MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE FOR BREAST CANCER EDUCATION

描述：(申请者的描述)多媒体的方法 乳腺癌教育(MCBCE)的课程是整合乳房 将癌症信息纳入现有的成人基础教育(ABE)计划 使用CD-ROM技术。MCBCE的具体目标是：1) 开发一个关于乳腺癌的交互式多媒体教育计划 纳入现有成人基础教育计划；2)试点 至少五个科罗拉多州成人基础教育项目的MCBCE；3) 使用预测试以及过程和结果来评估MCBCE 4)比较研究对象的教育和行为结果 以更标准的多媒体方式进行扫盲和健康教育 使用演讲板、录音带和书面识字的课堂教学方法 练习；以及，5)开始更广泛地传播成人扫盲 科罗拉多州和全国各地的节目。评估将重点放在 三个基本问题：1)识字技能的使用 多媒体练习增加了成人基础教育学习者的学习兴趣 关于乳腺癌风险、早期发现和治疗的知识和实践 可用于信息和服务的资源？；2) 将乳腺癌信息和资源整合到多媒体中 成人识字计划可以提高学习者的识字能力？ 3)有关乳腺癌和早期发现的教育单位 使用多媒体有效地融入成人识字计划？

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) The approach of the Multimedia Courseware for Breast Cancer Education (MCBCE) is to integrate breast cancer information into existing Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs using CD-ROM technology. The specific aims of the MCBCE are to: 1) develop an interactive, multimedia educational program on breast cancer to be integrated into existing Adult Basic Education programs; 2) pilot the MCBCE in at least five Colorado Adult Basic Education programs; 3) evaluate the MCBCE using pretesting, as well as process and outcome measures; 4) compare the educational and behavioral outcomes of the multimedia approach to literacy and health education with a more standard classroom approach using talkboards, audiotapes, and written literacy exercises; and, 5) initiate broader dissemination to adult literacy programs throughout Colorado and nationwide. Evaluation will focus on three basic questions: 1) Does the use of literacy-skills based multimedia exercises increase the adult basic education learner's knowledge and practices about breast cancer risk, early detection, and available resources for information and service?; 2) Does the integration of breast cancer information and resources into a multimedia adult literacy program improve the learner's literacy skills?; and, 3) Can educational units on breast cancer and early detection effectively be integrated into adult literacy programs using multimedia?