SCC-IRG Track 1: Qoyangnuptu: Smart, Connected, and Culturally-centered System to Support the Well-being of Hopi/Tewa Youth

在全国范围内，对青少年行为健康的担忧正在上升。在这种情况下，美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AIAN）青少年的行为健康差异率在美国是最高的。尽管通过移动保健和远程保健干预措施，行为保健服务越来越容易获得，但由于农村部落社区缺乏无处不在的高速互联网连接，许多亚洲青年无法获得这些关键服务。正是在这种背景下，我们与霍皮社区合作，提出了Qöyangnuptu干预（QI），这是一个社会技术护理系统，整合了移动医疗（mHealth）、关系支持系统和幸福的文化方式。这项计划将结合社区专家、临床心理学家、教育研究人员和计算机科学家的专业知识，试行“全民健康指数”。重要的是，这个项目将吸引霍皮族社区成员作为共同研究人员，他们将在我们实施项目时帮助塑造我们的研究设计和试点。该项目预计，研究成果将有助于许多不同的社区，这些社区经历了有害的健康和数字差距，包括其他部落社区、移民社区和农村社区。QI试点将使我们能够回答推动我们社会科学和技术研究的研究问题。这些问题包括：(1)在具有独特文化特征的亚裔社区中，应如何设计以青年为重点的社会技术行为健康干预措施，以鼓励持续参与并积极影响心理健康指标？(2)如何设计交互式技术干预措施，以在充满挑战的网络环境中最好地支持持续的社区参与？本项目将采用跨学科的方法来设计、试行和评估质量评价体系；我们整合了临床心理学、特殊教育、人机交互、计算机网络和公共卫生方面的研究专长。该项目将采用参与式行动研究方法，以确保我们的研究是社区驱动的。该项目将产生五个主要研究成果：(i) QI应用程序，使霍皮族青年能够参与量身定制的文化互动体验，以建立社会和情感弹性；（ii）通过QI应用程序促进的跨年龄同伴指导计划；（iii）家庭复原力讲习班，提高社区层面对行为的认识和素养；（四）建立社区管理的行为健康资源数据库，帮助霍皮族青年和家庭获得相关和可获得的资源；(v)数字技能讲习班，重点培训霍皮族青年在应用程序开发的技术层面。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Across the nation, behavioral health concerns for youth are on the rise. In this context, American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) youth experience behavioral health disparities at some of the highest rates in the United States. Even as behavioral health services are becoming more available through mobile health and telehealth interventions, the lack of ubiquitous, high-speed Internet connectivity in rural tribal communities prevents many AIAN youths from accessing these critical services. It is in this context that we have partnered with the Hopi community to propose the Qöyangnuptu Intervention (QI), a sociotechnical system of care that integrates mobile healthcare (mHealth), relational support systems, and cultural ways of well-being. This project will combine community expertise with the expertise of clinical psychologists, education researchers, and computer scientists to pilot the QI. Importantly, this project will engage Hopi community members as co-researchers who will help shape our research design and pilot as we carry out the project. This project anticipates research outcomes will be helpful to many different communities who experience pernicious health and digital disparities, including other tribal communities, migrant communities, and rural communities.The QI Pilot will allow us to answer the research questions that drive our social science and technological Research. These questions include: (1) In AIAN communities with unique cultural characteristics, how should a youth-focused sociotechnical behavioral health intervention be designed to encourage sustained engagement and positively impact indicators of mental health?; and (2) How can interactive technical interventions be designed to best support sustained community engagement in a challenged network environment? This project will utilize an interdisciplinary approach to designing, piloting, and evaluating the QI; we integrate research expertise from clinical psychology, special education, human-computer interaction, computer networking, and public health. This project will take a participatory action research approach to ensure that our research is community-driven. This project will produce five key research outcomes: (i) QI App that enables Hopi youth to engage with culturally-tailored interactive experiences to build social and emotional resilience; (ii) a cross-age peer mentorship program facilitated through the QI App; (iii) family resilience workshops that raise awareness and literacy about behavioral at a community level; (iv) a community-curated database of behavioral health resources that help guide Hopi youth and families to relevant and accessible resources; and (v) digital skills workshops focused on training Hopi youth in the technical dimensions of app development.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.