Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions

 描述（由申请人提供）：波士顿罗伊巴尔中心（BRC）的总体目标是开发和测试行为改变策略，以促进健康老龄化，特别是在健康状况不佳的高风险成年人中。众所周知，体育活动对健康的生理，心理和认知方面都是有益的。然而，经常活动的中年和老年人的数量仍然很低。BRC将参与将研究证据转化为激励和支持持续增加身体活动的干预措施。我们选择了主题重点：“利用与不良老化结果相关的生物行为风险机制的可塑性或可塑性的新型干预措施”来指导我们的工作。该项目的具体目标是：1）根据社会和行为科学的坚实研究证据，开展与中心主题一致的创新转化研究，以增加中老年人的身体活动; 2）推进行为变化过程和机制的理论和实证研究结果，可用于干预研究，以促进健康老龄化; 3）在管理和行政核心和试点核心的领导下，促进波士顿地区五个机构的创新跨学科工作。该项目包括一些适用于我们工作的创新机制。它认识到对人类行为的多种影响，并采用一种独特的多成分模型，利用社会支持和自我调节过程改变行为。它采取个性化的方法来改变行为，重点是设定有意义的目标，促进自我效能和积极的影响。它将针对有健康不良风险的得不到充分服务的中年和老年人。为了促进这一点，我们将与社区组织合作，为弱势的中年和老年人提供信息，并从中心的研究和活动中受益。它使用了一个共同的核心行为措施，这将使我们能够比较不同的试点研究干预措施，并不断丰富和扩展的概念框架。BRC成功地吸引了一支跨学科的调查团队，他们为中心带来了五所大学的广泛资源和多种专业观点。最终，我们将利用从试点项目中获得的信息来完善技术，并将设计 并测试旨在改善中老年人健康和生活质量的全面干预措施。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the Boston Roybal Center (BRC) is to develop and test behavior change strategies to promote healthy aging, especially among adults at high risk for poor health outcomes. It is widely known that physical activity is broadly beneficial for physical, psychological, and cognitive aspects of health. However, the number of middle-aged and older adults who are regularly active remains low. The BRC will engage in the translation of research evidence to interventions that motivate and support sustained increases in physical activity. We selected the thematic focus: "Novel interventions exploiting the malleability or plasticity of biobehavioral risk mechanisms associated with adverse aging outcomes" to guide our work. The specific aims of the project are to: 1) Conduct innovative translational research consistent with the Center theme and based on solid research evidence from the social and behavioral sciences to increase physical activity in middle-aged and older adults; 2) Advance theory and empirical findings on behavior change processes and mechanisms that can be translated for use in intervention studies to promote healthy aging; 3) Facilitate innovative interdisciplinary work across five Boston-area institutions under the leadership of the Management and Administrative Core and the Pilot Core. The project includes a number of innovative mechanisms applied to our work. It recognizes the multiple influences on human behavior and applies a unique multicomponent model of behavior change utilizing social support and self-regulatory processes. It takes a personalized approach to behavior change with a focus on setting meaningful goals and promoting self-efficacy and positive affect. It will target underserved populations of middle-aged and elderly adults at risk for poor health outcomes. To facilitate this we will partner with community organizations serving vulnerable middle-aged and older adults to inform and benefit from the research and activities of the Center. It uses a common core of behavioral measures that will enable us to compare different pilot study interventions and continually enrich and expand the conceptual framework. The BRC has successfully engaged an interdisciplinary team of investigators who bring the extensive resources of five universities and multiple professional perspectives to the Center. Ultimately, we will use the information gained from the pilot projects to refine the techniques and will design and test full scale interventions designed to improve health and quality of life among middle-aged and older adults.