots of this problem are many and complex, but of great relevance is the dearth of individuals from URMGs in the health professions workforce, with serious disparities in the ethnic/racial composition of the workforce being particularly pronounced in nursing. The 2008 NSSRN survey showed 32.1% of Black/African American nurses and 39.4% of Latino nurses had baccalaureate degrees; for all racial/ethnic groups combined, only 11.4% had graduate degrees including PhDs. This state exists at a time when the US population is becoming older and more ethnically diverse. Given this dire state of affairs, we are proposing to enhance an existing relationship between the Schools of Nursing at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), an Historically Black Graduate Institution and Hispanic Serving Institution, for the purpose developing and implementing an integrated plan of individual and institutional activities to prepare masters students from URMGs to make a seamless transition to doctoral education. The long term goal of this project is to increase the ethnic/racial diversity of those prepared to pursue research careers in nursing focusing on research about aging adults (45+ years) by (1) increasing involvement of master's students and faculty at CDU SON in the scientific enterprise through structured development activities; (2) enriching the research course offerings and scientific environment at CDU SON to prepare master's students to seamlessly transition to doctoral education; and (3) facilitating student advancement to the UCLA SON via systems that facilitate student enrollment and scientific exchange between faculty at UCLA and CDU.