CANCER PREVENTION INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM

CANCER IS THE SECOND LEADING KILLER IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE'S (NCI) GOAL OF 50% REDUCTION IN CANCER MORTALITY BY THE YEAR 2000, PREVENTION EDUCATION WILL NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO MORE PEOPLE. SINCE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 70% OF ALL CANCERS ARE LIFESTYLE OR ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED, PEOPLE NEED TO BE MOTIVATED TO CHANGE THEIR HABITS. NCI HAS AN EXISTING OUTLINE OF A MICROCOMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM CALLED PDQ-PREVENTION (PDQ-P). IT HAS BEEN CREATED IN HYPERCARD FOR THE MACINTOSH. THE GOAL OS THE OVERALL PROJECT IS TO PRODUCE AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO ON CANCER PREVENTION BASED ON THE PRESENTLY EXISTING PDQ-P PRODUCT. THE SPECIFIC AIM OF PHASE I IS TO ENHANCE AND TEST THE EXISTING PDQ-P HYPERCARD PROTOTYPE. THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES WILL BE TO: 1) EXPAND THE CONTENT OF THE PRESENT PRODUCT 2) IMPROVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE MATERIAL 3) IMPROVE THE PROGRAM LOGIC 4) CREATE A PROTOTYPE HYPERCARD SYSTEM 5) BETA TEST IN SELECTED COMMUNITY SETTINGS.