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HealthRICH: Health Risks, Information, and Choices (Phase II)
Grant Code: R25RR016301-2
Funding Years: 09/01/2007 - 04/30/2009
Institution: Miami University Oxford
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Address:
500 E High St
Oxford, OH, 45056
Project Manager:
STANDER, AMY,
Phone: (513) 727-3368
Fax: (513) 727-3328
Email: standeae@muohio.edu
PI:
SARQUIS, ARLYNE M.,
Phone: (513) 727-3278
Fax: (513) 727-3328
Email: sarquiam@muohio.edu
Co-PI:
GENTER, MARY BETH,
Phone: (513) 558-6266
Fax:
Email: gentermb@ucmail.uc.edu
URL: http://www.terrificscience.org/healthrich/
Abstract
The overriding goal of this Phase II project is to promote national dissemination of the Phase I HealthRICH products and resources, as these materials effectively encourage young teens and their families to make informed personal choices and reduce their environmental health risks. HealthRICH Phase II will accomplish the following aims: AIM 1: Disseminate HealthRICH materials to the Phase I partnership network and SEPA community by providing final versions of HealthRICH materials to these partners and offering graduate-credit online courses for Phase 1 teachers on adapting the HealthRICH materials (originally designed for informal settings) for use in science and health classes. AIM 2: Establish Strive to Thrive! science/health after-school activity clubs in middle schools throughout the U.S. and support these clubs by providing training for club sponsors and supplies for clubs to use in doing the hands-on investigations from the four Strive to Thrive! activity handbooks. AIM 3: Conduct a research study to answer the following questions: #1) How do the HealthRICH activity books affect student learning and do any effects differ by race/ethnicity, gender, SES, grade level, or combinations of these factors? And #2) How has HealthRICH club participation affected participant health perceptions and behaviors? Question #1 will be answered via pre/post content tests administered to random samples of both HealthRICH and non-HealthRICH students (matched by school and type of class). Instruments used in Phase I will be adapted and validated. Statistical analyses will control for different settings and different treatment times. Question #2 will be answered via the development and validation of a questionnaire based on the Health Belief Model, which measures perceptions of benefits, barriers, and susceptibility. A staggered research design with a control group will be used. Data analyses will control for different time settings. AIM 4: Adapt Phase I materials to support new dis emination efforts including the development of an online course for classroom teachers, family/community challenge handouts, a series of ethics scenario supplements, creative outreach samples, and a how-to guide for creative outreach. AIM 5: Expand public and professional awareness of the HealthRICH materials by working with our dissemination partners to distribute HealthRICH materials as part of their youth programming, community outreach, and public service activities; by using the Terrific Science Network and Press to continue the marketing and distribution of the published works, and by submitting articles to professional journals and making presentations and disseminating materials at professional meetings.
Keywords
Strive to Thrive! Environmental, health, science, healthrich, "terrific science", hands-on, activities, lessons, outreach, games, puzzles, "after school", programs, informal, "science clubs", "youth organizations", self-directed, learning, "National Science Education Standards", risks, "Breathing Room!", indoor, pollution, air, contaminants, "Lather Up!", "hand washing", germs, hygiene, soap, "More Than Skin Deep!", skin, cancer, sunscreen, "Safe Not Sorry!", product, labels, safety, "material safety data sheets", MSDS, "Wet Your Whistle!", "bottled water", "tap water"
