Cunningham Grazia, Becker Thomas M, Firemoon Tanya, Thomas Ashley
NW Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, OR, USA.
Pedagogy Health Promot. 2022 Jun;8(2):134-141. doi: 10.1177/2373379920974387. Epub 2020 Nov 24.
117American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) continue to be severely underrepresented in biomedical research, particularly in principal investigator roles. Efforts to decrease health disparities have shifted to building research capacity and training highly skilled AI/AN health researchers who can conduct quality research within their tribal communities. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Indian Health Service, the Northwest Native American Research Centers for Health (NW NARCH) program has offered financial support and mentorship to 149 AI/AN biomedical and public health graduate students for the past 15 years. In 2018, trainees were surveyed to track their progress and career development. Survey results confirmed that the financial support and mentorship available via the NW NARCH program were instrumental to their professional advancement. Support to AI/AN biomedical graduate students should continue not only to diversify the public health workforce, but also to address risk factors and health conditions that disproportionately affect AI/AN people.
美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/ANs）在生物医学研究中的代表性仍然严重不足，尤其是在主要研究者的角色方面。减少健康差距的努力已转向建设研究能力，并培养能够在其部落社区内开展高质量研究的高技能AI/AN健康研究人员。由美国国立卫生研究院和印第安卫生服务局资助的西北美国原住民健康研究中心（NW NARCH）项目在过去15年里为149名AI/AN生物医学和公共卫生研究生提供了资金支持和指导。2018年，对学员进行了调查，以跟踪他们的进展和职业发展。调查结果证实，通过NW NARCH项目提供的资金支持和指导对他们的职业发展起到了重要作用。对AI/AN生物医学研究生的支持不仅应继续下去，以实现公共卫生劳动力的多元化，还应解决对AI/AN人群影响尤为严重的风险因素和健康状况。
