Leveraging social networks: a novel physical activity intervention for senior housing

利用社交网络：针对老年住房的新型体育活动干预措施

• 批准号: 9890046
• 负责人: Noah James Webster
• 金额: $ 12.51万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-01-15 至 2024-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9890046
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Age; Behavior Therapy; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Characteristics; Committee Members; Communities; Custom; Data; Elderly; Environment; Evaluation; Event; Feasibility Studies; Frequencies; Goals; Guidelines; Health; Health Educators; Health Status; Health behavior; Housing; Independent Living; Influentials; Information Dissemination; Institute of Medicine (U.S.); Institutes; Intervention; Intervention Studies; Link; Low income; Measures; Medical; Mentors; Methods; Michigan; Modeling; Monitor; Network-based; Outcome; Pathway Analysis; Patient Self-Report; Physical activity; Physical assessment; Process; Psyche structure; Public Health; Reporting; Research; Research Activity; Resources; Science; Scientist; Site; Social Network; Social Sciences; Social support; Structure; Surveys; Testing; Training; Universities; Work; base; behavior change; behavior influence; behavioral health; career; career development; community setting; contagion; cost; efficacy trial; evidence base; exercise intervention; health disparity; improved; intervention cost; medical schools; meetings; novel; rate of change; social; social interventions; social science research; socioeconomics; theories; therapy development

This K01 application proposes career development and research activities customized to facilitate the candidate's (Dr. Noah Webster) transition from conducting basic social science research to behavioral intervention research. The candidate's long-term career goals include becoming an independent research scientist conducting research aimed at: a) improving the health and independence of older adults; and b) reducing later life health disparities. This will involve developing, testing, implementing, and disseminating a social network-based intervention to improve participation in behavioral health (e.g., physical activity) interventions within low resource settings. Career Development/Training Aims: In order to accomplish career goals the candidate is in need of targeted and interdisciplinary training in: 1) intervention development; 2) intervention evaluation; and 3) objective assessment of physical activity. This training will be facilitated through coursework and interactions with an interdisciplinary mentoring team led by Dr. Neil Alexander. Training Environment: The candidate is situated within the largest academically-based social science institute in the world. The resources available to him at the Institute for Social Research as well as the University of Michigan's Schools of Medicine and Public Health together offer an unparalleled supportive and stimulating environment for conducting research at the intersection of social science and intervention research. Research Aims: While only 16% of people age 65+ engage in recommended physical activity levels, increases may be achieved through activation of social resources. A social network-based approach that systematically identifies and involves influential agents of change in a community is proposed to facilitate physical activity-related information dissemination and behavior change. This project will leverage Go4Life, NIA's evidence-based physical activity campaign and capitalize on the strength of social ties. The intervention addresses socio- economically linked health disparities by developing the intervention for use in affordable (HUD subsidized) senior housing. The project will address three specific aims: Aim 1) Identify agents of change in an affordable senior housing community who will then be invited to form a committee to disseminate Go4Life materials through planning, publicizing, and participating in community-wide activities over 12 months. Aim 2) Evaluate intervention feasibility using a mixed methods approach. Aim 3) Establish preliminary network effect on changes in physical activity and identify influential network mechanisms. The proposed feasibility study is the first step in using locally available and low-cost resources to affect behavior change among socio-economically vulnerable senior housing residents. In the short-term, findings will provide preliminary data to conduct a multi- site efficacy trial which will implement and evaluate successful components of the intervention. In the long- term, understanding how to leverage social networks to promote and sustain increases in physical activity will provide key information to advance the science of behavior change as well as reduce health disparities.

该K01申请提出了量身定制的职业发展和研究活动，以促进 候选人（Noah Webster博士）从进行基础社会科学研究到行为的过渡 干预研究。候选人的长期职业目标包括成为一项独立研究 进行研究的科学家进行：a）改善老年人的健康和独立性；和 b）减少以后的生活健康差异。这将涉及开发，测试，实施和传播 基于社交网络的干预措施以改善行为健康的参与（例如，体育活动） 低资源设置中的干预措施。职业发展/培训目的：为了实现职业 目标是候选人需要在以下方面的有针对性和跨学科培训：1）干预发展； 2）干预评估； 3）体育活动的客观评估。该培训将有助于 通过尼尔·亚历山大（Neil Alexander）博士领导的跨学科指导团队的课程和互动。 培训环境：候选人位于最大的学术社会科学学院 在世界上。他的社会研究所以及大学可获得的资源 密歇根州的医学和公共卫生学校共同提供无与伦比的支持和刺激性 在社会科学与干预研究的交汇处进行研究的环境。研究 目的：虽然只有16％的65岁以上的人从事建议的体育活动水平，但可能会增加 通过激活社会资源实现。一种系统地识别的基于社交网络的方法 并提出了涉及社区中有影响力的变革推动者，以促进与体育锻炼有关的 信息传播和行为改变。该项目将利用NIA的基于证据的Go4Life 体育锻炼运动并利用社会关系的力量。干预措施解决了社会 通过开发用于负担得起的干预措施（HUD补贴），与经济联系的健康差异 高级住房。该项目将针对三个具体目标：目标1）确定负担得起的变更代理 然后，高级住房社区将被邀请成立一个委员会来传播Go4Life材料 通过计划，宣传和参加12个月的社区活动。目标2）评估 使用混合方法方法的干预可行性。目标3）建立初步网络对 体育活动的变化并确定影响力的网络机制。拟议的可行性研究是 使用本地可用和低成本资源来影响社会经济之间的行为改变的第一步 脆弱的高级住房居民。在短期内，调查结果将提供初步数据，以进行多个 现场功效试验将实施和评估干预的成功组成部分。长期 术语，了解如何利用社交网络促进和维持体育锻炼的增长将会 提供关键信息，以推动行为改变科学并减少健康差异。