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  theory and methods core

 

  Larraine O. Walker 0

Lorraine O. Walker, EdD, RN, FAAN,

Director, Luci B. Johnson Centennial Professor of Nursing,
Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, School of Nursing

 
Dr. Eun-Ok Im
 

Eun-Ok Im , PhD, MPH, RN, CNSF

Co-Director
Associate Professor, School of Nursing

 
 

FUNCTIONS:

  • Provide development and training for potential and funded pilot study investigators related to health promotion theory and research methods by: (1) providing seminars for pilot investigators, and (2) continuing to provide consultation, web-based information, and colloquia on theory-driven interventions, design of clinical trials, and state-of-the-art analytic strategies for intervention data analysis;

  • Expand and continue to maintain centralized computing hardware, software, related support services, and resource lists related to application of advanced statistical methods, measurement of health promotion/disease prevention indicators, and access to and analysis of national databases on underserved populations by (1) providing colloquia with a focus on methodological issues in health promotion, and (2) adding new linkages to the CHPR website such as links to nationally available instruments and datasets.

    Maintain a library of source materials related to theoretical models and research methods pertaining to health promotion/disease prevention;

    Provide access to services for the analysis of biomedical laboratory data;

  • Continue to coordinate TIMC consultations, workshops, and colloquia with activities of other Cores to maximize integration of Center activities and activities of affiliates.

  • Continue to explore emerging technologies for usability and applicability for health promotion/disease prevention research.

 

QUALITY OF THE INTERVENTION:

Five Measures of The Quality of Research Interventions:

  • Relevance
  • Individualization
  • Feedback
  • Reinforcement
  • Facilitation

 

INNOVATIONS AND ISSUES:

 

....From a meta-analysis by Kok, van den Borne & Mullen:
Effectiveness of health education and health promotion: meta-analyses of effect studies and determinants of effectiveness, Patient Education and Counseling, 30 (1997), 19-27. (Available in CHPR Resource Room)

Funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health
Decoration: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin

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