Rural Health and Nursing Research Center

农村卫生与护理研究中心

• 批准号: 6946370
• 负责人: ELIZABETH I. MERWIN
• 金额: $ 28.54万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6946370
• 关键词: clinical research; human subject; nursing research; rural area; rural health

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to create a Rural Health and Nursing Research Center (RHNRC) that will provide the infrastructure to conduct and disseminate nursing research responsive to the clinical and information needs of rural populations in the United States. Broadly, the Center will test innovative clinical and system interventions for the rural health care system and adapt existing interventions for use in rural areas. Technological innovations will be a key factor in conducting this research in isolated rural communities. In support of this work, we will examine the barriers to care posed by such factors as poverty, isolation, and lack of specialty providers and resources, which are often a part of rural life. Special attention will be devoted to the health care needs of impoverished individuals, racial and ethnic minorities, and the elderly living in rural areas. The Center furthers the outreach goals of the University and, as such, will receive matching funds of $50,000 per year from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies. The Center will develop and support interdisciplinary teams of researchers, providing them with conceptual, technological and methodological support to achieve the following goals: (1) Build a research infrastructure by supporting the continued development of senior faculty, providing support and guidance for new investigators and developing nurse-researcher role models for students; (2) foster interdisciplinary collaboration, (3) develop descriptions of health, illness and health care delivery in rural areas; (4) evaluate the use of technology to deliver clinical and system interventions in rural settings; (5) design culturally appropriate interventions; (6) adapt interventions developed in tertiary health care settings for use in rural areas; (7) train rural healthcare providers in new assessment and therapeutic techniques and system improvements; and (8) develop long-term community partnerships with rural clinicians, policy makers and consumer groups. In the first years of funding, five pilots are proposed: (1) The Experience of Sexual Assault with Rural Women; (2) eScreening: Case Finding in Rural Primary Care; (3) A Decision-making program in Adolescents with Asthma; (4) Mammography Screening in the Rural African American Population; (5) Medication Adherence Among Older Adults in Rural Virginia. Only three pilots will begin in the first year.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议创建一个农村健康和护理研究中心（RHNRC），将提供基础设施，进行和传播护理研究，以满足美国农村人口的临床和信息需求。从广义上讲，该中心将测试农村卫生保健系统的创新临床和系统干预措施，并调整现有的干预措施，使其适用于农村地区。技术创新将是在偏远农村社区开展这项研究的关键因素。为了支持这项工作，我们将研究贫困，孤立和缺乏专业提供者和资源等因素造成的护理障碍，这些因素往往是农村生活的一部分。将特别关注贫困个人、少数种族和族裔以及生活在农村地区的老年人的保健需要。该中心促进了大学的外联目标，因此，每年将从研究和研究生课程副总裁办公室获得50 000美元的配套资金。 该中心将发展和支持跨学科的研究人员团队，为他们提供概念，技术和方法上的支持，以实现以下目标：（1）通过支持高级教师的持续发展，为新的研究人员提供支持和指导，并为学生培养护士研究员角色模型，建立研究基础设施;（2）促进跨学科合作;（3）编写农村地区健康、疾病和保健服务的说明;（4）评估在农村地区提供临床和系统干预措施的技术使用情况;（5）设计文化上适当的干预措施;（6）调整在三级卫生保健机构制定的干预措施，使之适用于农村地区;（7）培训农村卫生保健提供者掌握新的评估和治疗技术以及系统改进;（8）与农村临床医生、决策者和消费者群体建立长期的社区伙伴关系。在资助的第一年，提出了五个试点项目：（1）农村妇女性侵犯的经验;（2）电子筛查：农村初级保健中的病例发现;（3）哮喘青少年的决策方案;（4）农村非裔美国人的乳房X线检查;（5）弗吉尼亚州农村老年人的药物依从性。第一年只有三个试点项目将开始。