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Building nursing research capacity to address health disparities: engaging minority baccalaureate and master's students.
Full Abstract
In order to decrease health disparities, nursing needs to promote opportunities for minority nursing students to incorporate the conduct, as well as the utilization, of research into their professional careers. This article describes a model program to facilitate minority research career development, the Research Enrichment and Apprenticeship Program (REAP). REAP was developed and implemented by a federally funded partnership between 2 historically Black universities and a research-intensive university. Fifty-five (N = 55) baccalaureate and master's nursing students and 35 faculty members from the 3 schools participated in an intensive research mentorship program guided by learner-centered pedagogical approaches that culminated in the public presentation of students' research projects at a scientific poster session. Student, faculty, and institutional achievements, as well as challenges, were identified and addressed as the partnership evolved. Recognizing and building upon the strengths of both minority-serving and research-intensive institutions allowed the development of an exemplar program. While process measures provided many indicators of success, long-term evaluation of research career-related outcomes are needed.
Author information
Author/s: Goeppinger, Jean (J); Miles, Margaret Shandor (MS); Weaver, Wanda (W); Campbell, Lenora (L); Roland, E Joyce (EJ);
Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research, Durham, NC, USA. jgoeppin(-atsign-)email.unc.edu
Grants: P20 NR 8357 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS) ; P20 NR 8366 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS) ; P20 NR 8369 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Journal: Nursing outlook (Nurs Outlook), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2009 May-Jun; vol 57 (issue 3) : pp 158-65
Dates: Created 2009/05/18; Completed 2009/07/30;
PMID: 19447236, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/20/2009, IMS Date: )
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