Child Trends News Service: Advancing Social Science Knowledge to Benefit Hispanic Families - Phase 2

作为在非正式环境中加强学习的总体战略的一部分，推进非正式STEM学习(AISL)计划为各种环境中使用的创新研究、方法和资源提供资金。在这个创新和发展项目中，儿童趋势与艾芬豪广播新闻合作，将扩大儿童趋势新闻服务的覆盖范围，并严格评估其对观众的影响。新闻服务旨在培养公众对社会科学研究的了解和欣赏，并鼓励采用与积极儿童发展相关的研究为本的育儿做法--特别是在拉丁裔父母中。儿童趋势新闻服务于2017年通过NSF的概念验证拨款首次制作，涵盖了可操作的、以儿童为重点的社会科学研究。通过在当地电视新闻中报道这项研究，该项目扩大了对循证育儿建议的获取途径。截至2018年2月，已有89家电视台订阅了新闻服务，其中包括前25个拉美裔电视市场中的8家电视台，覆盖了这25个市场38%的拉美裔电视家庭。该项目是对美国儿童面临的挑战的回应，其中超过五分之一的儿童生活在贫困中。对拉丁裔父母的关注是为了回应拉美裔儿童在所有儿童中所占比例的增加，与他们的同龄人相比，拉美裔儿童的贫困程度不成比例。该项目将研究新闻服务对在家中观看新闻报道的父母以及将新闻服务视为他们参与Abriendo puertas(Open Doors)社区育儿计划的一部分的拉丁裔父母的影响。这项研究将有助于我们了解人们如何跨环境获取和使用科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)信息的知识库。该项目的主要目标是利用商业电视新闻接触到在STEM教育和职业方面历来代表性不足的人群。该项目的目标是：1.建立和管理跨学科协作，包括新闻媒体专业人员、研究人员、为高危家庭服务的组织的从业人员以及STEM传播和拉丁裔研究方面的专家。利用大众媒体新闻机构向高危人群提供有关儿童的社会科学研究，重点是接触拉美裔父母。通过探索公众如何与关于儿童发展的可操作研究相互作用，告知他们的知识、态度和行为，推进非正式STEM学习领域。为了实现这些目标，该项目将进一步加强一个咨询小组，为内容开发、研究设计、研究结果的解释、研究结果的传播以及项目在国家科学基金资助期之后的过渡提供信息。该项目将继续每月向电视台提供8个(英语和西班牙语)故事，并战略性地扩大在顶级拉丁裔市场的覆盖范围。编辑过程将通过对拉丁裔父母的调查来确定感兴趣的话题。通过对来自不同种族/民族的当地电视新闻受众进行随机分配影响研究，该项目将评估新闻服务的影响。该项目将使用形成性研究方法来改进信息传递，并通过针对拉丁裔父母的育儿计划来审查重新调整视频用途的潜力。儿童趋势新闻服务在三个领域寻求更广泛的影响：提高公众的科学素养和对科学技术的参与；增加学术界、工业界和其他人之间的伙伴关系；以及改善社会中个人的福祉。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds innovative research, approaches, and resources for use in a variety of settings. In this Innovations and Development project, Child Trends, in collaboration with Ivanhoe Broadcast News, will expand the reach of the Child Trends News Service, and rigorously evaluate its impact on viewers. The News Service aims to build the public's knowledge of, and appreciation for, social science research and to encourage adoption of research-informed parenting practices associated with positive child development--particularly among Latino parents. First produced in 2017 through a NSF proof of concept grant, the Child Trends News Service covers actionable, child-focused, social science research. By featuring this research on local TV news, the project expands access to evidence-based parenting recommendations. As of February 2018, 89 stations had subscribed to the News Service, including eight stations in the top 25 Latino-serving TV markets that reach 38% of all Hispanic TV Households in those 25 markets. This project is a response to the challenges faced by U.S. children, of whom more than one in five live in poverty. The focus on Latino parents is in response Latinos' increasing share of all children, and that Latino children are disproportionately poor, in comparison to their peers. The project will examine the impact of the News Service on parents who view the news reports in their homes, as well as Latino parents viewing the News Service as part of their participation in the Abriendo Puertas (Opening Doors) community-based parenting program. This research will contribute to the knowledge base of what we know about how people access and use science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) information across settings. The overarching aim of this project is to leverage commercial television news to reach populations who have historically been underrepresented in STEM education and careers. The goals of the project are to:1. Build and manage an interdisciplinary collaborative, including news media professionals, researchers, practitioners in organizations serving at-risk families, and experts in STEM communications and Latino studies.2. Leverage mass media news outlets to deliver social science research on children to at-risk populations, with a focus on reaching Latino parents.3. Advance the field of informal STEM learning by exploring how the public interacts with actionable research on child development to inform their knowledge, attitudes and behaviors.4. Expand the reach and application of the news products through strategic outreach to other stakeholders in the child development field including programs serving under-served families.To accomplish these goals, the project will further strengthen an Advisory Panel to inform content development, study design, interpretation of findings, dissemination of study results, and the transition of the project after the NSF grant period. The project will continue to provide eight (both in English and Spanish) stories each month to TV stations and strategically grow the reach in top Latino markets. The editorial process will be informed by surveys of Latino parents to identify topics of interest. Through a random-assignment impact study with local TV news audiences from diverse racial/ethnic groups, the project will evaluate the impact of the News Service. The project will use formative research methods to refine messaging and examine the potential for repurposing the videos through a parenting program for Latino parents.The Child Trends News Service seeks broader impacts in three areas: increasing the public's scientific literacy and engagement with science and technology; increasing partnerships between academia, industry, and others; and improving the well-being of individuals in society.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.