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Project Type/Research Category: Field Initiated Projects (FIPs).
Funding Priority: Participation and Community Living.
For more information on NIDRR's funding priorities, read about NIDRR's Core Areas of Research at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/core-area.html.
Development of an Internet-Based Self-Esteem Intervention for Women with Disabilities.
Baylor College of Medicine.
Center for Research on Women with Disabilities.
1475 West Gray, Suite 165.
Houston, TX 77019.
E-mail: mnosek@bcm.tmc.edu.
URL(s): http://www.bcm.edu/crowd/.
Principal Investigator: Margaret A. Nosek, PhD.
Public Contact Phone: 713/523-0909.
Fax: 713/523-0466.
Project Number: H133G080042.
Start Date: October 1, 2008.
Length: 36 months.
NIDRR Officer: Leslie J. Caplan, PhD.
NIDRR Funding: FY 08 $200,000; FY 09 $200,000; FY 10 $200,000.
Abstract:
This project uses an innovative, Internet-based technology called SecondLife, a 3-D, multi-user virtual environment, to deliver self-esteem enhancement interventions to women with disabilities. Project objectives include: (1) reviewing and refining previous self-esteem curricula; (2) developing and testing a methodology to teach participants to navigate SecondLife, and interact with other individuals using real-time voice dialogue; and (3) converting the self-esteem enhancement intervention into a format that uses real-time voice dialogue group interactions in SecondLife, supplemented with on-screen information and illustrations. This Internet-based intervention allows people with disabilities to access secure systematic online health promotion programs designed to increase ability to self-manage chronic conditions and disabilities, achieve improved health and mental health outcomes, and ultimately achieve full participation in their communities.
Descriptors: Community participation, Health promotion, Internet, Intervention, Mental health, Self esteem, Virtual reality, Women with disabilities.
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