I-Corps: A Novel Approach to Parent-Child Communication

这个I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是数字健康技术的发展（例如，可穿戴设备和个性化医疗），可用于解决性健康问题。 在美国，每年有近1000万新的性传播疾病（STD）病例，估计每年花费160亿美元治疗STD。拟议的技术旨在改善教育和沟通，并在这样做，可能会为个人及其家庭提供积极的健康成果。这个I-Corps项目的基础是发展改善亲子沟通和减少与青少年性传播疾病相关的医疗费用。这一创新源于几个要素的结合，包括通过改变父母的心态来建立沟通的动机，提供技能培养练习，并为亲子沟通提供新的平台。这个奖项反映了NSF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。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of digital health technologies (e.g., wearable devices and personalized medicine) that can be used to address sexual health problems. There are nearly 10 million new cases of sexually transmitted disease (STD) each year in the U.S. Treatments for STDs are estimated to cost $16 billion annually. The proposed technologies seek to improve education and communication and, in doing so, may provide positive health outcomes for both individuals and their families.This I-Corps project is based on the development improved parent-child communications and the reduction of healthcare costs associated sexually-transmitted diseases among adolescents. This innovation stems from the combination of several elements including building motivation for communication by shifting parental mindsets, providing skill-building exercises, and providing a new platform for parent-child communication. This combination of features is not currently available in any other book, website, or product on the market.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.