Urinary Incontinence research,practice & policy issues

北卡罗来纳州查佩尔山护理学院，宾夕法尼亚大学卫生系统，泌尿科，控制和骨盆健康中心，和美国护理杂志（AJN），正在计划一个关于尿失禁的研讨会，将汇集领先的护士研究人员，护士专家在临床实践，教育和管理，国家和联邦疗养院监管机构，以及行业利益相关者（例如，参与者、制药公司、产品制造商、倡导团体）。本次研讨会的目的是制定研究重点和临床和政策建议，解决最先进的和科学的促进和预防。尿失禁的评估、治疗和管理，尤其是老年人等弱势群体。具体目标是：1.批判尿失禁研究在各种临床设置的现状。2.回顾失禁患者的护理艺术。3.为失禁研究和临床实践，教育和政策的未来方向提供实用和战略建议。4.向护士研究人员、护士教育工作者、医疗保健专业人员、政策制定者和公众传播分析和建议。信息传播的一个创新方面将是在美国护士协会的官方杂志AJN上出版，这是一份继续教育增刊，并将向更多的受众分发，其中载有本次研讨会的会议记录和建议。获得补充和继续教育接触时间也将张贴在www.NursingCenter.com，一个网站拥有的利平科特威廉姆斯和威尔金斯，功能AJN在线。增刊将与月刊一起沿着邮寄给AJN的读者（目前的发行量为242,000）。另外还将向参加的国家护理组织提供25 000份补编，以便在年度会议上向其成员分发，并向该项目的各赞助者分发，以便向其目标受众分发。

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Division of Urology, Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, and The American Journal of Nursing (AJN), are planning a symposium on urinary incontinence that will bring together leading nurse researchers, nurse experts in clinical practice, education, and administration, sate and federal nursing home regulators, as well as industry stakeholders (e.g., players, pharmaceutical companies, product manufacturers, advocacy groups). The purpose of this symposium is to develop research priorities and clinical and policy recommendations addressing the state of the art and science of continence promotion and the prevention. assessment, treatment, and management of urinary incontinence, especially in vulnerable groups such as the elderly. The specific objectives are to: 1. Critique the current state of urinary incontinence research in various clinical settings. 2. Review the state of the art of nursing care for incontinent people. 3. Provide practical and strategic recommendations for future directions in incontinence research and in clinical practice, education, and policy. 4. Disseminate the analysis and recommendations to nurse researchers, nurse educators, healthcare professionals, and policy makers, and the public. An innovative aspect of information dissemination will be the publication in the AJN, the official journal for the American Nurses Association, a continuing education supplement and for distribution to additional audiences that contains proceedings and recommendations for this symposium. Access to the supplement and the continuing education contact hours will also be available posted on www.NursingCenter.com, a web site owned by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, that features AJN online. The supplement will be mailed to AJN readers (current circulation is 242,000) along with the monthly journal. An additional 25,000 copies of the supplement will be made available to the participating national nursing organizations for distribution to their members at annual conferences and to the various sponsors of this project for distribution to their target audiences.