Illinois Early Childhood Activity Program (I-CAP): Assessing Physical Activity f

描述（由申请人提供）：本系列研讨会的目的是开发可在自然环境中使用的评估学龄前儿童身体活动的创新方法。研讨会的形式将借鉴国际公认的学者的专业知识，并将综合来自计算机工程，社交媒体，运动机能学，社区健康，家庭健康，神经科学，儿童发展，儿童保健，健康差异，公园和娱乐以及公共卫生领域的伊利诺伊大学两个校区的专业知识。四个独立的一天和1/2长的研讨会将在两年内系统地整合跨学科的理论框架。定期安排的电话会议将支持团队建设，目标是合作提交赠款。该提案旨在：1.为不同年龄组的3至5岁儿童开发可在城市和农村环境中应用的身体活动测量模型。研究人员团队将提出实用的模型，这些模型可用于未来的赠款提案，旨在研究和促进弱势儿童的身体、认知、大脑和社会情感健康（例如，低收入、少数民族、残疾儿童）。2.在具有计算机工程，社交媒体，运动机能学，社区健康，家庭健康，儿童发展，儿童保健，健康差异，公园和娱乐，神经科学和公共卫生专业知识的研究人员之间形成新的合作伙伴关系，以创建幼儿在自然环境（家庭，儿童保健，社区，公园）中身体活动的新测量技术。3.为了扩大现有的研究和培训计划的能力，重点是儿童的健康，包括一个MPH/博士课程（伊利诺伊州跨学科肥胖预防计划（I-TOPP），强儿童肥胖研究计划，适合儿童课后计划，和嘻哈健康计划。几个培训项目的研究生将参加研讨会和电话会议，以促进下一代健康研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this workshop series is to develop innovative methods of assessing physical activity in preschool age children that can be used in natural environments. The workshop format will draw upon the expertise of internationally recognized scholars and will synthesize expertise from two of the University of Illinois campuses from fields of computer engineering, social media, kinesiology, community health, family health, neuroscience, child development, child care, health disparities, parks and recreation, and public health. Four separate day and 1/2 long workshops will be held over two years to systematically integrate theoretical frameworks across disciplines. Regularly scheduled conference calls will support team building with the goal of collaborative grant submissions. The proposal aims: 1. To develop models of physical activity measurement for diverse groups of children between three and five years of age that can be applied in urban and rural settings. Practical models will be proposed by teams of investigators that can be used for future grant proposals aimed at studying and promoting physical, cognitive, brain, and social-emotional health in vulnerable children (e.g., low income, minority, children with disabilities). 2. To form new partnerships among investigators with expertise in computer engineering, social media, kinesiology, community health, family health, child development, child care, health disparities, parks and recreation, neuroscience, and public health in order to create new measurement techniques of physical activity in young children in their natural environments (home, child care, neighborhoods, parks). 3. To extend the capabilities of existing research and training programs focusing on children's health including a MPH/PhD program (Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program (I- TOPP), STRONG Kids Obesity Research Program, Fit Kids Afterschool Program, and the Hip Hop to Health Program. Graduate students across several training programs will be included in the workshops and conference calls to promote the next generation of health researchers.