Skin cancer is epidemic and prevention must start in childhood to reduce lifetime ultraviolet radiation exposure and severe sunburns. Partners for Health Systems, Inc. (PHS) will initiate production of an interactive multimedia (CD-ROM) version of the effective Sunny Days, Healthy Ways (SDHW) elementary-school sun safety curriculum and assess students' and teachers' reactions to it in two Colorado public elementary schools in the Weld-County School District (Greely and Evans, CO). Multimedia are increasingly attractive to health educators, teachers, students, and parents. The target population for this Phase I project is students enrolled in grades K and 2. To build upon ongoing development of grade 4 CD-ROM programs (CRFA study), the design and production of the multimedia SDHW will include the preparation of concept plans and prototype CD-ROM activities for grades K and 2. Personal interviews with 24 students and 8 teachers will provide descriptive data. The authoring of the CD-ROM multimedia proto types will be performed under contract by the AMC Cancer Research Center's Communications Core.Proposed Commercial Application:Not avaliable
Thesaurus Terms:cancer prevention, computer program /software, computer system design /evaluation, curriculum, elementary school, neoplasm /cancer education, skin neoplasm education evaluation /planning, health behavior, interactive multimedia, optical data storage, sunscreen clinical research, human subject, interview, middle childhood (6-11)NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE