Penn Roybal Center on Behavioral Economics and Health

 描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的Roybal中心的目标是建立在我们在过去5年中创造的势头上，利用行为经济学的方法（本资助机会公告的优先领域1和我们中心的主题重点）加速了解行为改变的机制以及这种行为改变对健康的后果。我们将建立与安泰，独立蓝十字，Humana，CVS Caremark，慧俪轻体国际，宾夕法尼亚大学卫生系统和Discovery/Vitality的现有关系，以促进和支持研究，促进从行为经济学的见解翻译，以改善医疗保健行为和医疗保健服务。这将是一项合作努力，涉及来自宾夕法尼亚大学（UPENN）医学院（SOM）的临床教师以及来自沃顿商学院和卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）艺术与科学学院的行为经济学家和心理学家，以及来自其他大学的合作者。具体目标是：1.）促进和支持促进行为经济学概念转化的研究，以改善健康行为和医疗保健服务，特别是与老年人健康有关的研究; 2.）与卫生保健组织合作，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，传播我们的研究结果，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。行政核心将帮助研究人员找到他们的研究现场，提供一般的支持和指导，帮助研究人员设计研究使用的方式健康平台，并继续完善和改进机制，以加强沟通，如一个专门的网站，listserv，正在进行的研讨会和中心教师的年度研究务虚会。最初的6个试点项目都是在“真实的世界”环境中进行的，这些项目影响了美国中年和老年人的健康，重点是改善食物选择，增加体育活动，增加使用预先指令和器官捐赠者的数量，并提高药物依从性。

 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.