SCHOOL BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION USING MULTIMEDIA

这项研究的长期目标是预防因 通过开发，实地测试， 分发有效的多媒体营养教育工具， 高中生 第一阶段工作的具体目标是 开发多媒体程序的原型;实地测试原型 与高中生;并探索出版和发行 选项. 本文提出的多媒体程序是对 扩大一般营养教育课程，尽管可能 也可以作为独立的工具使用。 建议的产品是 技术创新，因为它允许学生接收 个性化的营养指导，具体到他们的年龄，性别， 种族背景和食物偏好都很吸引人 的 原型将与咨询小组协商开发， 营养和营养教育专家。 将安排实地测试 在四个加州精益项目区域协调员的协助下， 在当地的高中工作 现场测试将包括预测试和 后测试，治疗/对照研究，使用80多民族青少年从农村， 郊区和城市环境中的营养知识、态度和 行为将被衡量。 拟议的商业应用： 建议的营养教育多媒体程序的商业潜力 很高 三分之二的高中健康教师教营养学， 近三分之一的高中目前拥有一台配备有 CD-ROM的数量迅速增加。 此外还有 国家对营养教育的关注日益增加。因此，有需求 为技术提供硬件支持。

The long term goal of this research is the prevention of mortality caused by poor nutritional choices through the development, field-testing, and distribution of an effective multimedia nutritional education tool for high school students. The specific aims of the Phase I effort are to develop a prototype of the multimedia program; to field-test the prototype with high school students; and to explore publishing and distribution options. The multimedia program proposed here is a supplement to an expansion of the general nutrition education curriculum, although it may also be used as a stand-alone tool. the proposed product is technologically innovative in that it allows students to receive personalized nutritional guidance that is specific to their age, gender, ethnic background and food preferences in an engaging fashion. The prototype will be developed in consultation with an advisory panel of nutrition and nutrition education experts. field-testing will be arranged with assistance from four California Project LEAN regional coordinators who are working in local high schools. Field-testing will consist of a pre-and post-test, treatment/control study using 80 multi-ethnic teens from rural, suburban and urban settings whose nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviors will be measured. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The commercial potential of proposed nutrition education multimedia program is high. Two-thirds of high school health teachers teach nutrition and almost one-third of high schools currently have a computer equipped with CD-ROM, with the number rapidly increasing. In addition, there is a growing national concern with nutrition education. Thus, there is demand for the content with hardware support for the technology.