Penn Roybal Center on Behavioral Economics and Health

 描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的罗伊巴尔中心的目标是在过去5年我们创造的势头的基础上，利用行为经济学的方法加快理解行为变化机制的进展(此资助机会公告的优先领域1，以及本中心的主题重点)以及此类行为变化对健康的影响。我们将与Aetna、独立蓝十字、Humana、CVS Caremark、Weight Watcher International、宾夕法尼亚大学健康系统和Discovery/Vitality建立现有的关系，以促进和支持将行为经济学的见解转化为研究，以改善医疗行为和医疗服务。这将是宾夕法尼亚大学(UPenn)医学院(SOM)的临床教师、来自宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿学院(Wharton School)和卡内基梅隆大学(Carnegie Mellon University)文理学院的行为经济学家和心理学家，以及来自其他大学的选定合作者共同努力的成果。具体目标将是：1.促进和支持促进行为经济学概念转化的研究，以改善健康行为和保健提供，特别是与老年人健康有关的行为和保健提供；与医疗保健组织合作，设计和测试可扩展的干预措施，以改善大量患者的健康；3)与外部卫生保健组织合作，传播我们的调查结果，并支持实施有效的干预措施。拟议的中心将支持一个管理和行政(行政)核心和一个试点核心。行政核心将帮助调查人员为他们的研究找到实地地点，提供一般支持和指导，帮助调查人员使用健康之路平台设计研究，并继续完善机制以加强沟通，如专门的网站、Listserv、正在进行的工作研讨会和中心教职员工的年度研究务虚会。最初的6个试点项目都是影响中老年美国人健康的现实世界环境中的项目，重点是改善食物选择、增加体力活动、增加预先指示的使用和器官捐赠者的数量，以及提高服药依从性。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the proposed Roybal Center is to build on the momentum we have created in the past 5 years to accelerate progress towards understanding mechanisms of behavior change using approaches from behavioral economics (Priority Area 1 for this Funding Opportunity Announcement and the thematic focus of our Center) and the consequences of such behavior change for health. We will build on existing relationships with Aetna, Independence Blue Cross, Humana, CVS Caremark, Weight Watchers International, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Discovery/Vitality to catalyze and support research that facilitates the translation of insights from behavioral economics to improve health care behaviors and health care delivery. This will be a collaborative effort involving clinical faculty from the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) School of Medicine (SOM) as well as behavioral economists and psychologists from both the Wharton School and School of Arts and Sciences at UPENN, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and select collaborators from other Universities. Specific aims will be to: 1.) facilitate and support researc that advances translation of behavioral economic concepts to improve health behaviors and health care delivery, particularly as pertains to health among older adults; 2.) collaborate with health care organizations to design and test scalable interventions that can improve the health of large populations of patients; 3.) work with external health care organizations to disseminate our findings and support the implementation of effective interventions. The proposed Center will support a Management and Administrative (Admin) Core and a Pilot Core. The Administrative Core will help investigators find field sites for their research, provide general support and guidance, help investigators design studies using the Way to Health Platform, and continue to refine and improve mechanisms to enhance communication such as a dedicated website, listserv, works in progress seminars, and annual research retreats for Center faculty. The initial set of 6 pilot projects are all projects in 'real world' settings that impact the health of middle ged and older Americans, focusing on improving food choice, increasing physical activity, increasing the use of Advance Directives and number of organ donors, and improving medication adherence.