Worlds of Connections: Engaging Youth with Health Research through Network Science and Stories in Augmented Reality

连接的世界：通过网络科学和增强现实故事让年轻人参与健康研究

• 批准号: 9767801
• 负责人: JULIA MCQUILLAN
• 金额: $ 26.28万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9767801
• 关键词: Adolescent Risk Behavior; Area; Arts; Augmented Reality; Awareness; Biological; Biology; Career Choice; Collaborations; Communicable Diseases; Communication; Communities; Community Participation; Complex; Computer software; Coupled; Data; Data Analytics; Dentists; Development; Educational Curriculum; Ensure; Evaluation; Exposure to; Feedback; Funding; Future; Goals; Health; Health Resources; Health Sciences; Human; Knowledge; Learning; Mathematics; Middle School Student; Modeling; Monitor; Museums; Nebraska; Neurosciences; Next Generation Science Standards; Nurses; Occupations; Outcome; Patient Care; Poverty; Publications; Published Comment; Publishing Peer Reviews; Request for Applications; Research; Research Peer Review; Research Personnel; Resources; Role; STEM career; STEM field; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Scientist; Series; Social Sciences; Sociology; Students; Suicide; Surgeon; System; Technology; Testing; Time; Underrepresented Groups; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Violence; Youth; addiction; after-school program; artist; base; behavioral health; biobehavior; career; college; computer science; cost effective; design; early adolescence; eighth grade; evidence base; experience; experimental study; faculty research; health disparity; health science research; improved; innovation; interest; junior high school; learning community; learning strategy; mathematical learning; mathematical sciences; member; minority communities; next generation; peer; population health; programs; public health research; science education; science teacher; social; sociologist; teacher; teacher community; tool; twelfth grade; undergraduate student; underserved minority; university student; uptake; virtual reality

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This application requests support to enable a team of experienced science educators and biomedical and behavioral health network scientists to develop and implement the Worlds of Connections curriculum. Most middle school students are familiar with patient care-related health careers (e.g., nurses, dentists, surgeons), but few know about emerging careers in network science that can be leveraged to improve population health. This innovative and research-based science program is strategically designed to increase awareness of, understanding of, and interest in the important role of network science for health. This project will design learning activities that incite interest in network science applications to biomedical and public health research. The long- term goal is to enhance the diversity of the bio-behavioral and biomedical workforce by increasing interest in network science among members of underrepresented minority communities and to promote public understanding of the benefits of NIH-funded research for public health. The goal of this application is to identify and create resources that will overcome barriers to network science uptake among underserved minority middle school youth. The central hypothesis is that the technology-rich field of network science will attract segments of today’s youth who remain uninterested in conventional, bio-centric health fields. Project activities are designed to improve understanding of how informal STEM experiences with network science in health research can increase STEM identities, STEM possible selves, and STEM career aspirations among youth from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines at the center of health science research (Aim 1) and create emerging media resources via augmented reality technologies to stimulate broad interest in and understanding of the role of network science in biomedical and public health research (Aim 2). A team led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologists will partner with the University of Nebraska at Omaha; state museums; centers for math, science, and emerging media arts; NIH-funded network scientists; educators; community learning centers at local public schools; learning researchers; undergraduates; software professionals; artists; augmented reality professionals; storytellers; and evaluation experts to accomplish these goals and ensure out of school learning will reinforce Next Generation Science Standards. The Worlds of Connections project is expected to impact 35,250 youth and 20,570 educators in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska by: adding network science modules to ongoing 6th-8th-grade afterschool STEM clubs in community learning centers; adding network science for health resources to a summer graduate course on “activating youth STEM identities” for sixth to twelfth grade STEM teachers; connecting teachers with local network scientists; creating free, downloadable, high-quality emerging media arts-enhanced stories; and publishing peer-reviewed research on the potential of network science to attract youth to health careers. Coupled with the dissemination plan, the project design and activities will be replicable, allowing this project to serve as a model to guide other projects in STEM communication.

项目摘要/摘要 此应用程序请求支持，以支持由经验丰富的科学教育工作者和生物医学和 行为健康网络科学家开发和实施世界联系课程。多数 中学生熟悉与病人护理相关的健康职业(例如护士、牙医、外科医生)， 但很少有人知道网络科学领域的新兴职业可以用来改善人口健康。 这一创新的、以研究为基础的科学计划具有战略意义，旨在提高人们对 对网络科学对健康的重要作用的理解和兴趣。该项目将设计学习 激发对生物医学和公共卫生研究的网络科学应用的兴趣的活动。长的- 学期目标是通过增加对以下方面的兴趣来增强生物行为和生物医学劳动力的多样性 在代表性不足的少数族裔社区成员中开展网络科学，并促进公众 了解美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究对公共卫生的益处。此应用程序的目标是识别 并创造资源，克服服务不足的少数族裔中产阶层接受网络科学的障碍 学生时代的青年。中心假设是，技术丰富的网络科学领域将吸引细分市场 今天的年轻人仍然对传统的、以生物为中心的健康领域不感兴趣。项目活动的设计 提高对网络科学在卫生研究中的非正式STEM体验的理解 在团体青年中增加STEM身份、STEM可能的自我和STEM职业抱负 历史上在卫生科学研究中心的STEM学科中代表性不足(目标1)和创建 通过增强现实技术提供新兴媒体资源，以激发人们对其的广泛兴趣和理解 关于网络科学在生物医学和公共卫生研究中的作用(目标2)。由伊利诺伊大学领导的团队 内布拉斯加州-林肯社会学家将与内布拉斯加州大学奥马哈分校、州立博物馆和中心合作 数学、科学和新兴媒体艺术；美国国立卫生研究院资助的网络科学家；教育工作者；社区学习 当地公立学校的中心；学习研究人员；本科生；软件专业人员；艺术家；增强 现实专业人士；讲故事的人；以及评估专家，以实现这些目标并确保走出校门 学习将加强下一代科学标准。连接的世界项目预计将 影响林肯和内布拉斯加州奥马哈的35,250名青年和20,570名教育工作者：增加网络科学 社区学习中心正在进行的6-8年级课后STEM俱乐部的模块；增加了网络科学 为六至十二年级的暑期研究生课程“激活青少年STEM身份认同”提供卫生资源 STEM教师；连接教师与当地网络科学家；创建免费、可下载、高质量的 新兴媒体艺术-增强的故事；发布关于网络潜力的同行评议研究 科学吸引年轻人投身健康事业。再加上传播计划、项目设计和活动 将是可复制的，使该项目成为指导STEM沟通的其他项目的典范。