Minority Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program

说明(申请人提供)：营养和健康领域的调查，特别是营养和慢性病领域的调查，需要将研究行动转化为有利于边缘化人口的相关、实际的干预措施。此外，营养干预的主要挑战之一是设计全面的方案，以回应当地社区在从生物学因素到社会学因素等营养影响的许多领域的需求。这项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来统一研究和传播之间的步骤。培训将通过定量和定性的方法实现，以便为营养干预带来对社区文化和行为的全面了解。除了生物营养、流行病学和生物统计学方面的强大课程外，培训活动还将审查社区干预的以下特点：参与性行动研究、营养教育、方案管理和评估，以及使社区获得更健康福祉的能力。

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.