CISE-MSI: RPEP:S&CC:Information Systens meet CUltural COmpetencies (IS-CUCO): Enabling data-driven decision-making in underserved Hispanic populations

CISE-MSI：RPEP：S

• 批准号: 2131291
• 负责人: Marcelo Sztainberg
• 金额: $ 120万
• 依托单位: Northeastern Illinois University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2131291&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CISE; MSI; RPEP; S& CC

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The United States Department of Agriculture reported that in 2020 more than 34 million residents struggled to secure enough food to sustain an active and healthy lifestyle. Underrepresented communities, such as Hispanics in urban areas, make limited use of Information Systems (IS) when making decisions to access resources such as food. The goal of the Information Systems meets CUltural COmpetencies (IS-CUCO) project is to integrate cultural, linguistic, data, and infrastructure factors into IS that provide access to food-security services such as food pantries. The project focuses on the development of IS to increase their use by Hispanics and other underserved populations. The project members are from Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) located in communities with large Hispanic populations (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and El Paso). IS-CUCO builds research capacity and trains the next generation of professionals who develop more inclusive IS. Key activities for the IS-CUCO project include identifying how cultural, linguistic, data, and infrastructure factors impact the use of IS by Hispanic populations, and incorporating these factors into the software engineering process. The project uses an innovative community-based approach that brings together an interdisciplinary research team from the social sciences, computer science, and software engineering across HSIs serving diverse Hispanic populations. Expected outcomes include: i) knowledge base of key IS-usage factors that support the effective design of food-security IS targeting Hispanic communities; ii) software-engineering models and practices that inform development of food-security and related IS to meet the needs of diverse communities; and iii) increased capacity at the participating HSIs with respect to research, curricular, and co-curricular activities. This project can potentially transform the way organizations in urban areas address information needs of underserved populations to support their decision-making. The collaborations created in this project with local organizations will foster the sustainability and adoption of the expected outcomes.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.

该奖项全部或部分由2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。美国农业部报告称，2020年，超过3400万居民努力确保足够的食物来维持积极健康的生活方式。代表性不足的社区，如城市地区的西班牙裔，在决定获得食物等资源时，对信息系统的利用有限。信息系统满足文化需求项目的目标是将文化、语言、数据和基础设施因素纳入信息系统，提供食品储藏室等粮食安全服务。该项目的重点是开发IS，以增加西班牙裔和其他服务不足人群的使用。项目成员来自西班牙裔服务机构（HSI），这些机构位于西班牙裔人口众多的社区（纽约市、洛杉矶、芝加哥和埃尔帕索）。IS-CUCO建立研究能力，并培训下一代专业人员，他们开发更具包容性的IS。IS-CUCO项目的主要活动包括确定文化，语言，数据和基础设施因素如何影响西班牙裔人口使用IS，并将这些因素纳入软件工程过程。该项目采用了一种创新的基于社区的方法，汇集了来自社会科学，计算机科学和软件工程的跨学科研究团队，为不同的西班牙裔人口提供服务。预期成果包括：一）关键的是使用因素，支持粮食安全是针对西班牙裔社区的有效设计的知识基础;二）软件工程模型和做法，告知粮食安全和相关的是，以满足不同社区的需求的发展;和三）在参与HSI方面的研究，课程和课外活动的能力增加。该项目有可能改变城市地区各组织满足得不到充分服务的人口的信息需求的方式，以支持他们的决策。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。