WE ENGAGE via Data & Stories to Improve Community Health & Foster STEM education

摘要/概要 2016年环境健康峰会后的一份报告建议让公民参与创建自己的 知识和解决方案，从而确保他们的关切得到充分解决，并促进 社区项目。事实上，公民科学有可能引发一系列具有积极涟漪效应的事件 这包括未来更加多样化的STEM和生物医学劳动力。该SEPA提案涉及建立 我们参与-一个非正式的，公民科学为基础的，环境健康体验式学习计划， 与资源不足的社区建立伙伴关系，并为资源不足的社区努力应对健康和环境健康挑战。其 目的是积极参与和建设公民的公民科学能力，生活在一个单一的集群的三个连续的 资源不足的少数族裔辛辛那提社区，尽管 已建立的学术社区伙伴关系的存在。 我们的假设是，社区知情，体验式学习机会以外的课堂， 结构化，多代，基于故事的将鼓励a）积极提问，讨论，并回答 相关的复杂的健康和环境问题，使个人和社区可以计划行动步骤， 更好的健康选择和追求更健康的环境，和B）更大的兴趣和信心，在追求正式的 生物医学/STEM教育和STEM职业。我们的计划有三个具体目标：1）我们将共同创造量身定制的故事- 基于（图形小说风格）的STEM教育材料与社区咨询委员会，并提供非正式的STEM 教育和研究培训我们的目标社区; 2）我们将促进科学探究技能的应用 通过社区主导的健康博览会来改善健康，这些博览会使用创新的电子健康护照平台来收集数据 并通过促进健康公平数据的社区讨论，以产生激励性的故事来分享;以及3）我们将 促进科学探究技能的应用，以培养社区的自豪感和积极性，促进更健康/更安全 通过步行环境评估构建环境。与目标2一样，将举行促进性讨论， 以社区为基础的参与性研究和干预。 我们成功的关键是讲故事的概念。讲故事是人类经验的基础。一个关键目的 讲故事不仅仅是理解世界，而是积极地改变世界。这是一种共同的语言。带来 将STEM概念以故事的形式结合在一起，增加了它们的吸引力和意义。后来，社区的过程 数据收集使个人有发言权。在一个数据故事中，数百万的声音可以被提炼成一个单一的声音。 叙述，可以帮助社区成员探索重要的潜在关联，并找到根本原因， 与社区相关的复杂健康问题。通过基于地点的、可理解的、激励性的数据故事， 社区的集体声音更加清晰，从而导致可以共同决定和采取的相关和可行的行动。 从预防慢性病，到培育更健康的环境，再到鼓励STEM教育-故事 无限的潜力

Abstract/Summary A report following the 2016 Environmental Health Summit recommended engaging citizens in creating their own knowledge and solutions, thus ensuring that their concerns are adequately addressed and promoting sustainability of community projects. Indeed, citizen science has the potential to initiate a cascade of events with a positive ripple effect that includes a more diverse future STEM and biomedical workforce. This SEPA proposal involves the establishment of WE ENGAGE – an informal, citizen science-based, environmental health experiential learning program designed in partnership with and for under resourced communities struggling with health and environmental health challenges. Its purpose is to actively engage and build the citizen science capacity of citizens living in a single cluster of three contiguous under resourced, minority Cincinnati neighborhoods where generational challenges continue to plague residents despite the presence of established academic-community partnerships. Our hypothesis is that community-informed, experiential learning opportunities outside of the classroom that are structured, multigenerational, and story-based will encourage a) the active asking, discussion about, and answering of relevant complex health and environmental questions so that individuals and communities can plan action steps to make better health choices and pursue healthier environments, and b) greater interest and confidence in pursuing formal biomedical/STEM education and STEM careers. Our program has three specific aims: 1) We will co-create tailored story- based (graphic novel style) STEM education materials with a community advisory board and offer informal STEM education and research training to our target communities; 2) we will facilitate the application of scientific inquiry skills to improve health via community-led health fairs that use an innovative electronic health passport platform to collect data and through facilitated community discussions of health fair data to generate motivating stories to share; and 3) we will facilitate the application of scientific inquiry skills to foster community pride and activism in promoting healthier/safer built environments via walking environmental assessments. As in aim 2, facilitated discussions will be held to spur future community based participatory research studies and interventions. Critical to our success is the concept of storytelling. Storytelling is a foundation of the human experience. A key purpose of storytelling is not just understanding the world, but positively transforming it. It is a common language. Bringing together STEM concepts in the form of a story increases their appeal and meaning. Later, the very process of community data collection gives individuals a voice. In a data story, hundreds to millions of voices can be distilled into a single narrative that can help community members probe important underlying associations and get to the root causes of complicated health issues relevant to their communities. Through place based, understandable, motivating data stories, the community's collective voice is clearer—leading to relevant and viable actions that can be decided and taken together. From preventing chronic disease, to nurturing healthier environments, to encouraging STEM education — stories have unlimited potential.