Éxito!: Making an Impact in Training Latinos for Doctorates and Cancer Research
| Autor: | Rebecca T. Adeigbe, Rena J. Pasick, Kipling J. Gallion, Arely Perez, Amelie G. Ramirez, Edgar Munoz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Biomedical Research Universities education Ethnic group Medical Oncology Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cancer control Internship Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Training Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Latinos Education Graduate 10. No inequality Students Minority Groups African american Health professionals business.industry 4. Education Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hispanic or Latino Research skills Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cancer research Cancer disparities Female Public Health Training program business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cancer Education |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 0885-8195 |
| Popis: | Latinos lag behind other racial/ethnic groups in pursuit of master's and doctoral degrees in public health and the health sciences. Exito! is modeled after the Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR), which found that Latino participants went on to doctoral programs at a lower rate (12%) than African American (36%) and Asian participants (33%). Exito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training is designed to increase the number of Latinos who pursue doctoral degrees and careers in cancer health disparity (CHD) research. The program has three components: recruitment with partnering universities and associations, an ethnically tailored intensive 5-day summer institute (SI), and 6-month paid internships offered on a competitive basis. Up to 20 master's level students/master's level health professionals are selected annually to participate in the SI; faculty are leaders in Latino CHD research. Funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 2011 to 2015, Exito! recruited 101 summer institute participants and awarded 21 internships. Analyses of pre- and post-institute surveys showed significant increases in confidence to apply to a doctoral program and academic self-efficacy among summer institute participants, and significantly increased research skills among interns. Forty-three percent of Exito! program alumni applied to a doctoral program (our main outcome) and 29.7% were currently enrolled. This is nearly double the rate for MTPCCR Latino participants (17%) for the corresponding time period. Exito! is a model pipeline program for encouragement of Latinos on to doctoral programs (e.g., PhD and DrPH) with the potential to increase the pool of cancer health disparity researchers. |
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