Exploring Drug Abuse Through the Science of Epidemiology

通过流行病学探索药物滥用

• 批准号: 6602229
• 负责人: Mark A Kaelin
• 金额: $ 21.31万
• 依托单位: MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-17 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6602229
• 关键词: clinical research; curriculum; decision making; drug abuse education; drug abuse prevention; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; health behavior; human subject; science education; secondary schools; substance abuse epidemiology; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We will develop, evaluate, and disseminate a curriculum that will explore drug abuse issues relevant to high school students through the science of epidemiology. The curriculum, called Exploring Drug Abuse Through the Science of Epidemiology, will prepare students to make personal and collective, evidence-based decisions about drug abuse. This exploration of drug abuse issues will be structured according to a concept map for the discipline of epidemiology and the National Science Education Standards' fundamental abilities in Science as Inquiry. The lessons will be created and refined in partnership with an Advisory Board consisting of high school science teachers, drug educators and counselors, epidemiologists, and college professors. As part of lesson development, the Principal Investigator and high school teachers who are members of the Advisory Board will pilot-test the prototype lessons in their high school classes. The prototypes will be refined based on this experience and the advice of the Advisory Board. The prototype lessons will then be field-tested by a Field Testing Team consisting of science teachers from twenty high school members of the New Jersey Network for Educational Renewal. These twenty schools will be randomly assigned to be either experimental or control schools. Teachers from the Field Testing Team's ten experimental schools will be trained to teach the lessons and will implement them in their classes. The impact of the curriculum will be tested by assessing students' knowledge of drug abuse and epidemiology, as well as, their fundamental abilities in Science as Inquiry and scientific literacy. Several evaluations will use controlled, pre-test/post-test comparisons. The prototype lessons will be refined further based on the Field- Testing Team's experiences and on students' assessments and feedback. With Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approval, the Exploring Drug Abuse Through the science of Epidemiology web site will be linked with the CDC EXCITE web site (Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology).

描述(由申请人提供)： 我们将开发、评估和传播一门课程，通过流行病学科学探索与高中生相关的药物滥用问题。这门名为通过流行病学探索药物滥用的课程将帮助学生准备好做出个人和集体的、以证据为基础的药物滥用决定。这一药物滥用问题的探索将根据流行病学学科的概念图和国家科学教育标准的基本科学能力作为调查而构建。 这些课程将与一个由高中科学教师、毒品教育者和辅导员、流行病学家和大学教授组成的咨询委员会合作创建和完善。作为课程开发的一部分，作为咨询委员会成员的首席调查员和高中教师将在他们的高中班级试行原型课程。原型将根据这一经验和咨询委员会的意见加以改进。 然后，原型课程将由一个实地测试小组进行实地测试，该小组由来自新泽西州教育更新网络20名高中成员的科学教师组成。这20所学校将被随机分配为实验学校或对照学校。实地测试小组的十所实验学校的教师将接受培训，教授课程，并将在课堂上实施。 课程的影响将通过评估学生的药物滥用和流行病学知识，以及他们在科学方面的基本能力，如探究和科学素养来测试。一些评估将使用受控的测试前/测试后比较。原型课程将根据实地测试小组的经验以及学生的评估和反馈进一步完善。 经过疾病控制和预防中心的批准，通过流行病学探索药物滥用的网站将与疾控中心EXCEPT网站(通过教学流行病学进行课程整合的卓越表现)相连接。