Ignite-Engage-Sustain: a comprehensive approach to motivate, involve, educate, and mentor Native American students and their communities in cancer prevention, treatment, and research

内布拉斯加大学医学中心，与美洲原住民合作 内布拉斯加州大学奥马哈分校的研究和医学人文课程将 充分利用我们与部落合作所获得的信任和合作精神 内布拉斯加州和南达科他州的学校和社区开发、实施和 评估与癌症相关的科学课程和研究经验，旨在支持 美洲土著学生。这个项目的长期目标是促进 学生对科学的兴趣，培养更具科学素养的公众，以及 最终增加美洲原住民进入健康和 科学职业特别强调癌症研究。提高科学水平 在为我们的美洲原住民学生和合作伙伴服务的教室里进行指导是关键 这个项目。这一目标将通过创建和改编亲身实践来实现， 适合年龄的课程，并通过与技术接触，土著研究 方法和本土科学。通过暑期工作坊、辅导、 在职教育将促进新的科学策略的实施 在部落学校和土著学生中。学生参与度将得到加强 通过从中学科学夏令营到更长时间的丰富的暑期体验 为高中生开设的课程。此外，选择高中和本科 学生将在导师的支持下参与长期研究项目。 超越课堂的项目将被设计成为父母和长辈提供 兴奋感和对学生在做事情时的感受的理解 科学。辅助福利将包括促进教育机会、癌症 意识、临床研究的前景和精准医学的价值 印第安人。将在所有阶段进行专业评估，主要 重点评估以下项目对教育和社区的影响 这个项目。包括基线和事后测量在内的研究技术将 进行的目的是评估社区为解决土著地区的癌症所做的准备程度 社区和学校。分析态度和主体内容、参与者 还将进行评估问卷和学生回溯性预试。 通过改善癌症来促进美洲原住民社区的健康 预防和治疗与增加美洲原住民癌症数量 研究人员是这个项目每一个方面的最终目标。

The University of Nebraska Medical Center, in cooperation with the Native American Studies and Medical Humanities programs at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, will leverage the trust and cooperative spirit that we have garnered working with tribal schools and communities in Nebraska and South Dakota to develop, implement, and evaluate cancer-related science curricula and research experiences aimed to support Native American students. The long-term goals of this project are to promote student interest in the sciences, foster a more science-literate public, and ultimately to increase the number of Native Americans entering health and science careers with a particular emphasis in cancer research. Improving science instruction in the classrooms serving our Native American students and partners is key to this project. This objective will be accomplished by creating and adapting hands-on, age-appropriate lessons and by engagement with technology, Indigenous research methods, and Native science. Teacher support through summer workshops, mentoring, and in-service education will facilitate implementation of novel science strategies for use in tribal schools and with Native students. Student engagement will be enhanced through summer experiences from science camps for middle school to longer enriching programs for high school students. Moreover, select high school and undergraduate students will participate in long term research projects with the support of mentors. Programs reaching beyond the classroom will be designed to give parents and elders the sense of excitement and an understanding of what students feel when doing science. Ancillary benefits will include promoting educational opportunities, cancer awareness, the promise of clinical research and the the value of precision medicine for Native Americans. Professional evaluations will be made at all stages, with major emphasis being placed on evaluating the educational and community impact of the project. Research techniques including baseline and post measures will be conducted to assess the level of community readiness to address cancer within Native communities and schools. Analyses of attitudes and subject content, participant evaluation questionnaires, and student retrospective pretests will also be done. Advancing the health of Native American communities by better cancer prevention and treatment and increasing the numbers of Native American cancer research professionals is the ultimate aim of every aspect of this project.