Urinary Incontinence research,practice & policy issues

北卡罗来纳大学教堂山护理学院、宾夕法尼亚大学卫生系统、泌尿科、大陆和骨盆健康中心和美国护理杂志(AJN)正在计划举办一场关于尿失禁的研讨会，届时将汇集领先的护士研究人员、临床实践、教育和管理方面的护士专家、州和联邦疗养院监管机构以及行业利益相关者(例如，玩家、制药公司、产品制造商和倡导团体)。本次研讨会的目的是制定研究重点以及临床和政策建议，解决大小便失禁促进和预防的最新技术和科学。尿失禁的评估、治疗和管理，特别是在老年人等弱势群体中。具体目标是：1.对各种临床环境下的尿失禁研究现状进行评析。2.回顾大小便失禁患者护理的现状。3.为失禁研究以及临床实践、教育和政策的未来方向提供实用和战略性的建议。4.向护理研究人员、护理教育工作者、医疗保健专业人员、政策制定者和公众传播分析和建议。信息传播的一个创新方面将是在美国护士协会的官方期刊《AJN》上发表一份继续教育增刊，并分发给更多的受众，其中包含这次研讨会的会议记录和建议。获得补充资料和继续教育联系时间也将发布在www.NursingCenter.com上，这是Lippincott Williams&Wilkins拥有的一个以AJN Online为特色的网站。增刊将与月刊一起邮寄给AJN读者(目前发行量为242,000份)。还将向参加会议的国家护理组织提供另外25,000份补编，以便在年度会议上分发给其成员，并分发给该项目的各个赞助商，以便分发给其目标受众。

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Division of Urology, Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, and The American Journal of Nursing (AJN), are planning a symposium on urinary incontinence that will bring together leading nurse researchers, nurse experts in clinical practice, education, and administration, sate and federal nursing home regulators, as well as industry stakeholders (e.g., players, pharmaceutical companies, product manufacturers, advocacy groups). The purpose of this symposium is to develop research priorities and clinical and policy recommendations addressing the state of the art and science of continence promotion and the prevention. assessment, treatment, and management of urinary incontinence, especially in vulnerable groups such as the elderly. The specific objectives are to: 1. Critique the current state of urinary incontinence research in various clinical settings. 2. Review the state of the art of nursing care for incontinent people. 3. Provide practical and strategic recommendations for future directions in incontinence research and in clinical practice, education, and policy. 4. Disseminate the analysis and recommendations to nurse researchers, nurse educators, healthcare professionals, and policy makers, and the public. An innovative aspect of information dissemination will be the publication in the AJN, the official journal for the American Nurses Association, a continuing education supplement and for distribution to additional audiences that contains proceedings and recommendations for this symposium. Access to the supplement and the continuing education contact hours will also be available posted on www.NursingCenter.com, a web site owned by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, that features AJN online. The supplement will be mailed to AJN readers (current circulation is 242,000) along with the monthly journal. An additional 25,000 copies of the supplement will be made available to the participating national nursing organizations for distribution to their members at annual conferences and to the various sponsors of this project for distribution to their target audiences.