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，通过流行病学探讨与高中生相关的药物滥用问题。该课程名为“通过流行病学探索药物滥用”，将使学生做好准备，就药物滥用问题做出个人和集体、基于证据的决定。对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科学探究基本能力来构建。 这些课程将与一个由高中科学教师、毒品教育工作者和辅导员、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，首席研究员和咨询委员会成员的高中教师将在他们的高中课堂上对原型课程进行试点。原型将根据这一经验和顾问委员会的建议进行完善。 然后，原型课程将由现场测试小组进行现场测试，该小组由新泽西州教育更新网络 20 名高中成员的科学教师组成。这二十所学校将被随机分配为实验学校或对照学校。现场测试团队的十所实验学校的教师将接受培训并在课堂上实施这些课程。 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探究和科学素养方面的基本能力来测试。一些评估将使用受控的测试前/测试后比较。原型课程将根据现场测试团队的经验以及学生的评估和反馈进一步完善。 经疾病控制与预防中心批准，“通过流行病学科学探索药物滥用”网站将与 CDC EXCITE 网站（通过流行病学教学实现卓越课程整合）链接。