Worlds of Connections: Engaging Youth with Health Research through Network Science and Stories in Augmented Reality

连接的世界：通过网络科学和增强现实故事让年轻人参与健康研究

• 批准号: 9767801
• 负责人: JULIA MCQUILLAN
• 金额: $ 26.28万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9767801
• 关键词: Adolescent Risk Behavior; Area; Arts; Augmented Reality; Awareness; Biological; Biology; Career Choice; Collaborations; Communicable Diseases; Communication; Communities; Community Participation; Complex; Computer software; Coupled; Data; Data Analytics; Dentists; Development; Educational Curriculum; Ensure; Evaluation; Exposure to; Feedback; Funding; Future; Goals; Health; Health Resources; Health Sciences; Human; Knowledge; Learning; Mathematics; Middle School Student; Modeling; Monitor; Museums; Nebraska; Neurosciences; Next Generation Science Standards; Nurses; Occupations; Outcome; Patient Care; Poverty; Publications; Published Comment; Publishing Peer Reviews; Request for Applications; Research; Research Peer Review; Research Personnel; Resources; Role; STEM career; STEM field; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Scientist; Series; Social Sciences; Sociology; Students; Suicide; Surgeon; System; Technology; Testing; Time; Underrepresented Groups; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Violence; Youth; addiction; after-school program; artist; base; behavioral health; biobehavior; career; college; computer science; cost effective; design; early adolescence; eighth grade; evidence base; experience; experimental study; faculty research; health disparity; health science research; improved; innovation; interest; junior high school; learning community; learning strategy; mathematical learning; mathematical sciences; member; minority communities; next generation; peer; population health; programs; public health research; science education; science teacher; social; sociologist; teacher; teacher community; tool; twelfth grade; undergraduate student; underserved minority; university student; uptake; virtual reality

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This application requests support to enable a team of experienced science educators and biomedical and behavioral health network scientists to develop and implement the Worlds of Connections curriculum. Most middle school students are familiar with patient care-related health careers (e.g., nurses, dentists, surgeons), but few know about emerging careers in network science that can be leveraged to improve population health. This innovative and research-based science program is strategically designed to increase awareness of, understanding of, and interest in the important role of network science for health. This project will design learning activities that incite interest in network science applications to biomedical and public health research. The long- term goal is to enhance the diversity of the bio-behavioral and biomedical workforce by increasing interest in network science among members of underrepresented minority communities and to promote public understanding of the benefits of NIH-funded research for public health. The goal of this application is to identify and create resources that will overcome barriers to network science uptake among underserved minority middle school youth. The central hypothesis is that the technology-rich field of network science will attract segments of today’s youth who remain uninterested in conventional, bio-centric health fields. Project activities are designed to improve understanding of how informal STEM experiences with network science in health research can increase STEM identities, STEM possible selves, and STEM career aspirations among youth from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines at the center of health science research (Aim 1) and create emerging media resources via augmented reality technologies to stimulate broad interest in and understanding of the role of network science in biomedical and public health research (Aim 2). A team led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologists will partner with the University of Nebraska at Omaha; state museums; centers for math, science, and emerging media arts; NIH-funded network scientists; educators; community learning centers at local public schools; learning researchers; undergraduates; software professionals; artists; augmented reality professionals; storytellers; and evaluation experts to accomplish these goals and ensure out of school learning will reinforce Next Generation Science Standards. The Worlds of Connections project is expected to impact 35,250 youth and 20,570 educators in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska by: adding network science modules to ongoing 6th-8th-grade afterschool STEM clubs in community learning centers; adding network science for health resources to a summer graduate course on “activating youth STEM identities” for sixth to twelfth grade STEM teachers; connecting teachers with local network scientists; creating free, downloadable, high-quality emerging media arts-enhanced stories; and publishing peer-reviewed research on the potential of network science to attract youth to health careers. Coupled with the dissemination plan, the project design and activities will be replicable, allowing this project to serve as a model to guide other projects in STEM communication.

项目摘要/摘要 该申请要求支持一组经验丰富的科学教育者和生物医学和 行为健康网络科学家开发和实施联系课程的世界。 中学生是家族，与患者相关的医疗职业（例如护士，牙医，外科医生）， 但是，很少有人知道可以利用网络科学的新兴职业来改善人口健康。 这项基于研究和研究的创新科学计划的战略性旨在提高人们对 了解网络科学对健康的重要作用。 对网络科学应用的活动，对生物医学和公共卫生研究。 术语目标是通过日益增加对生物行为和生物医学世界劳动力的多样性 少数群体社区不足的成员之间的网络科学并促进公众 了解NIH资助的公共卫生的好处。 并创造资源，以阻碍网络科学吸收吸收量不足的少数民族中间 学校青年的中心假设是技术丰富的网络科学领域 当今的年轻人在常规的，生物中心保持着。 为了提高了解健康研究网络科学的非正式STEM经验，可以 增加茎的身份，可能的自我和茎的职业愿望 从历史上看，在卫生中心的STEM学科中不受欢迎。 通过增强现实技术的新兴媒体资源刺激对和理解的广泛兴趣 网络科学在生物医学和公共卫生研究中的作用（AIM 2）。 内布拉斯加州林肯的社会学家将与奥马哈的TITH Taska合作； 用于数学，科学和新兴媒体艺术； 当地公立学校的中心； 现实专业人士； 学习将增强下一代科学标准。 在林肯和内布拉斯加州奥马哈的影响35,250名青年和20,570名教育工作者作者：添加网络科学 在社区学习中心中持续的6至8年级的STEM俱乐部的模块； 六年级至十二年 STEM教师与本地网络科学家联系 新兴媒体艺术的故事； 科学吸引年轻人从事医疗职业。 将是可复制的，允许该项目充当指导STEM通信中其他项目的模型。