SELF MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS

该计划将开发和制作三种教育工具-录像带，病人组织者和网络内容模块，以教育癌症患者及其家属有关癌症自我管理的最新技术和趋势。拟议的项目利用第一阶段的累积研究，以及焦点小组的评论和建议作为内容指南。在接近完成的状态下，这些材料将由我们的顾问委员会进行审查，以确保事实的准确性和对癌症自我管理研究当前趋势的关注。然后，这三种产品将通过焦点小组进行测试，以确保媒体材料的简介、结构和内容是有效的沟通工具。第二阶段的最终研究将是对成品材料进行定量测试，以确定录像带、患者组织者和网络内容模块在多大程度上提高了癌症患者及其护理人员对自我管理的理解和行为结果。该系列将满足关键的社会和医疗需求，并提供商业上可行的产品。建议的商业应用：完整的教育包将通过癌症服务组织、诊所、心理健康专业人员和专门从事癌症自我管理媒体的视频分销商向个人和家庭销售。“艺术之国”已成功地向这个市场推销了其他几套录像带/印刷品，并已建立了协助推销的联系和关系。

The proposed project will develop and produce three educational tools - a videotape, a patient organizer, and a web content module to educate cancer patients and their families on current techniques and trends in cancer self-management. The proposed project utilizes cumulative research from Phase I, and the comments and suggestions of the focus groups as a guide to content. In a near-finished state, these materials will be reviewed by our Board of Advisors to ensure factual accuracy and attentiveness to current trends in cancer self-management research. The three products will then be tested through focus groups to ensure that the profiles, structure, and content of the media materials are effective communication tools. The final research in Phase ll will be the quantitative testing of the finished materials to determine to what extent the videotape, patient organizer, and web content module have improved the understanding and behavioral outcomes of cancer patients and their caregivers with respect to self-management. This series will meet critical social and medical needs, as well as offering commercially viable products. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The complete educational packages will be marketed to individuals and families through cancer service organizations, clinics, mental health professionals, and video distributors who specialize in cancer self- management media. State of the Art has successfully marketed several other videotape/print packages to this market and already has contacts and established relationships to assist in the marketing.