SCHOOL BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION USING MULTIMEDIA

描述：拟议研究的长期目标是 预防不良营养选择造成的死亡和发病。 实现这一目标的机制是开发，实地测试， 和分发（第三阶段）有效的多媒体营养品 在高中课堂上使用的教育工具， 鼓励青少年采取更好的营养行为。 具体 第二阶段的目标是：开发和生产一种营养 教育多媒体程序与高中学生使用;外地- 测试多媒体节目，以确保它是有效的激励 教育青少年作出更健康的食物选择;并选择一个 出版和/或分发机制将在第三阶段部署。 多媒体程序的开发将由一个咨询小组指导 营养教育专家，并将建立在胡夫营养 第一阶段开发的Quest原型。胡夫是一个冒险/追求游戏集 在古埃及的金字塔里 该方案将使用一个 在六所加州高中进行的前后实验设计。 程序 是技术创新的，因为它应用了基于计算机的 指令，声音和动作，以呈现基于技能的 营养教育。 拟议商业应用：不可用

DESCRIPTION: The long-term goal of the proposed research is the prevention of mortality and morbidity caused by poor nutritional choices. The mechanism for achieving this goal is the development, field-testing, and distribution (in Phase III) of an effective multimedia nutrition education tool for use in high school classrooms that will educate and motivate adolescents to adopt better nutritional behaviors. The specific aims of the Phase II effort are: to develop and produce a nutritional education multimedia program for use with high school students; to field- test the multimedia program to assure that it is effective in motivating and educating adolescents to make healthier food choices; and to select a publishing and/or distribution mechanism to be deployed in Phase III. Development of the multimedia program will be guided by an Advisory Panel of nutrition education experts and will build upon the Khufu Nutrition Quest prototype developed in Phase I. Khufu is an adventure/quest game set in a pyramid in ancient Egypt. The program will be field-tested using a pre-post experimental design in six California high schools. The program is technologically innovative in that it applies computer-based instruction, sound, and motion to the presentation of skill-based nutrition education. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE