Interactive Online Capacity Building for Positive Youth Development

描述（由申请人提供）：由于每年都有大量的政府资源用于培训和技术援助，以帮助社区实施公共卫生方案，因此州和联邦官员确定具有成本效益的能力建设解决方案至关重要。从业者承受着巨大的压力，需要快速获取知识和工具，以成功地计划、选择、实施和评估公共卫生项目。由于疾病预防控制中心继续注重对规划成果的问责制，因此制定创新、具有成本效益、可扩展的战略以加强社区保护和促进健康的能力已变得至关重要。拟议的项目将通过开发和测试可定制的交互式软件产品来直接解决这一需求，该软件产品旨在使社区能够建立成功实施预防项目所需的能力。扩大这种类型的能力建设需要整合两个组成部分：(1)一个基于证据的模式，用于培训社区从业人员有效地提供公共卫生项目；(2)可定制培训的交互式技术平台。取得成果（GTO）是一种以结果为基础的问责方法，通过一个十步流程来建立实施有效项目的能力。我们将调整GTO以用于积极青年发展（PYD）计划。PYD是以一种建设性的方式让青年参与到他们的环境中，认识到青年的优势，并促进积极的结果。该项目的目标是开发用于个性化培训和实践的交互式网络软件，以建立社区从业者有效规划、实施和评估PYD项目的能力。提出的软件将建立在最先进的动态电子学习平台上。社区从业人员将通过量身定制的教学和互动练习相结合的体验来学习，以鼓励学习者反思、应用和实践他们的技能。没有任何其他技术产品能够提供一个可与之媲美的系统，用于建设社区有效实施PYD计划的能力。第一阶段SBIR项目将实现三个具体目标：(1)通过咨询专家和文献检索，收集关于如何使GTO适应PYD的建议；(2)开发工作PYD GTO软件原型；(3)与60个利益相关者进行可行性测试。通过建设地方能力，在大范围内规划、实施和评估PYD项目，拟议的产品有可能通过最大限度地为国家青年带来积极成果，对公共卫生产生重大影响。此外，这种具有成本效益的培训软件可以扩展到PYD以外的领域，从而有可能将公共卫生方法转变为能力建设。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With extensive government resources contributed each year to training and technical assistance for helping communities deliver public health programs, it is crucial for state and federal officials to identify cost-effective capacity-buildin solutions. Practitioners are under substantial pressure to quickly acquire the knowledge and tools to successfully plan, select, implement, and evaluate public health programs. With CDC's continued focus on accountability for program outcomes, it has become critically important to develop innovative, cost-effective, scalable strategies to strengthen community capacity to protect and promote health. The proposed project will directly address this need through the development and testing of a customizable interactive software product designed to empower communities to build the competencies needed to successfully deliver prevention programs. Scaling up this type of capacity building requires the integration of two components: (1) an evidence-based model used to train community practitioners to effectively deliver public health programs; and (2) an interactive technology platform that allows for customizable training. Getting to Outcomes (GTO) is a results-based approach to accountability that builds capacity to deliver effective programs using a 10-step process. We will adapt GTO for use with Positive Youth Development (PYD) programs. PYD is an approach that engages youth in their environments in a manner that is constructive, recognizes youths' strengths, and promotes positive outcomes. The goal of this project is to develop interactive web-based software for individualized training and practice that will build community practitioners' capacity to effectivey plan, implement, and evaluate PYD programs. The proposed software will be built on a state of the art dynamic e- learning platform. Community practitioners will learn through a tailored experience combining customized instruction with interactive exercises to encourage learners to reflect on, apply, and practice their skills. No other technology product offers a comparable system for building capacity of communities to effectively deliver PYD programs. This Phase I SBIR project will accomplish three specific aims: (1) Gather recommendations on how to adapt GTO to PYD through consultation with experts and literature searches; (2) Develop a working PYD GTO software prototype; and (3) Conduct a feasibility test with 60 stakeholders. By building local capacity to plan, implement, and evaluate PYD programs on a broad scale, the proposed product has the potential to significantly impact public health by maximizing positive outcomes for the nation's youth. In addition, this cost- effective training software can extend to areas beyond PYD to potentially transform the public health approach to capacity building.