Community-Centered Design Curriculum for Health Literacy
(EJT-CTE Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
This study tests whether a new educational curriculum can help high school students in construction career programs better understand how building design affects community health and environmental justice. The study compares two approaches: (1) a new "Community-Centered Design" curriculum that uses the Ecosystem Justice Translator (EJT) software tool, which helps students see connections between construction decisions, energy efficiency, nature exposure, and health outcomes in different neighborhoods; versus (2) the traditional construction career curriculum that focuses on technical skills. Students aged 14-18 enrolled in construction career programs will be randomly assigned to one of these two groups. Over 6 months, the intervention group will learn to use the EJT tool and apply environmental justice concepts to construction projects. Researchers will measure how well students understand connections between construction, environment, and health at the start, middle, and end of the program, and again 6 months later. The goal is to determine if integrating environmental justice and health concepts into construction education improves students' awareness of how their future work can help or harm community health, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Devan C. Addison-Turner, PhD in CEE
Principal Investigator
daddisonturner@stanford.edu
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for high school students aged 14-18 enrolled in construction career programs. It aims to see if a new curriculum can improve their understanding of how building design impacts community health and environmental justice.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Intervention
Participants engage in a 6-month educational curriculum using the Ecosystem Justice Translator (EJT) tool, focusing on planetary health and environmental justice.
Follow-up
Participants' understanding of construction, environment, and health connections is measured at the start, middle, and end of the program, and again 6 months later.
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Community-Centered Design Curriculum with EJT
Trial Overview
The study compares two educational approaches: a 'Community-Centered Design' curriculum with EJT software, teaching the impact of construction on health and environment, versus traditional technical training focused on skills.
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
6-month Community-Centered Design curriculum integrating the Ecosystem Justice Translator (EJT). Structure: Weeks 1-4 foundations of planetary health and environmental justice; Weeks 5-10 EJT module training; Weeks 11-18 community engagement project with local stakeholder interviews; Weeks 19-24 capstone design project. Delivered during regular CTE class periods (\~4 hours weekly). Students work in teams of 3-4 on authentic community challenges. EJT is a web-based computational system with four modules: Community Voice Equity Translation (CVET), Ecosystem Service Health Integration (ESHI), Environmental Justice Investment Prioritization (EJIP), and Uncertainty, Bias, and Risk Quantification (UBR).
Standard construction career curriculum per California CTE Model Curriculum Standards: building codes and permitting, construction safety (OSHA 10), blueprint reading and computer-aided design (CAD), materials science and selection, basic carpentry and framing. Control participants receive equal contact hours (\~4 hours weekly for 24 weeks) without explicit health equity, environmental justice, or planetary health content. Control participants will be offered access to intervention materials and EJT software after study completion (waitlist control design).
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Stanford University
Lead Sponsor
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