OutReach: Asset Based Community Health Promotion

描述（由研究者提供）：社区参与和合作是公共卫生的基石。最近的研究表明，社会环境、生活方式和社区成员的行为会影响疾病的发病率。这个应用程序的重点是利用互联网技术促进社区参与。我们将从信仰和健康社区开始，最初以老年人为重点，承认现有的领导，并将健康促进纳入社区的既定结构。我们建议开发外展服务，这是一个连接卫生社区和信仰社区的门户网站，将志愿护理人员与有需要的人相匹配。外联是一项社区卫生工作，将利用互联网技术作为社区服务的资产测绘工具和传播平台。第一阶段将评估来自护理机构、志愿护理人员和护理接受者的行政人员样本的可接受性和可行性。第一阶段的成功完成将通过实现五个具体目标来确定：开发一个包含站点基本组件的外展原型。2. 使用焦点小组对原型进行概念测试。3. 从照顾者和接受照顾者的角度探讨与老年护理有关的问题。4. 定义关键组件和关键功能。5. 定义与程序使用相关的障碍变量和促进变量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): Community involvement and collaborations are cornerstones of public health. Recent research demonstrates that the social environment, lifestyles, and behaviors of members of a community can influence its incidence of illness. This application focuses on using Internet technology to foster community engagement. We will begin with faith and health communities, with an initial focus on the elderly, recognizing existing leadership and integrating health promotion into the community's established structures. We propose to develop OutReach, a Web portal linking health communities and faith communities to match volunteer caregivers with those in need. OutReach is a community health effort that will employ Internet technology as an asset mapping tool and dissemination platform for community services. Phase I will assess the acceptability and feasibility in a sample of administrative staff from caregiver organizations, volunteer caregivers, and care-receivers. Successful completion of Phase I will be identified by achievement of five specific aims: 1. Develop a prototype of OutReach incorporating basic components of the site. 2. Concept test the prototype using focus groups. 3. Explore issues related to eldercare from caregiver and care-receiver perspectives. 4. Define key components and critical functions. 5. Define barrier and facilitator variables related to program use.