Investing in America's Future: Mentoring Latinos in Health Disparities Research

描述（由申请人提供）：项目摘要：鉴于文化，文化适应和社会经济地位等因素的异质性，需要进行与心血管健康相关的额外研究，以及与拉丁美洲亚组特定的其他慢性疾病相关的共享保护和风险因素。然而，在美国，拉丁裔科学家和大学教师的代表性不足，这导致科学家在寻求理解和扭转拉丁裔社区所经历的负面健康差异方面的洞察力有限。因此，培训和培养未来的科学家以增加关于拉丁美洲健康的文献，并增加拉丁美洲社区成员获得文化上合格的健康信息和护理的机会至关重要。随着越来越多的拉丁裔研究人员接受培训，有更大的潜力，以多样化的劳动力和促进文化敏感的研究，鼓励继续包容和参与不同群体的研究。 拟议的培训计划，题为“投资于美国的未来：在健康差异研究指导拉丁美洲人”，将使研究人员完成拉丁美洲社区健康研究（导师）与有抱负的年轻研究人员（学员）一起优化研究成功的机会和后者之间的进步，并准备他们反过来培训下一代的个人谁将在拉丁美洲健康工作。为了推进初级拉丁裔教师和科学家的科学事业发展，拟议的团队将提供一系列培训和指导活动，重点是拉丁裔健康和健康差异研究，与心血管疾病（CVD）和其他与CVD风险因素相关的条件。这些活动将涉及三个单独的队列，每个队列约有8名拉丁美洲学员（共24名学员），将包括最初为期两周的夏季学院，一名导师对每个学员的研究环境进行年中访问，第二次为期一周的夏季学院，以及所有三个队列在研究期结束时的最后一次会议。学员和导师之间的定期交流以及为参加额外培训提供的少量津贴将补充面对面的活动。 该计划的最终目标是使初级研究人员具备开发手稿所需的技能，并在完成该计划的两年内提交与健康差异和CVD相关的赠款提案。将定期评估拟议的研究培训计划，以确定所采用方法的总体相关性和价值。学员和导师的反馈将用于完善该计划，以最好地满足参与者的需求。此外，该计划的部分内容将在其结束时传播，以允许其他人谁是无法参加开发生产性的拉丁美洲健康研究事业使用的培训方面。 公共卫生相关性：项目叙述：在美国，拉丁裔科学家的代表性不足，这有助于缩小科学家寻求理解和扭转拉丁裔社区所经历的负面健康差距的见解。因此，这项培训计划将通过培训和发展初级拉丁裔教师和科学家进行严格的研究，以增加拉丁裔健康文献的主体，并增加拉丁裔社区成员获得文化上合格的健康信息和护理的机会来满足巨大的需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: Given the heterogeneity of factors such as culture, acculturation, and socioeconomic status, there is a need for additional research related to cardiovascular health and shared protective and risk factors associated with other chronic diseases specific to Latino subgroups. However, there is an under-representation of Latino scientists and university faculty in the US, which contributes to a limitation in insight among scientists seeking to understand and reverse the negative health disparities experienced by Latino communities. It is thus crucial to train and develop future scientists to increase the body of literature on Latino health and to increase Latino community members' access to culturally competent health information and care. As more Latino researchers are trained, there is greater potential to diversify the workforce and promote culturally sensitive research that encourages the continued inclusion and participation of diverse groups in research studies. The proposed training program, entitled, "Investing in America's Future: Mentoring Latinos in Health Disparities Research," will bring researchers accomplished in Latino community health research (mentors) together with aspiring younger researchers (mentees) to optimize the chances of research success and advancement among the latter and prepare them in turn to train the next generation of individuals who will be working in Latino health. To advance the scientific career development of the junior Latino faculty and scientists, the proposed team will offer a series of trainings and mentoring activities focused on Latino health and health disparities research as related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and other conditions associated with CVD risk factors. These activities, which will involve three separate cohorts of approximately eight Latino mentees each (24 mentees total), will consist of an initial two-week long summer institute, a mid-year visit by a mentor to each of the mentees' research settings, and a second summer institute of one-week, as well as a final meeting of all three cohorts at the conclusion of the study period. Regular communication between mentees and mentors and the provision of a modest stipend to pursue additional training will complement the in-person activities. The ultimate goal of the program is to equip the junior researchers with the skills necessary to develop manuscripts and submit a grant proposal related to health disparities and CVD within two years of completing the program. The proposed research training program will be evaluated periodically to determine the overall relevance and value of the methods employed. Mentee and mentor feedback will be used to refine the program to best meet the needs of the participants. Further, portions of the program will be disseminated at its conclusion to allow others who are not able to attend to develop productive Latino health research careers using aspects of the training. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Project Narrative: There is an under-representation of Latino scientists in the US, which contributes to a narrowing of insights among scientists seeking to understand and reverse the negative health disparities experienced by Latino communities. Therefore, this training program will fulfill a great need by training and developing junior Latino faculty and scientists to conduct rigorous research to increase the body of literature on Latino health and to increase Latino community members' access to culturally competent health information and care.