This proposal develops the Community Health Interactive Data Resource (CHIDR);a dissemination intervention that provides teachers and students with online access to community-specific research data generated from the Let's Get Healthy! education and research exhibit. The data-gathering fair and student exploration of local data through CHIDR will be used as a method of engaging students in understanding how personal and group decisions can impact heath issues. Teacher-guided exploration of data will enable students to see first-hand how participation in an NIH-funded human research study can be used to better understand human health. This project will raise individual and classroom awareness about health issues related to childhood obesity as well as promote skills that enable students to use meaningful data to make positive changes in their school and community. The immediate impact of the proposed project develops the infrastructure for a web-based data visualization tool and resource library that is freely available to the public, including teachers, students, policy makers and community health groups. CHIDR would leverage the already successful Let's Get Healthy! program to provide a web-based resource where accurate, region-specific data could be used to enable personal and policy decisions that improve public health.

Public Health Relevance

The Community Health Interactive Data Resource (CHIDR) provides teachers and students with online access to community-specific research data generated from the Let's Get Healthy! education and research exhibit. Students will be able to ask research questions about their own surroundings and use CHIDR's data visualization capabilities to test their hypotheses. The goal of this project is to promote skills that enable students to use meaningful data to make positive changes in their own health, school and community.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
5R25OD010496-02
Application #
8446464
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRR1-CR-9 (01))
Program Officer
Beck, Lawrence A
Project Start
2012-04-01
Project End
2017-03-31
Budget Start
2013-04-01
Budget End
2014-03-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$248,484
Indirect Cost
$14,883
Name
Oregon Health and Science University
Department
Neurosciences
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
096997515
City
Portland
State
OR
Country
United States
Zip Code
97239
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