Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion

我们提议的UIC中西部罗伊巴尔健康促进中心的重点是加快 将基本的行为和社会科学研究理论和方法转化为实际成果 改善老年人的功能和生活质量。这些是将现有理论应用于 在两个层面上对老年人的健康行为变化进行研究。具体来说，我们建议 促进研究，检查促进启动和坚持健康行为改变的因素， 个人层面使用行为变化的跨理论模型（Prochaska & Velicer，1997）和社会 认知理论（班杜拉，t989），以及对翻译过程和结果的研究 在组织和社会层面采用循证健康行为改变干预措施， RE-AIM框架作为加速传播和推广公共卫生的概念指南 （格拉斯哥、沃格特和Boles，1999年）。通过开发一个概念模型， 在个人层面之外，我们正在扩大中心拟议活动的理论基础。 而我们以前集中精力改变个人的行为通过我们的 我们现在建议继续在这一级别进行干预，但也要补充更多的干预措施。 对成功地翻译和复制循证医学知识所涉活动进行基础广泛的研究， 程序.我们的工作将以RE-AIM框架为指导，以评估健康促进干预措施 确定最有可能广泛传播和具有成本效益的方案。的 中心研究学院将包括休斯博士，普罗哈斯卡，巴尔迪加，坎贝尔，海勒和里默， 所有受资助试点项目的主要调查员。他们将负责完成所有活动 在管理核心的监督下，在其项目下提出。试点核心赠款供资 每年至少有两个试点，从教师和学生研究人员以及从 芝加哥的社区机构。执行委员会由来自以下国家的高级研究人员组成： UIC校园内的各个单位将负责指导中心的方向， 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.