Discover Health/Descubre la Salud: A Colorado Community Engagement Project

描述(由申请人提供)：空间科学研究所的国家互动学习中心(NCIL)与科罗拉多州临床和翻译研究所(CTSCI)和科罗拉多州地区健康教育中心(AHECs)合作，请求为Discover Health/Descure la Salud(DH/DS)提供支持。双语(英语/西班牙语)项目将包括一个由媒体和社区教育资源支持的互动图书馆展览，让服务不足的社区了解他们的心血管和消化系统，以及如何保持他们的健康。 该项目将以服务不足的社区为目标，包括农村和拉丁裔社区，通过图书馆和社区机构开展工作。该项目将利用在图书馆和社区健康博览会和节日、职业活动、家庭之夜、科学夏令营和微型医学院展示的双语互动展品的战略组合，让学生、家庭和成年人参与这些重要的健康问题。 NCIL高级教育助理皮埃尔·罗素项目和NCIL创始人、NCIL创始人共同皮·杜森贝里将指导该项目。杰克·韦斯特福尔博士，他将领导CCTSI的社区参与核心，也领导科罗拉多州的AHECS；他将指导他们的分奖。杰出的咨询委员会包括生物医学研究人员、社区健康教育工作者、图书管理员和非正式的科学教育工作者。他们将提供有关生物医学科学内容的专业知识，并帮助指导该项目的实施。经验丰富的媒体和社区评估公司Knight Williams，Inc.将进行所需的全面项目评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) at the Space Science Institute (SSI), in collaboration with the Colorado Clinical and Translational Studies Institute (CTSCI), and Colorado Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), requests support for Discover Health/Descubre la Salud (DH/DS). The bilingual (English/Spanish) project will include an interactive library exhibit supported by media and community education resources to engage underserved communities in learning about their cardiovascular and digestive systems, and how to keep them healthy. The project will target underserved communities, including rural and Latino communities, working through libraries and community institutions. The project will use a strategic combination of bilingual, interactive exhibits presented at libraries and community health fairs and festivals, career events, family nights, science camps, and mini-med schools, to engage students, families, and adults in these important health issues. Project PI Robert Russell, Senior Education Associate at NCIL, and NCIL Founder Co-PI Dusenbery, Founder of NCIL, will direct the project. Dr. Jack Westfall, who will direct the Community Engagement Core of CCTSI and also directs Colorado AHECS; he will direct their subaward. An outstanding advisory committee includes biomedical researchers, community health educators, librarians, and informal science educators. They will provide expertise on biomedical science content and help guide the project's implementation. Knight Williams, Inc., a highly experienced media and community evaluation firm, will conduct the full required project evaluation.