A Master Course on Power for Multilevel and Longitudinal Health Behavior Studies

多层次纵向健康行为研究权力硕士课程

• 批准号: 8769807
• 负责人: Deborah Helen Glueck
• 金额: $ 20.78万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-25 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8769807
• 关键词: Addictive Behavior; Alcohol dependence; American; Behavioral; Biomedical Research; Biometry; Cardiovascular Diseases; Charge; Clinical; Clinical Research; Clinical Sciences; Colorado; Complex; Computer software; Country; Disease; Drug Addiction; Education; Educational Technology; Educational process of instructing; Ensure; Etiology; Exhibits; Faculty; Feedback; Florida; Funding; Grant; Health; Health behavior; Institutes; Internet; Lead; Location; Longitudinal Studies; Malignant Neoplasms; Measures; Methods; Minority; Minority-Serving Institution; Modeling; Oral health; Participant; Performance; Psychometrics; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Design; Risk; Sample Size; Science; Scientist; Site; Software Engineering; Students; Testing; Time; Training; Translational Research; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; Writing; base; behavioral/social science; comparative effectiveness; design; effective therapy; health disparity; improved; innovation; instructor; longitudinal design; meetings; open source; programs; public health relevance; skills; social; social science research; tool; translational study; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A diverse and highly qualified team including experts in biostatistics, social and behavioral science, software engineering, minority recruitment, and educational technology propose to develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate a short course entitled "A Master Course on Power for Multilevel and Longitudinal Health Behavior Studies." The short course will provide training for behavioral and social scientists. The course covers innovative, research-based power and sample size methods, and software for multilevel and longitudinal studies. The research education proposal contains a detailed plan for recruiting course participants from groups historically underrepresented in biomedical research. The power and sample size methods and software taught in the course can be used for any health-related application. The short course will use behavioral and social science examples in cancer, cardiovascular disease, oral health, alcohol and drug addiction, health disparities, comparative effectiveness, and clinical and translational studies. The proposed study includes four specific aims: (1) Develop a master course on power and sample size choice for multilevel and longitudinal designs in behavioral and social science research; (2) Implement the short course for a diverse audience of behavioral and social scientists; (3) Evaluate the course to ensure it well serves its diverse participants; and (4) Disseminate the course to a wide audience by sharing training materials and open-source software freely on our existing website, developing a webinar version of the course, and offering the course free of charge on COURSERA as a Massive Open Online Course. Better power analysis will ensure that studies are the right size to achieve good results, while minimizing the exposure of research participants to harm. In turn, better design for biomedical studies will improve the health of Americans.

描述（由申请人提供）：一个由生物统计学、社会和行为科学、软件工程、少数族裔招募和教育技术领域的专家组成的多元化、高素质团队提议开发、实施、评估和传播题为“多层次和纵向健康行为研究的权力硕士课程”的短期课程。短期课程将为行为和社会科学家提供培训。该课程涵盖创新的、基于研究的功效和样本量方法，以及用于多层次和纵向研究的软件。研究教育提案包含一项详细计划，用于从历史上生物医学研究中代表性不足的群体中招募课程参与者。 课程中教授的功效和样本量方法以及软件可用于任何与健康相关的应用。短期课程将使用癌症、心血管疾病、口腔健康、酒精和毒瘾、健康差异、比较有效性以及临床和转化研究方面的行为和社会科学例子。 拟议的研究包括四个具体目标：（1）开发一门关于行为和社会科学研究中多层次和纵向设计的权力和样本量选择的硕士课程； (2) 为行为和社会科学家的不同受众实施短期课程； (3) 评估课程以确保其能够很好地服务于不同的参与者； (4) 通过在我们现有网站上免费共享培训材料和开源软件、开发课程的网络研讨会版本以及在 COURSERA 上免费提供该课程作为大规模开放在线课程，向广大受众传播该课程。 更好的功效分析将确保研究规模适当，以取得良好结果，同时最大限度地减少研究参与者受到的伤害。反过来，更好的生物医学研究设计将改善美国人的健康。