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，体育锻炼对身体、心理和认知方面的健康大有裨益。然而，经常运动的中老年人的数量仍然很低。BRC将参与将研究证据转化为干预措施，以激励和支持体力活动的持续增加。我们选择了主题焦点：“利用生物行为风险机制的延展性或可塑性与不利的衰老结果相关的新型干预措施”来指导我们的工作。该项目的具体目标是：1)在社会科学和行为科学的坚实研究证据的基础上，根据中心的主题进行创新的转化研究，以增加中老年人的体力活动；2)提出关于行为变化过程和机制的理论和实证结果，可翻译用于促进健康老龄化的干预研究；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。该项目包括一些应用于我们工作的创新机制。它认识到对人类行为的多重影响，并利用社会支持和自我调节过程，应用了一种独特的行为改变的多成分模型。它采取一种个性化的方式来改变行为，重点是设定有意义的目标，促进自我效能和积极情绪。它将针对服务不足的中老年人群，这些人群面临健康状况不佳的风险。为了促进这一点，我们将与服务于弱势中老年人的社区组织合作，向该中心的研究和活动提供信息并从中受益。它使用一个共同的行为测量核心，使我们能够比较不同的先导研究干预措施，并不断丰富和扩展概念框架。BRC已经成功地聘请了一支跨学科的调查团队，他们将五所大学的广泛资源和多个专业视角带到了中心。最终，我们将使用从试点项目中获得的信息来改进技术并设计 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.