Kürzi, An Interactive Media Device and Curriculum Encouraging Healthy Decision Making in Youth

Kürzi，一种互动媒体设备和鼓励青少年做出健康决策的课程

• 批准号: 10255073
• 负责人: Kenneth M Burns
• 金额: $ 24.96万
• 依托单位: AKROSENSE LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-05 至 2022-12-04
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10255073
• 关键词: Adolescence; Adult; African American; Age; American; Americas; Apple; Appointment; Awareness; Businesses; Career Choice; Caring; Cessation of life; Child; Chronic; Chronic Disease; Companions; Computer software; Decision Making; Developed Countries; Development; Devices; Diet; Educational Curriculum; Educational Models; Effectiveness; Ethnic Origin; Evaluation; Event; Exercise; Exposure to; Feedback; Focus Groups; Gender; Health; Health education; Healthcare; Healthcare Systems; Hispanics; Hospitalization; Incentives; Individual; Inequality; Knowledge; Lead; Learning; Learning Disabilities; Life Expectancy; Longevity; Marketing; Measures; Middle School Student; Minority; Not Hispanic or Latino; Obesity; Ohio; Parents; Patients; Physical activity; Play; Population Heterogeneity; Provider; Race; Research; Role; STEM career; STEM curriculum; Scholarship; Schools; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Students; System; Teacher Professional Development; Time; United Nations; United States; Visit; Work; Youth; base; burden of illness; career; caucasian American; cost; design; dietary; digital media; effectiveness evaluation; eighth grade; ethnic minority population; experience; fitness; formative assessment; healthy lifestyle; improved; interest; junior high school; low socioeconomic status; prevent; racial minority; sensor; student participation; teacher; touchscreen; virtual

Summary/Abstract Adults in the United States (U.S.) have the highest rates among industrial nations of chronic disease burden and obesity leading to deaths that could be prevented with healthier lifestyle choices. U.S. adults have a life expectancy of 78.6 years, 2.1 years lower than the average of all other industrial nations, while Non-Hispanic Black Americans have an even shorter life expectancy at 75.3 years. Provider bias against Black and Hispanic patients has been well documented in research contributing to minority patients being less likely to receive adequate treatment. Racial inequalities in healthcare have been proven to contribute to shorter lifespans for minorities in the U.S. Health education needs to be improved for the benefit of all Americans, and the healthcare system must be diversified to better serve all patients equally. To diversify the healthcare system, children should be introduced to possible career paths in adolescence when they are considering career roles. Studies have shown that students from 6th through 8th grade exposed to learning through the use of interactive digital media (IDM) games demonstrate significant gains in knowledge across different races/ethnicities, genders, and learning disabilities. We propose to develop a low-cost standalone device with basic vital sign sensors and interactive games to demonstrate the importance of making healthy decisions in relation to diet and physical activity via the use of an avatar that performs better based on input player vital signs. The avatar-based game, Kürzi, will include doctor visits for the Kürzi creature and events that feature different healthcare professions. The Kürzi device is paired with a tailored curriculum based on the National Health Education Standards for trained teachers to guide students through four different lessons. Eight different middle school classrooms will be evaluated using formative assessment to determine if the Kürzi IDM improves knowledge about healthy decision making and healthcare careers. Additionally, there will be four groups of two classrooms each in a 2 x 2 between-subjects design that will be used to isolate any effect of the Kürzi product from the new curriculum. At the end of the curriculum, teachers will be asked for feedback through open-ended questions related to the curriculum.

摘要/摘要 美国（美国）的成年人在慢性疾病伯恩和 肥胖会导致死亡，这可以通过更健康的生活方式选择来预防。美国成年人有生命 期望值为78。6年，比所有其他工业国家的平均值低2.1年，而非西班牙裔 黑人美国人在75.3年的预期寿命更短。提供者对黑人和西班牙裔的偏见 患者在研究中有充分的记录，导致少数族裔患者接受的可能性较小 足够的治疗。事实证明，医疗保健的种族不平等现象有助于较短的寿命 为了所有美国人和医疗保健，需要改善美国健康教育的少数群体 系统必须多样化，以更好地为所有患者服务。为了使医疗体系多样化，儿童应该 当他们考虑职业角色时，就会介绍青少年可能的职业道路。研究有 表明，从六年级到8年级的学生通过使用交互式数字媒体来接受学习 （IDM）游戏在不同种族/族裔，性别和学习中展示了知识的巨大收益 残疾。我们建议开发具有基本生命体征传感器和交互式的低成本独立设备 游戏以证明通过 使用基于输入播放器生命体征更好的化身。基于化身的游戏Kürzi将包括 医生参观Kürzi生物和具有不同医疗保健专业人员的活动。 Kürzi设备是 根据训练有素的教师指导的国家健康教育标准，与量身定制的课程配对 学生通过四个不同的课程。将使用八个不同的中学教室评估 形成性评估以确定KürziIDM是否提高了有关健康决策和 医疗保健职业。此外，在2 x 2中，将有四组两个教室。 设计将与新课程分离出Kürzi产品的任何效果。在 课程，将通过与课程有关的开放式问题要求教师提供反馈。