Heart Smart

迈阿密大学心理学系与迈阿密科学博物馆合作， 天文馆，要求根据NCRR的SEPA五年的综合发展和传播赠款 程序.目的是创建一个动手旅游展览和互补的教室和网络- 基于资源，旨在提高学生，教师和公众对 心血管疾病的危险因素和减少这些风险和改善个人健康的策略。 展览和教育资源将1）用于强调心血管危险因素的分布 在迈阿密-戴德县的不同人口，2）沟通与疾病相关的范围， 风险因素，包括肥胖，糖尿病和冠心病，和3）沟通的至关重要性， 通过营养、活动和压力管理控制心血管风险。除了提高公众 认识到这一公共卫生挑战，该项目将开辟新的领域，展示如何 城市科学博物馆与研究型大学合作，不仅可以为 沟通，但进行科学研究。迈阿密大学的研究生和研究人员 将参与开发、培训、实施、数据收集和数据分析方面的工作， 展览，并通过这种参与将有机会获得新兴的数据集产生的 展览，通知论文，学位论文和科学出版物有关的正在进行的领域，心血管 research.大学及博物馆亦会进行一项健康教育评估计划， 以博物馆为基础的非正式学习课程的有效性及其对学生知识和 行为这项研究将建立在迈阿密大学以前的研究基础上，该研究涉及全县范围的血液 对10年级公立学校学生进行压力筛查，显示大量学生的血压升高 压力和随之而来的风险因素。该评估项目将探讨10年级学生在多大程度上 参与增强的博物馆体验，玩“心血管辩论游戏”， 心血管健康知识的增加和行为的改善。后 开发，试点测试和展览的实施，博物馆将传播展览， 各种替代场所，包括图书馆，当地医院，高中和大学环境。的 项目网站将包括不断更新的显示在每个地点收集的数据， 辩论游戏的可下载版本，以及相关在线公共卫生资源的链接。研究所 学习创新（ILI）将作为该项目的外部评估员，负责前端， 展览的形成性和总结性评价。ILI还将评估大学在多大程度上- 博物馆合作为开展与健康有关的研究提供了有效的背景。

The University of Miami's Department of Psychology, in collaboration with the Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium, is requesting a five-year combined development and dissemination grant under NCRR's SEPA program. The purpose is to create a hands-on traveling exhibit and complementary classroom and web- based resources aimed at raising awareness among students, teachers, and the general public about cardiovascular disease risk factors and strategies for reducing these risks and improving personal health. The exhibit and educational resources will 1) serve to highlight the distribution of cardiovascular risk factors across Miami-Dade County's diverse population, 2) communicate the range of disorders associated with the risk factors, including obesity, diabetes, and coronary disease, and 3) communicate the critical importance of controlling cardiovascular risk through nutrition, activity and stress management. Besides raising public awareness about this public health challenge, the project will break new ground by demonstrating how an urban science museum, in collaboration with a research university, can serve as an environment for not only communicating but conducting scientific research. University of Miami graduate students and researchers will be involved in the development, training, implementation, data collection, and data analysis aspects of the exhibit, and through this participation will have access to the emerging data sets generated by the exhibit, informing theses, dissertations and scientific publications related to ongoing areas of cardiovascular research. The University and the Museum will also conduct a health education evaluation project to assess the effectivenessof a museum-based informal learning curriculum and its impact on student knowledge and behavior. The study will build on previous University of Miami research that has involved county wide blood pressure screening of 10th grade public school students, indicating substantial numbers with elevated blood pressure and attendant risk factors. The evaluation project will explore the extent to which 10th graders engaging in an enhanced museum experience and playing a "cardiovascular debate game" display greater gains in cardiovascular health knowledge and improvements in behavior than their peers. Following the development, pilot testing, and implementation of the exhibit, the Museum will disseminate the exhibit to a variety of alternative venues including libraries, local hospitals, high schools, and university settings. The project website will include continuously updated displays of the data collected at each venue, a downloadable version of the debate game, and links to related online public health resources. The Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI)will serve as the external evaluator for the project, responsible for front-end, formative and summative evaluation of the exhibit. ILI will also assess the extent to which the University- Museum collaboration provided an effective context for implementing health-related research.