SUNNY DAYS, HEALTHY WAYS CD-ROM CURRICULUM

皮肤癌是一种流行病，必须从儿童时期开始预防，以减少终身紫外线照射和严重晒伤。卫生系统合作伙伴公司（PHS）将制作一个交互式多媒体（CD- ROM）版本的阳光灿烂的日子，健康的方式（SDHW）小学阳光安全课程，并评估其在增加知识，改变积极的态度和增加阳光安全行为方面的有效性。这个第二阶段项目的目标人群是在丹佛大都会和科罗拉多州格里利的八所公立小学就读的K至5年级的学生。多媒体对健康教育者、教师、学生和家长的吸引力越来越大。第二阶段的项目将以第一阶段的K级和2级原型（SBIR #1R43CA76755）为基础，设计和制作一个完整的SDHW多媒体程序。该光盘多媒体节目的创作将由AMC癌症研究中心的健康传播核心根据合同进行。基于代理的知识构建接口将被编程到cd - rom中，作为学生的智能导师。CD-ROM SDHW改善儿童防晒行为的能力（主要结果）将在配对随机测试前-测试后对照组设计中进行测试，涉及2所学校，144个班级，2160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。建议的商业用途：计算机在教育中的使用正在迅速增加。美国疾病控制与预防中心计划发布全国皮肤癌预防指南，以纳入K-12综合健康教育。所有的美国学校都将被鼓励将太阳安全纳入他们的课程。因此，太阳安全光盘课程在公立和私立小学、学前班、公共图书馆以及家庭市场、互联网、工作场所健康和管理保健预防计划中具有潜在的商业应用。

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 l2 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. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Computer use in education is increasing rapidly. The CDC is planning to issue national skin cancer prevention guidelines for inclusion K-12 comprehensive health education. All U.S. schools will be encouraged to incorporate sun safety in their curriculum. Thus, the sun safety CD-ROM curriculum has potential commercial application in public and private elementary schools, preschools, public libraries, as well as the home market, over the Internet, and for worksite wellness and managed care prevention programs.