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Project Name: Public Health Scholarship Program (T52)
Applicant Title: Loma Linda University
Abstract Text: Address: 24951 N. Circle Dr. Loma Linda, CA 92350-0001 Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx Email: xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx Website: https://publichealth.llu.edu/ Funds requested: $1,500,000 over 3 years Overview: The Loma Linda University School of Public Health, STACR project will provide educational scholarships to qualified applicants to train in selected certificate and master's degree programs. Project Description: The overall goal of the STACR Project is to increase the capacity of public health systems in the Inland Southern California region (Imperial County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County), by providing educational scholarships to qualified applicants to train in selected public health degrees. The project will collaborate with Inland Southern California public health agencies to create strategies around training opportunities and employment after graduation. The project will recruit qualified trainees from Inland Southern California public health agencies to receive scholarships. Potential students may apply for a certificate program in Health Geoinformatics or Health and Wellness Coaching, or for a master's degree program in Epidemiology, Global Health, Health-Care Administration, Health Education and Wellness Coaching, Nutrition, or Population Medicine. Within each of these programs, students will take classes to learn about public health inequities and health disparities, social determinants of health, and cultural competence. In addition to coursework, each student will have a field experience at a public health agency to learn how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to public health emergencies. The scholarship will partially or fully cover the cost of tuition, registration and course fees, and other educational expenses. One-hundred percent (100%) of the grant program funds requested go toward student scholarships. Project Objective 1: Enhance the knowledge and skills of the public health workforce by developing or strengthening community partnerships and linkages to identify employment needs, training opportunities, and to facilitate scholarship recipients' employment post training completion in state or local governments, including state, local, territorial or tribal public health departments, and other public health-related organizations. Project Objective 2: Educate the public health workforce to address public health inequities and health disparities and incorporate principles of social determinants of health (SDOH) into practice. Project Objective 3: Educate the public health workforce to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID-19, as well as other public health emergencies, by providing public health field experience (practicum) opportunities. Projected Number of Trainees: The STACR Project anticipates that 20 trainees in certificate programs and 10 trainees in master's degree programs will be awarded scholarships each year of the grant. Over 3 years, the project anticipates that 60 trainees in certificate programs and 30 trainees in master's degree programs will be awarded scholarships.