CORE--EVALUATION CORE

评估干预措施的可能益处的能力对于发展指导护理实践的科学知识至关重要。然而，干预研究的复杂性，即人类健康行为的复杂性，以及生物、行为和背景因素之间的相互作用，给试图描述干预影响的研究人员带来了巨大的方法论挑战。此外，对卫生保健责任的要求和护理研究方法的严格性的需要增加了对测量和评估干预结果的相关、可靠和有效方法的需求。这包括收集和分析成本数据，以满足对新的和现有的保健干预措施的健康益处和经济影响的信息的需要。评价核心将提供关键咨询， 技术支持和指导，以加强约翰霍普金斯大学护理学院干预研究的评估方面。 评估核心将为中心的试点项目以及教师当前和未来的研究提供必要的专业知识和服务。评价核心的具体目标是： 1.协助教师选择、分析和解释健康、生活质量和成本结果。 2.提供统计咨询。 3.为数据管理和数据完整性维护提供技术支持。 4.协助教师分析仪器的心理测量学特性。 5.就流程评价的设计提供咨询。

The ability to evaluate possible benefits of an intervention is essential to the development of scientific knowledge to guide nursing practice. However, the complicated nature of intervention research, namely the complexities of human health behaviors along with the interplay between biological, behavioral and contextual factors present significant methodological challenges to researchers seeking to delineate the impact of an intervention. In addition, the demand for accountability in health care and the need for methodological rigor in nursing research have heightened the need for relevant, reliable, and valid methods for measuring and evaluating the outcomes of interventions. This includes the collection and analysis of cost data addressing the need for information about both the health benefits and the economic implications of new and existing health care interventions. The Evaluation Core will provide the critical consultation, technological support, and mentorship to strengthen the evaluative aspects of intervention research in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The Evaluation Core will provide essential expertise and service to the pilot projects of the Center as well as to the current and future research of faculty. The specific aims of the Evaluation Core are to: 1. Assist faculty in selecting, analyzing and interpreting health, quality of life, and cost outcomes. 2. Provide statistical consultation. 3. Provide technological support for data management and maintenance of data integrity. 4. Assist faculty in the analysis of the psychometric properties of instruments. 5. Provide consultation on the design of process evaluations.