Center for Enhancement of Self-Management in Individuals and Families

描述（由申请人提供）：威斯康星大学密尔沃基护理学院（CON）的个人和家庭自我管理增强中心（中心）的目的是扩大旨在增强个人和家庭自我管理科学的研究项目。该中心的具体目标是：1)对不同年龄、关系（社会/环境）和不同健康状况（预防，急性或慢性）的人进行研究，以推进自我管理科学；2)发展中心研究人员在干预开发和测试领域的专业知识；3)加强与大学内外研究自我管理的跨学科同事的协同和伙伴关系的能力；4)加强护理学院的研究基础设施，支持研究人员开发、实施和评估自我管理干预措施。该中心将以学院现有强大的定量和定性研究项目为基础，推进自我管理科学。该中心的优势在于强调方法学观点、个人和家庭结果的结合，以及新方法学焦点的发展，包括经济模型和探索生物和行为变量的相互作用。将建立一个方法核心，使中心的研究人员能够接触到在开发和测试自我管理干预措施的各种研究方法方面具有专业知识的研究人员。方法核心创造的协同效应将为中心的可持续性提供坚实的基础。本申请书中包括的五个项目将产生的结果将应用于自我管理领域的更大规模的研究。团队科学原则的应用将促进中心研究人员向更广泛的研究社区的社会化。连接到更大的社区将获得更多的社区资源和伙伴关系。此外，CON中其他专注于自我管理的研究人员，他们不能包括在本申请中，将被纳入中心提供的许多机会中。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the Center for Enhancement of Self-management in Individuals and Families (The Center) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing (CON) is to expand programs of research aimed at enhancing the science of self-management in individuals and families. Specific aims of The Center are to: 1) conduct studies across persons of different ages, relationships (social/environmental) and differing health status (prevention, acute or chronic) that advance the science of self-management, 2) develop expertise of The Center researchers in the areas of intervention development and testing, 3) enhance the capacity for synergy and partnerships with interdisciplinary colleagues studying self-management within and outside the university; and 4) strengthen the College of Nursing's research infrastructure to support researchers in the development, implementation, and evaluation of self-management interventions. The center will build on the College's strong existing quantitative and qualitative programs of research to advance the science of self-management. The strength of this proposed center at UWM is the emphasis on a combination of methodological perspectives, individual and family outcomes and development of new methodological foci including economic models and exploring the interaction of biological and behavioral variables. A Methods Core will be established to provide Center investigators access to researchers with expertise in a variety of research methodologies for development and testing of self-management interventions. The synergies created by the Methods Core will provide a strong foundation for Center sustainability. The five Projects included in this application will yield results that will be applied to larger studies in the area of self-management. Application of the principles of Team Science will promote socialization of Center investigators to the broader research community. Connecting to the larger community will yield access to more community resources and partnerships. In addition, other researchers in the CON who have a focus on self-management and who could not be included in this application will be integrated in the many opportunities offered through The Center. RELEVANCE: Center investigators will develop innovative ways to help individuals and their families manage their own health problems and risks. This should improve health outcomes and lower costs. CENTER AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE CORE AND EVALUATION PLAN