Cancer Narratives for Low-Literacy Adult Learners

低识字率成人学习者的癌症叙述

• 批准号: 6690389
• 负责人: Colleen Elizabeth Crangle
• 金额: $ 10.29万
• 依托单位: CONVERSPEECH, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-22 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6690389
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; adult human (21+); behavioral /social science research tag; cancer prevention; clinical research; colon neoplasms; computer assisted instruction; computer human interaction; curriculum; dietary lipid; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; educationally disadvantaged; ethnic group; fruit; handbook; health behavior; human subject; interactive multimedia; learning; neoplasm /cancer education; nutrition aspect of cancer; nutrition education; nutrition related tag; reading disorder; vegetables

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project aims to help low-literacy adults understand information on colon cancer and take action for themselves. Phase I will establish the technical feasibility of producing an interactive multimedia system for low-literacy learners and will evaluate its effectiveness on a purposive sample of 25 learners. The design of the curriculum and multimedia presentation is based on principles of social learning theory and combines direct and narrative-based instruction. Direct instruction uses text, illustrations, and optional audio to present material. Narrative techniques employ stories that convey information via character, dialogue and plot, with optional audio to narrate the story. Phase I objectives are to a) produce a prototype CD-ROM based on specific desired behavior change related to colon cancer prevention, and b) evaluate the usability of the CD-ROM by learners, the tutors' level of satisfaction with the CD-ROM, and the extent to which the desired behavior change in the learner has been promoted by the use of the CD-ROM. The material will focus on eating at least 5 fruit and vegetable servings each day, knowing what a serving size is, and limiting high-fat additions to fruits and vegetables. Phase I locates its evaluation activities within Project Read, a library-based adult learning service in California.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议项目旨在帮助识字率低的成年人了解有关结肠癌的信息并为自己采取行动。第一阶段将确定为低文化水平学习者制作交互式多媒体系统的技术可行性，并将以 25 名学习者为样本评估其有效性。课程和多媒体演示的设计基于社会学习理论的原理，结合了直接教学和叙事教学。直接教学使用文本、插图和可选音频来呈现材料。叙事技术采用通过人物、对话和情节传达信息的故事，并可选用音频来叙述故事。第一阶段的目标是 a) 根据与结肠癌预防相关的特定期望行为改变制作原型 CD-ROM，以及 b) 评估学习者对 CD-ROM 的可用性、导师对 CD-ROM 的满意度以及使用 CD-ROM 在多大程度上促进了学习者期望的行为改变。该材料将重点介绍每天至少吃 5 份水果和蔬菜，了解份量是多少，并限制水果和蔬菜中的高脂肪添加。第一阶段的评估活动位于加州图书馆的成人学习服务项目“Read”中。