Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation

 描述(由申请人提供)：我们建议成立的ULC中西部罗伊巴尔健康促进和翻译中心的使命是加速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，以改善老年人的功能和生活质量。这项Roybal中心续订申请建立在我们之前资助的三个Roybal中心的基础上，通过联合强调影响行为改变的发起和维持的个人和社区层面的因素。我们的中心将资助理论驱动的先导研究，这些研究将考察在个人层面促进健康行为改变的因素，以及涉及在组织和社会层面转换基于证据的健康行为改变干预措施的研究。我们建议的更新中心仍然将重点放在将干预措施转化为老年少数族裔成年人，但扩大了健康行为干预的重点，将认知健康包括在内。这一续订申请针对三个主题领域：行为变化机制，利用生物行为风险机制的可塑性的新型干预措施，以及针对社交网络和社交参与的功能以增加幸福感的计划。我们的工作将继续以RE-AIM框架为指导，评估健康促进干预措施，以确定哪些干预措施具有最大潜力进行广泛传播和对公共卫生产生影响。中心研究学院将包括休斯博士、海勒博士、费伦斯博士、鲁杰罗博士、马克斯博士、马克斯博士、史密斯-雷博士和所有资助试点项目的首席研究员。试点项目执行机构将负责在管理核心的监督下完成其项目下拟议的所有活动。试点核心项目每年将向ULC、伊利诺伊大学其他校区和其他大学的教职员工和学生研究人员征集至少两项试点项目的赠款资金。更新中心执行委员会由来自ULC园区多个部门的高级领导组成，所有这些都对完成中心的使命至关重要。执行委员会将指导中心的方向并监督试点项目。拟议中心的整体业绩将由一个杰出的咨询委员会指导，该委员会包括来自不同学术、提供商、资助者、消费者和媒体利益攸关方团体的代表。最后，这一续展申请首次纳入了一个数字卓越工作组，该工作组负责促进传播工作，并确保每个试点最大限度地利用新兴技术。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of our proposed UlC Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation is to accelerate the translation of basic behavioral and social science research theories and methodologies into practical outcomes to improve the functioning and quality of life of older adults. This Roybal Center renewal application builds on our three previously-funded Roybal Centers through a joint emphasis on individual- and community-level factors that influence initiation and maintenance of behavior change. Our Center will fund theoretically-driven pilot studies that will examine factors that facilitate healt behavior change at the individual level as well as studies that involve translating evidence-based health behavior change interventions at the organizational and societal level. Our proposed renewal Center retains its focus on translating interventions to older minority adults, but expands the focus of health behavior interventions to include cognitive health. This renewal application targets three thematic areas of focus: mechanisms of behavior change, novel interventions that exploit the plasticity of biobehavioral risk mechanisms, and programs that target features of social networks and social engagement to increase well-being. Our work will continue to 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 public health impact. The Center Research Faculty will include Drs. Hughes, Heller, Ferrans, Ruggiero, Marks, Marquez, Smith- Ray and all of the Principal Investigators of funded pilot projects. The Pilot Pis will be responsible for completing all activities proposed under their projects, under th oversight of the Management Core. The Pilot Core will provide grant funding for a minimum of two pilots per year, solicited from faculty and student researchers at UlC, other University of Illinois campuses, and other Universities as appropriate. The renewal Center Executive Committee is comprised of Senior Leaders from multiple departments on the UlC campus, all of which are critical to fulfilling the mission of the Center. The Executive Committee will guide the direction of the Center and oversee the pilot projects. The overall performance of the proposed Center will be guided by a distinguished Advisory Committee that includes representatives from diverse academic, provider, funder, consumer, and media stakeholder groups. Finally, this renewal application incorporates for the first time a Workgroup for Digital Excellence which is charged with facilitating dissemination efforts and ensuring that each of the pilots utilizes emerging technology to the fullest extent possible.