Science Take-Out Kits for Improving Environmental Health Literacy on Vaping

摘要 这个补充项目将在我们目前与大学合作的STTR第一阶段项目的基础上进行扩展 罗切斯特环境健康科学中心将开展三项科学外卖蒸发教育 工具包。我们的Vaping教育工具包让学生使用动手活动和现实生活场景来 调查电子烟调味品和蒸发设备中使用的化学物质的有害影响和潜在的 蒸气对肺部疾病的贡献。 电子烟是高中生和初中生最常用的烟草产品 学生们。大多数电子烟都含有尼古丁，这是一种高度上瘾的物质。尼古丁特别危险 对青少年来说，因为他们的大脑还没有完全发育。尼古丁会导致大脑功能问题，导致 注意力、记忆力和学习方面的问题。 这个补充项目将开发和试行两个新的蒸发教育工具包，与生物 尼古丁成瘾和尼古丁毒性。 在本次补充项目期间，我们将： 1.与罗切斯特大学环境健康科学中心合作开发两个 与尼古丁相关的科学外卖蒸发教育工具包 2.为学校和社区教育工作者举办焦点小组，评估 试剂盒 3.在以学校和社区为基础的环境中进行试行测试 这些新的蒸发教育工具包将结合科学外卖工具包的易用特性。这些工具包将 使用基于情景的实践活动，提高人们对尼古丁成瘾生物学的认识 尼古丁毒性和与使用电子烟有关的健康风险。科学的“袋子里的实验室”设计 外卖工具包将使这些动手科学活动变得简单、经济和方便教育工作者使用 在各种以学校和社区为基础的环境中。

ABSTRACT This supplement project will expand on our current STTR Phase I project in which we partnered with University of Rochester's Environmental Health Sciences Center to develop three Science Take-Out vaping education kits. Our vaping education kits involve students in using hands-on activities and real-life scenarios to investigate the harmful effects of chemicals used in e-cigarette flavorings and vaping devices and the potential contribution of vaping to lung disease. E-cigarettes are the most commonly-used tobacco product for both high school and middle school-aged students. Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance. Nicotine is particularly dangerous to teens, because their brains have not fully developed. Nicotine can cause issues with brain function, leading to problems with focus, memory, and learning. This supplement project will develop and pilot test two new vaping education kits related to the biology of nicotine addiction and nicotine toxicity. During this supplement project, we will: 1. Collaborate with University of Rochester's Environmental Health Sciences Center to develop two Science Take-Out vaping education kits related to nicotine 2. Conduct focus groups for school-based and community-based educators to evaluate prototypes of the kits 3. Pilot test the kits in school-based and community-based settings These new vaping education kits will combine the ease-of-use features of Science Take-Out kits. The kits will use hands-on, scenario-based activities that increase people's awareness of the biology of nicotine addiction and nicotine toxicity and the health risks related to e-cigarettes use. The “lab in a bag” design of Science Take-Out kits will make these hand-on science activities easy, economical and convenient for educators to use in a wide variety of school-based and community-based settings.