MANAGING CONFLICT TRAINING--OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

有充分的证据表明，老年妇女经常与成年子女、体弱的父母、养老院室友和邻居发生冲突。研究表明，年长的非洲裔美国妇女倾向于在冲突中压抑自己的愤怒，并以顺从的方式应对冲突局势。由于老年非裔美国妇女是众所周知的，是非常容易受到疾病与压抑的愤怒，需要培训这一组的成员在促进健康的战略，以解决冲突是迫切的。然而，培训产品并不存在。我们的建议满足了这一重要需求。该项目的第一阶段是一项可行性研究，目的是拍摄一个文化上适当的冲突情景，用于非洲裔美国老年妇女建设性解决冲突的培训录像带，并评估其效果。在这一战略基础设施改革项目的第二阶段，将录制和制作另外两个冲突情景，将完成附带的培训员手册，将对产品进行重复措施评价研究，并将分发培训录像带。老年人住房、老年人中心、成人日间健康中心、社会成人日间护理中心、社区健康中心、管理式护理和其他组织可以购买录像带用于健康促进节目。拟议的商业应用：包将包含3个文化适当的冲突由老年非洲裔美国妇女制定的视频，和培训人员手册的观众讨论和角色扮演。产品手册将发送到社区卫生中心，670个AoA，14,500个美国高级护理中心，50个管理式护理组织。老年人入学率高，15，000家养老院，约占非洲所有老年人的13%。将通过全国老年教育中心协会传播妇女网站www.example.com。它将与教育发展中心合作销售和传播。

It is well documented that older women are often in conflict - with adult children, frail parents, nursing home roommates, and neighbors. Research shows that older African American women tend to suppress their anger in conflict, and respond to conflict situations in submissive ways. Since older African American women are known to be highly vulnerable to illnesses associated with suppressed anger, the need for training members of this group in health-promoting strategies for conflict resolution is urgent. Yet training products do not exist. What we propose addresses this important need. Phase I of this project is a feasibility study for the purpose of videotaping one culturally-appropriate conflict scenario for use in a training videotape package on constructive conflict resolution for older African American women, and evaluating its effectiveness. In Phase II of this SBIR project, two additional conflict scenarios will be videotaped and produced, the accompanying trainers manual will be completed, a repeated measures evaluation study of the product will be conducted, and the training videotape package will be distributed. Senior housing, senior center, adult day health center, social adult day care center, community health center, managed care, and other organizations can be expected to purchase the videotape for health-promotion programming. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Package will contain video of 3 culturally-appropriate conflicts enacted by older African American women, and trainers manual for audience discussion & role play. Product brochures will be sent to community health ctrs., 670 AoAs, 14,500 U.S. senior ctrs, the 50 managed care orgs. with high elderly enrollment, & 15,000 nursing homes where about 13% of all African Am. women reside.it will be disseminated through Nat'l Assoc. of Geriatric Educ.Ctrs. It will be marketed & disseminated in collaboration with Educational Development Ctr.