Women's Health Disparities: Interdisciplinary Training

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的培训计划响应 美国的迫切需求反映在健康的主要目标中 2010年：消除这些得不到充分服务的群体之间的健康差距 美国人分为非洲裔、亚裔和西班牙裔。有色人种女性 美国承担着不成比例的健康差距;在六个DHHS中， 少数种族和族裔经历严重差距的重点领域 (i.e.,婴儿死亡率、癌症筛查和管理、心血管疾病 疾病，糖尿病，艾滋病毒感染/艾滋病和免疫接种），可以说 令人信服的是，性别，种族和阶级的交叉性， 有色人种女性在每一个领域都处于劣势，但最后一个领域除外。复杂 生物因素、环境（包括文化因素） 环境），必须考虑到健康行为，以发展 有效干预。跨学科培训将是必不可少的， 为科学家研究妇女怀孕的复杂多因素原因做好准备。 健康差距，并获得各种复杂的专业知识， 我们需要一种方法来调查这些不同的多重因素。三十一 高级教师（17名护理和21名相关学科的教师）来了 共同提供跨学科的导师，护士前和博士后 实习生我们的目标是准备护理学者研究健康的差距， 妇女和女孩的不同人口，与不同种族的合作， 社区在该计划的行为，并促进发展， 少数民族护士科学家许多成熟的跨学科研究 团队，种族多元化的教师的临界质量，以及丰富的组合， 研究所和中心可用于推进培训工作 程序.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed training program responds to pressing needs in the United States as reflected in a major goal of Healthy People 2010: To eliminate health disparities among such underserved segments of the population as African Americans, Asians and Hispanics. Women of color in the U.S. bear a disproportionate share of health disparities; of the six DHHS focus area in which racial and ethnic minorities experience serious disparities (i.e., infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection/AIDS, and immunizations), it can be argued persuasively that the intersectionality of gender, ethnicity and class disadvantages women of color in every category but the last. The complex interaction among biological factors, the environment (including cultural context), and health behaviors must be taken into account in order to develop effective interventions. Interdisciplinary training will be essential to prepare scientists to study the complex multifactorial causation of women's health disparities and to gain expertise in the varied and sophisticated methodology needed to investigate such disparate multiple factors. Thirty-one senior faculty (17 nursing and 21 faculty in related disciplines) have come together to offer interdisciplinary mentorship to nurse pre and postdoctoral trainees. We aim to prepare nursing scholars to study health disparities among diverse populations of women and girls, to collaborate with ethnically diverse communities in the conduct of the program, and foster the development of minority nurse scientists. Many well established interdisciplinary research teams, a critical mass of ethnically diverse faculty, and a rich mix of Institutes and Centers is available to advance the efforts of the training program.