Minority Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program

描述（由申请人提供）：营养和健康领域的调查，特别是营养和慢性病，需要将研究行动转化为有益于边缘化人群的相关实际干预措施。此外，营养干预的主要挑战之一是设计全面的方案，以满足当地社区在营养影响的许多领域（从生物学到社会学因素）的需求。该培训计划旨在应用分析技能、生物和公共卫生科学以及文化能力，以统一研究和传播之间的步骤。培训将通过定量和定性方法来实现，以全面了解社区的文化和营养干预行为。除了生物营养，流行病学和生物统计学方面的强大课程外，培训活动还将研究社区干预措施的以下特点：参与性行动研究，营养教育，计划管理和评估，以及社区实现更健康福祉的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Investigations in the fields of nutrition and health, specifically nutrition and chronic diseases, are in need of research-action translation into relevant, practical interventions that benefit marginalized populations. Moreover, one of the major challenges to nutrition interventions is the design of comprehensive programs that respond to local community needs across the many realms that nutrition affects, from biological to sociological factors. This training proposal aims to apply analytic skills, biological and public health sciences and cultural competency to unify the steps between research and dissemination. The training will be achieved through quantitative and qualitative methods to bring a complete understanding of a community's culture and behavior to nutrition interventions. Alongside a strong curriculum in biological nutrition, epidemiology and biostatistics, the training activities will examine the following features of community interventions: participatory action research, nutrition education, program management and evaluation, and capacitation of communities towards a healthier well-being.