Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion

我们提议的UIC中西部Roybal健康促进中心专注于加速将基本行为和社会科学研究理论和方法转化为实际成果的过程，以改善老年人的功能和生活质量。这些是应用现有的理论，在两个层次上进行老年人健康行为变化的研究。具体来说，我们建议促进研究，检查因素，促进启动和坚持在个人层面上的健康行为改变，使用行为改变的跨理论模型（Prochaska和Velicer，1997年）和社会 认知理论（Bandura，t989），以及在组织和社会层面应用RE-AIM框架作为加速传播和推广公共卫生干预措施的概念指南，对转换循证健康行为改变干预措施的过程和结果进行研究（格拉斯哥、沃格特和Boles，1999）。通过开发一个概念模型，将我们的范围扩大到个人层面之外，我们正在扩大中心拟议活动的理论基础。虽然我们以前集中精力通过我们的干预措施改变个人的行为，但我们现在建议继续在这一水平上进行干预，但也补充了更广泛的活动研究，这些活动涉及成功的翻译和复制基于证据的 程序.我们的工作将以RE-AIM框架为指导，评估健康促进干预措施，以确定那些最有潜力进行广泛传播和成本效益最高的措施。该中心的研究人员将包括休斯博士、普罗哈斯卡博士、巴尔迪加博士、坎贝尔博士、海勒博士和里默博士以及所有受资助的试点项目的主要研究人员。他们将负责在管理核心的监督下完成其项目下提议的所有活动。试点核心补助金资助每年至少两个试点，从教师和学生研究人员以及芝加哥的社区机构征求。执行委员会由来自UIC校园各单位的高级研究人员组成，将负责指导中心的方向以及监督试点项目。

Our proposed UIC Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion focuses on accelerating the process of translating basic behavioral and social science research theories and methodologies into practical outcomes that improve the functioning and quality of life of older adults. These are to apply existing theory to the conduct of studies of health behavior change among older adults at two levels. Specifically, we propose to facilitate studies that examine factors that facilitate initiation and adherence to health behavior change at the individual level using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (Prochaska & Velicer, 1997) and Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, t989), as well as studies of the processes and outcomes involved in translating evidence-based health behavior change interventions at the organizational and societal level applying the RE-AIM framework as a conceptual guide to the accelerated dissemination and diffusion of public health interventions (Glasgow, Vogt and Boles, 1999). By developing a conceptual model that expands our scope beyond the level of the individual, we are expanding the theoretical basis of the Center's proposed activities. Whereas we previously concentrated efforts on changing the behavior of individuals through our interventions, we now propose to continue interventions at this level but also supplement them with more broadly based studies of activities involved in the successful translation and replication of evidence-based programs. Our work will be guided by the RE-AIM framework for evaluating health promotion interventions to identify those that have the greatest potential for broad based dissemination and cost effectiveness. The Center Research Faculty will include Drs. Hughes, Prohaska, Baldyga, Campbell, Heller, and Rimmer and all of the Principal Investigators of funded pilot projects. They will be responsible for completing all activities proposed under their projects, under the oversight of the Management Core. The Pilot Core grant funding for a minimum of two pilots per year, solicited from faculty and student researchers as well as from community-based agencies in Chicago. The Executive Committee, made up of senior researchers from various units on the UIC campus, will be responsible for guiding the direction of the Center as well as for oversight of the pilot projects.