Center for Enhancement of Self-Management in Individuals and Families

描述(由申请人提供)：威斯康星大学密尔沃基护理学院(CON)个人和家庭自我管理增强中心(该中心)的目的是扩大旨在增强个人和家庭自我管理科学的研究计划。该中心的具体目标是：1)对不同年龄、不同关系(社会/环境)和不同健康状况(预防、急性或慢性)的人进行研究，以促进自我管理的科学；2)发展中心研究人员在干预发展和测试领域的专业知识；3)增强与大学内外学习自我管理的跨学科同事的协同能力和伙伴关系；以及4)加强护理学院的研究基础设施，以支持研究人员制定、实施和评估自我管理干预措施。该中心将建立在学院现有强大的定量和定性研究项目的基础上，以促进自我管理科学的发展。威斯康星大学这个拟议的中心的优势在于，强调方法学观点、个人和家庭结果的结合，以及开发新的方法学重点，包括经济模型和探索生物和行为变量的相互作用。将设立一个方法核心，为中心调查人员提供各种研究方法方面的专门知识，以制定和测试自我管理干预措施。方法核心创造的协同效应将为中心的可持续发展提供坚实的基础。本申请所包括的五个项目将产生的成果将应用于自我管理领域的更大规模的研究。团队科学原理的应用将促进中心研究人员对更广泛的研究社区的社会化。连接到更大的社区将带来获得更多社区资源和伙伴关系的机会。此外，CON中专注于自我管理的其他研究人员，以及不能被纳入这项申请的人，将被纳入通过该中心提供的许多机会。 相关性：中心调查人员将开发创新方法，帮助个人及其家人管理自己的健康问题和风险。这应该会改善健康结果并降低成本。 中心作为一个整体，包括行政核心和评估计划

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the Center for Enhancement of Self-management in Individuals and Families (The Center) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing (CON) is to expand programs of research aimed at enhancing the science of self-management in individuals and families. Specific aims of The Center are to: 1) conduct studies across persons of different ages, relationships (social/environmental) and differing health status (prevention, acute or chronic) that advance the science of self-management, 2) develop expertise of The Center researchers in the areas of intervention development and testing, 3) enhance the capacity for synergy and partnerships with interdisciplinary colleagues studying self-management within and outside the university; and 4) strengthen the College of Nursing's research infrastructure to support researchers in the development, implementation, and evaluation of self-management interventions. The center will build on the College's strong existing quantitative and qualitative programs of research to advance the science of self-management. The strength of this proposed center at UWM is the emphasis on a combination of methodological perspectives, individual and family outcomes and development of new methodological foci including economic models and exploring the interaction of biological and behavioral variables. A Methods Core will be established to provide Center investigators access to researchers with expertise in a variety of research methodologies for development and testing of self-management interventions. The synergies created by the Methods Core will provide a strong foundation for Center sustainability. The five Projects included in this application will yield results that will be applied to larger studies in the area of self-management. Application of the principles of Team Science will promote socialization of Center investigators to the broader research community. Connecting to the larger community will yield access to more community resources and partnerships. In addition, other researchers in the CON who have a focus on self-management and who could not be included in this application will be integrated in the many opportunities offered through The Center. RELEVANCE: Center investigators will develop innovative ways to help individuals and their families manage their own health problems and risks. This should improve health outcomes and lower costs. CENTER AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE CORE AND EVALUATION PLAN