SUNNY DAYS, HEALTHY WAYS CD-ROM CURRICULUM

描述：皮肤癌是一种流行病，预防必须从儿童时期开始，以减少终生紫外线照射和严重晒伤。健康系统合作伙伴公司(PHS)将制作一个交互式多媒体光盘版本的阳光，健康的方式(SDHW)小学阳光安全课程，并评估其在增加知识，有利地改变态度，以及加强阳光安全行为的有效性。这一第二阶段项目的目标人群是在科罗拉多州丹佛市和格里利市的八所公立小学注册的K到5年级的学生。多媒体对健康教育工作者、教师、学生和家长越来越有吸引力。这个第二阶段的项目将在第一阶段(SBIR#1R43CA76755)的K级和2级原型的基础上设计和制作一个完整的SDHW多媒体程序。光盘多媒体节目的制作将由AMC癌症研究中心的健康通信核心执行合同。以代理为基础的知识构建界面将被编程到光盘中，作为学生的智能导师。CD-ROM SDHW改善儿童防晒行为(主要结果)的能力将以配对的随机前后测控制组设计进行测试，受试者为12所学校、144个班级和2,160名学生。数据分析将由AMC癌症研究中心的研究方法和生物识别部门根据合同进行。

DESCRIPTION: Skin cancer is epidemic and prevention must start in childhood to reduce lifetime ultraviolet radiation exposure and severe sunburns. Partners for Health Systems, Inc. (PHS) will produce an interactive multimedia CD-ROM version of the Sunny Days, Healthy Ways (SDHW) elementary school sun safety curriculum and evaluate its effectiveness at increasing knowledge, changing attitudes favorably; and increasing sun safe behavior. The target population for this Phase II project is students enrolled in grades K through 5 in eight public elementary schools in metro Denver and Greeley, Colorado. Multimedia are increasingly attractive to health educators, teachers, students, and parents. This Phase II project will build upon the grade K and 2 prototypes from Phase I (SBIR #1R43CA76755) to design and produce a complete SDHW multimedia program. The authoring of the CD-ROM multimedia programs will be performed under contract by the AMC Cancer Research Center's Health Communications Core. Agent-based, knowledge-construction interfaces will be programmed into the CD-ROMs to function as intelligent tutors for students. The ability of the CD-ROM SDHW to improve children's sun protection behavior (primary outcome) will be tested in a pair-matched randomized pretest/posttest control group design, employing 12 schools, 144 classes, and 2,160 students. Data analysis will be performed under contract by the AMC Cancer Research Center's Research Methodology and Biometrics Department.