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国原住民合作， 内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校的研究和医学人文课程将 利用我们与部落合作所获得的信任和合作精神， 学校和社区在内布拉斯加州和南达科他州发展，实施， 评估与癌症相关的科学课程和研究经验，旨在支持 美国本土学生。该项目的长期目标是促进 学生对科学的兴趣，培养更多的科学素养， 最终增加美国原住民进入健康领域的人数， 科学职业，特别强调癌症研究。提高科学 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教学是关键 这个项目。这一目标将通过创建和调整实践， 与年龄相适应的经验教训，并与技术，本土研究 方法和本土科学。通过暑期讲习班、辅导、 和在职教育将促进新的科学战略的实施， 在部落学校和原住民学生中。学生参与度将得到提高 通过从中学科学夏令营到更长时间的丰富 为高中生开设的课程。而且，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为让父母和长辈 兴奋感和理解学生在做事情时的感受 科学附带的好处将包括促进教育机会，癌症 意识、临床研究的前景以及精准医学的价值 印第安人。专业评估将在所有阶段进行，主要 重点放在评估教育和社区的影响， 该项目包括基线和事后测量在内的研究技术将 进行评估的水平，社区准备解决癌症内的土著 社区和学校。态度和主题内容分析，参与者 评估问卷和学生回顾性预测试也将完成。 通过改善癌症来促进美洲原住民社区的健康 预防和治疗以及增加美洲原住民癌症的数量 研究人才是这个项目各个方面的最终目的。

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.