Step UP for STEM and Health Careers: An Intervention to Reduce STEM related biases towards young women and minorities

项目摘要 国家卫生研究院明确承诺使国家科学研究多样化 劳动力。虽然多样性有许多方面，但妇女和代表性不足的少数群体(即， 黑人、拉丁裔、土著和太平洋岛民)在科学中的代表性尤其不足， 技术、工程和数学(STEM)和健康职业。而不是能力， 这两个群体在职业生涯进入方面的差异很大程度上是由于动机和感觉上的差异 归属感“，这对教育的成功和建立 在STEM和卫生领域的职业生涯。研究表明，经历种族主义的青少年在 无论是在工作中还是在学校里，人们对未来职业的预期都是负面的。体验 性骚扰，特别是年轻女性的性骚扰，以及与STEM有关的独特性别偏见 有助于降低STEM的积极性。这项提议的目标是创建一种交互式数字 资源，STEM和健康职业提升(Step Up)，包括 为高中生提供旁观者干预，以获得技能、态度和意识 减少STEM和健康学习环境中的偏见和性骚扰，并实现 肯定的STEM身份。Step Up将是最先进的、以理论为基础的(计划的理论 行为)干预，受社会认知职业理论的启发，长期目标是 提高妇女和少数群体在STEM和卫生事业中的代表性。

Project Abstract The National Institutes of Health has a stated commitment to diversifying the national scientific workforce. While diversity has many dimensions, women and underrepresented minorities (i.e., black, Latinx, indigenous, and Pacific Islanders) are particularly underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and health careers. Rather than ability, disparities in career entry for both groups are largely due to differences in motivation and “sense of belonging,” which have a significant impact on educational success and persistence to build a career in STEM and health fields. Research shows that adolescents who experience racism at work or in school have negative outcome expectations for future careers. Experiences with sexual harassment, in particular, among young women, and STEM-related gender bias uniquely contribute to lower STEM motivation. The goal of this proposal is to create an interactive digital resource, Step Up for STEM and Health Careers (STEP UP) that includes the key elements of a bystander intervention for high school students to acquire the skills, attitudes, and awareness to mitigate bias and sexual harassment in STEM and health learning environments and attain a positive STEM identity. STEP UP will be a state-of-the-art, theory-based (Theory of Planned Behavior) intervention, informed by the Social Cognitive Career Theory with a long-term goal of increasing representation of women and minorities in STEM and health careers.