CORE--DEMONSTRATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

示范/信息传播项目的总体目标是 开展试点研究，为制定干预措施提供信息 研究和干预发展研究，并传播研究结果， 这项研究在当地和全国范围内。 五个具体目标是： 1)调查医生对 诊断和治疗高血压、充血性心力衰竭（CHF）， 和尿失禁的老年人; 2）调查老年人对 他们对控制高血压的知识、态度和技能， CHF和尿失禁; 3）与Jerry Avorn博士密切合作， 尼尔·雷斯尼克在调查仪器的开发和利用 收集的数据用于构建干预和干预 发展研究项目; 4）编制关于 高血压，CHF和尿失禁，并翻译成西班牙语， 5）传播干预研究的结果， 印刷的教育材料，以公众，学术为基础的教师 来自医学院和初级保健医生位于卫生 为老年人服务的护理机构，特别关注那些 为大量少数民族老年患者提供服务。 博士Sue Levkoff将制定并监督所有DIDP活动。 保罗博士 Cleary和Byron Good将协助开发和分析 测量仪器 艾伦·巴萨姆博士将协助 传播活动。

The overall goal of the Demonstration/Information Dissemination Project is to conduct pilot research to inform the development of the Intervention Study and Intervention Development Study and to disseminate the results of this research both locally and nationally. The five specific aims are to; 1) survey physicians on their knowledge and attitudes regarding the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure (CHF), and urinary incontinence in the elderly; 2) survey elderly individuals on their knowledge, attitudes, and skills regarding control of hypertension, CHF, and urinary incontinence; 3) work closely with Drs. Jerry Avorn and Neil Resnick in the development of the survey instruments and in utilizing the data collected to construct the Intervention and Intervention Development Study projects; 4) develop printed educational materials on hypertension, CHF, and urinary incontinence and translate into Spanish and Chinese; and, 5) disseminate the results of the intervention research and the printed educational materials to the public, academically-based faculty from schools of medicine, and primary care practitioners located in health care settings serving elderly individuals, with a specific focus on those settings serving large numbers of ethnic minority elderly patients. Dr. Sue Levkoff will develop and oversee all DIDP activities. Drs. Paul Cleary and Byron Good will assist in the development and analysis of the survey instruments. Dr. Alan Balsam will assist in the information dissemination activities.