Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Division of Population Behavioral Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California.
Department of Psychiatry and Biobhavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2019;89(3):369-377. doi: 10.1037/ort0000415.
Health inequities and disparities among various racial/ethnic minority, sexual minority, and rural populations are the focus of increasing national efforts. Three health problems disproportionately affecting these populations-HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and trauma-deserve particular attention because of their harmful effects on health across the life span. To address these problems, our training program, the UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program (HA-STTP), mentors and trains early career behavioral health scientists to conduct research using scientifically sound, culturally collaborative, and population-centered approaches. HA-STTP has been highly successful in training a diverse, productive, nationwide group of scholars. The program provides 2 years of training and mentorship to 20 (5 per year over 4 years) scholars. It is unique in its attention to traumatic stress as a form of dysregulation, particularly as experienced by underserved populations. Furthermore, our training program embraces a uniquely comprehensive, culturally grounded understanding of traumatic stress and its implications for substance abuse and HIV. HA-STTP advances scholars' knowledge of the interconnections among substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, traumatic stress, and health disparities, particularly in underrepresented populations; provides intensive mentorship to support scholars' research interests and career trajectories; capitalizes on a multidisciplinary, multiracial/ethnic network of expert faculty; and evaluates the program's impact on scholars' knowledge and productivity. By fostering the growth of scholars committed to conducting research with underrepresented populations that are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and traumatic stress, this program enhances nationwide efforts to diminish the prevalence of these problems and improve health and quality of life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
健康不平等和各种少数族裔、少数性别人群以及农村人口之间的差异是国家日益关注的焦点。有三个健康问题对这些人群的影响特别大——艾滋病毒/艾滋病、药物滥用和创伤，因为它们对整个生命周期的健康都有不良影响。为了解决这些问题，我们的培训计划，即加州大学洛杉矶分校艾滋病毒/艾滋病、药物滥用和创伤培训计划（HA-STTP），指导和培训早期职业行为健康科学家，采用科学合理、文化合作和以人群为中心的方法进行研究。HA-STTP 在培训多元化、富有成效的全国性学者方面非常成功。该计划为 20 名学者（每年 5 名，为期 4 年）提供了 2 年的培训和指导。它特别关注创伤应激作为一种失调形式，特别是在服务不足的人群中经历的创伤应激，这是其独特之处。此外，我们的培训计划还采用了一种独特的、全面的、以文化为基础的方法来理解创伤应激及其对药物滥用和艾滋病毒的影响。HA-STTP 提高了学者们对药物滥用、艾滋病毒/艾滋病、创伤应激和健康差异之间相互关系的认识，特别是在代表性不足的人群中；为支持学者的研究兴趣和职业轨迹提供了密集的指导；利用了多学科、多民族/族裔的专家教师网络；并评估了该计划对学者知识和生产力的影响。通过培养致力于与受艾滋病毒/艾滋病、药物滥用和创伤应激影响不成比例的代表性不足人群进行研究的学者，该计划加强了全国范围内减少这些问题的流行率、改善健康和生活质量的努力。（APA，2019 年，所有权利保留）。
