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PI: Amanda F. Dempsey, MD, PhD, MPH
This project is designed to test the effectiveness of cultural and individual tailoring on decisions about HPV vaccines. (01/01/2013 - 12/31/2015)
PI: Helen C. Kales, MD , Laura N. Gitlin, PhD
WeCare is a novel tool with the potential to significantly improve quality of life for families by changing how one of the most pernicious and challenging aspects of the disease of dementia, behavioral symptoms, are monitored and managed at home. This proposal addresses the public health imperative to enhance dementia care supported by the recently passed National Alzheimer’s Plan Act, and the World Health Organization’s 2012 report on dementia that urged nations to develop a better standard of care for this devastating illness. (09/01/2012 - 05/31/2016)
The increasing rate of obesity has become a major public health concern in the United States. Recent reports indicate that 40% of African American adolescents are considered overweight or obese.1 Although effective lifestyle approaches for weight loss have been demonstrated in Caucasian youth, little is known about effective weight loss interventions in ethnic minority adolescents. In part, this is because research has shown that ethnic minorities attend fewer intervention sessions, have higher attrition rates and lose less weight compared to Caucasians. Two fundamental problems related to this lack of progress are addressed in this proposal and include 1) the lack of appropriate content of weight loss interventions for African American adolescents that integrate cultural issues, parenting skills, and motivational strategies for increasing long-term change and, 2) the poor dose of weight loss interventions because of participant fatigue, drop out and barriers faced by underserved families. The goal of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled efficacy trial to address the problems with past intervention studies by 1) making the face-to-face group intervention shorter, 2) using an on-line program to compliment the group-based intervention for increasing dose, and by 3) tailoring a motivational and parenting skills program directly to parents and adolescents skill levels and cultural background. (07/01/2012 - 06/30/2017)
The overarching goal of this study is to strengthen our understanding of the patient and physician perspective of nephrotic syndrome, therapy, prognosis, and factors influencing disease management and to use the information generated from stakeholder engagement to inform the creation of a shared-learning online decision support tool. (06/01/2012 - 05/31/2014)
PI: Susan D. Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
This community-based participatory research collaboration seeks to develop and evaluate a meaningful mechanism for engaging the public, particularly minority and underserved communities, in informed deliberations about patient centered outcomes research priorities. Results of those deliberations and the tool itself could enable funders, scientists and communities to incorporate public input in research funding allocation decisions. (06/01/2012 - 05/31/2014)
Successful diabetes management is dependent on the patient - provider partnership. However, a full discussion of potential benefits, harms, costs, and burdens associated with each medication option is often too much for a brief clinic visit. This project uses AHRQ-developed consumer guides as inspiration for a tailored program that assists with this decision-making. The current iDECIDE intervention serves as the base of the program, with updates geared toward making it more specific to veterans. (01/01/2012 - 09/30/2012)
PI: William D. Chey, MD , Brennan Spiegel, MD
Gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses are highly prevalent and expensive conditions. The goal is to develop and validate an evidence-based tool to assist clinicians in diagnosing, educating, and managing GI patients within the context of everyday practice. The MyGIhealth platform includes a new GI review of systems questionnaire that is administered through electronic portals (including personal computers and tablet devices) to collect, categorize, and interpret GI symptoms in a uniform and clinically useful manner. MyGIhealth is designed for use within everyday practice to help clinicians perform assessments and provide tailored feedback to their GI patients. (11/01/2011 - 10/31/2014)
PI: Jennifer J. Griggs, MD, MPH
This is a prospective study in a population-based sample of patients treated in diverse clinical settings. Participant surveys, SEER registry data, and data on use of the web portal will be combined into a single dataset to address the aims and hypotheses proposed above. Our primary goal is to assess the feasibility of recruiting patients to a web-based intervention. Patient participants will be invited to complete a survey and then to use the web portal for 4 months. A brief evaluation of the portal by the patient participants will follow. Portal non-users or low users (one visit only) will also be surveyed and invited to provide information on why they did not visit or use the portal. (10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012)
The goal of this study is to understand how older and emerging-older adult patients and their physicians perceive shared decision-making (SDM), and how SDM, as perceived by patients, impacts adherence to recommended colorectal cancer screening. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012)
The goal of this study is to design and test a cognitive-control training for smoking cessation, aimed at enhancing the cognitive-control processes to help smokers resist cue-elicited craving and urge to smoke and achieve abstinence. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012)
PI: Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE
The goal of this study is to determine if Advanced Directives (ADs) are completed more frequently when the rationale for doing so is communicated as a means to reducing surrogate decision-making burdens, rather than as a means of promoting patient autonomy. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012)
PI: Rachel E. Davis, PhD, MPH , Suzanne M. Cole, PhD , Karen E. Peterson, DSc
The goal of this study is to identify key ingredients of tailored narratives to promote childhood obesity prevention behaviors among mothers of preschool-aged Mexican American children. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012)
PI: Susan D. Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
Deliberative Engagement Community in Decisions about Research Spending (DECIDERS) study will develop and evaluate a mechanism to engage communities, particularly minority and underserved communities, in informed deliberations about health research spending priorities. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2016)
We propose self-affirmation as a theory driven intervention to improve self-efficacy for physical activity in sedentary, overweight adults. In particular, we hypothesize that self-affirmation manipulations that focus on a participant’s strengths, delivered prior to exposure to a targeted health communication, will reduce defensive processing of messages (e.g. counter arguing), increase self-efficacy to perform the target health behavior, and may lead to increased behavior change, compared to a non-affirmation control. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012)
PI: Christopher R. Friese, RN, PhD, AOCN
This study examines the agreement between prospective and retrospective reporting of toxicities and health care service use (e.g., unscheduled office visit, emergency department visit, hospitalization) by patients with cancer treated with systemic chemotherapy. This information will provide the Cancer Center with rich patient outcomes data to inform quality improvement efforts. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012)
PI: Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH
DATES (Decision Aid to Technologically Enhance Shared Decision Making) is an interactive decision aid website for colorectal cancer, designed to be used prior to a clinic visit to clarify each patient's preferences and promote shared decision-making. The website uses a unique interactive Preference Elicitation Tool, which helps patients determine the colorectal cancer screening test option that best matches their preferences. (04/01/2011 - 03/31/2015)
A current priority for VA research is "Healthcare Informatics to Improve Veteran Care Healthcare." This priority area recognizes the critical importance of developing effective technological tools for Veterans to improve their understanding of and capacity to be actively involved in shared decision making about key health issues. Making The Choice - VA will develop new materials specifically for VA patients who have prostate cancer. The tool will help in shared and informed decision-making related to prostate cancer treatment options and outcomes. (01/01/2011 - 09/30/2011)
PI: Marjorie C. McCullagh, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, COHN-S
Hear on the Farm tests the effectiveness of a targeted, interactive website to promote the use of hearing protection devices among farmers in order to reduce noise-induced hearing loss among this population. (01/01/2011 - 12/31/2014)
It is critically important to develop effective technological tools for Veterans to improve their understanding of and capacity to be actively involved in shared decision making about key health issues. It is also critical to make sure both the patients’ and the clinicians’ decisions are informed decisions. (01/01/2011 - 09/30/2011)
PI: Stephen B. Gruber, MD, PhD, MPH
This is a comprehensive survey of patients at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. This survey data allows investigators to better describe and meet the needs of patients at the UM Comprehensive Cancer Center in future projects. (10/11/2010 - 09/30/2011)
Building Your New Normal tests two novel approaches to improve the quality of post-treatment follow-up for prostate cancer survivors: 1) IVR (interactive voice response)-administered EPIC and 2) tailored versions of Michigan Cancer Consortium (MCC) guidelines for patients and their primary care providers (10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011)
PI: M. E. Michele Heisler, MD, MPA
Successful diabetes management is dependent on the patient - provider partnership. However, a full discussion of potential benefits, harms, costs, and burdens associated with each medication option is often too much for a brief clinic visit. This project uses AHRQ-developed consumer guides as inspiration for a tailored program that assists with this decision-making. The intervention is delivered on iPads by Community Health Workers in participant homes and is available in both English and Spanish. (09/30/2010 - 09/29/2013)
PI: Kathryn L. Moseley, MD, MPH, FAAP
PRAAIS (Project for African American Infant Safety) defines the specific barriers to infant supine sleep encountered by African American parents and how parents of supine sleeping infants overcame them. Intervention group parents receive a two dose tailored intervention (brochures and DVDs) mailed to them at infant ages 4-6 weeks old and 4 months. Control group parents receive brochures encouraging supine sleep published by the CDC and AAP mailed at the same time intervals as the intervention materials. (09/30/2010 - 05/31/2015)
PI: Daniel A. Hamstra, PhD, MD
Approximately 10-30% of men who undergo external beam radiation for localized prostate cancer see rising PSA scores following treatment. Some of these men need androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as salvage treatment. ADT is not curative and has significant side effects that impact quality of life (QOL). These facts must be balanced against its clinical need. The decision to initiate hormonal therapy is driven more by patient anxiety and less by clinical parameters. Thus, men need to better understand how their PSA values and likelihood of recurrence will change over time. A novel computer model, based on 2,386 patients previously treated, will provide this information. This project aims to develop and test methods of communicating this information to patients and to determine how patients use it in their treatment decisions. (09/01/2010 - 08/31/2012)
PI: Ann Andrews, MPH
Take the Pledge rigorously evaluates the efficacy of a novel intervention in alumni (or graduate) chapters of African American sororities and fraternities in Michigan to increase organ and tissue donation, as assessed by registration in the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. (09/01/2010 - 08/31/2012)
Organs available for transplantation are of varying quality. Patients awaiting transplant need to balance the risk of taking a lower quality organ to keep them alive versus the risk of dying while waiting for a transplant. This decision aid includes an exercise to help people decide the level of quality they might be willing to accept, given their specific risk of death in the next 3 months. (02/01/2010 - 12/31/2014)
PI: Tunghi May Pini, MD, MPH , Jennifer J. Griggs, MD, MPH
Approximately 40% of obese patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy receive reduced doses of chemotherapy despite nearly two decades of evidence supporting full weight-based dosing. This project aims to share evidence that supports full dosing for obese breast cancer patients with physicians. (01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010)
PI: Amanda F. Dempsey, MD, PhD, MPH
Vax Facts offers a tailored brochure to address parents' concerns about HPV vaccines. The intervention draws on our previous data on reasons parents decline HPV vaccines for their daughters. This data is used to develop questions and responses that elicit and address parental beliefs that hinder HPV vaccine series initiation. Intervention messages are tailored to address these beliefs and concerns. (01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010)
This project aims to develop a Spanish version of online smoking cessation educational materials that are particular or especially relevant to persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) as well as their care providers. (09/01/2009 - 08/31/2010)
PI: Laurel L. Northouse, PhD, RN, FAAN
FOCUS on the Web offers an individually tailored, interactive, web-based intervention for cancer patients (lung, colorectal, breast, prostate) and their family caregivers that will lead to better patient-caregiver communication, more dyadic support, higher self-efficacy, increased perceived benefits of the illness experience, and less emotional distress. This intervention is based on an efficacious, family-based program of care (the FOCUS Program). In this study, we translate this primarily face-to-face, family-based program to an internet-based version. (05/05/2009 - 04/30/2011)
The purpose of this project is to develop and test a web-delivered, tailored decision aid for women at risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Existing educational materials are refined then offered in an interactive website featuring greater personalization of risk information, using validated risk communication techniques in a patient-friendly Web-based application.Such technologies are needed to expand the reach and improve the cost- effectiveness of breast cancer genetic services and are part of a growing movement within clinical care to provide validated patient decision aids. (03/01/2009 - 02/28/2010)
About 80% or more of smokers are not sufficiently motivated and ready to quit smoking, even though they may want to quit someday. Interventions are critically needed which can reach these people, enhance their motivation for quitting, promote uptake of existing empirically-validated treatments, and ultimately enhance abstinence rates on a population level. The current study tests the effectiveness of four potentially important tailoring factors (decisional framework, self-efficacy, navigation autonomy, and proactive outreach) to increase motivation to quit. (03/01/2009 - 12/31/2012)
PI: Jennifer J. Griggs, MD, MPH
Breast cancer survivors often experience challenges as they transition from treatment to survivorship. The Survivorship Resource Room offers informational, emotional, and instrumental support during this transition. (09/01/2008 - 08/31/2010)
PI: Kenneth A. Resnicow, PhD , Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD , Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project tests two interventions to increase colorectal cancer screening among African American members of the Henry Ford Health System. Participants are randomized to: Basic Tailoring: A series of newsletters, tailored on age, gender, health history, and prior CRC screening; or Enhanced Tailoring: Basic tailoring PLUS tailoring on screening preferences, ethnic identity, and motivational predisposition. (09/01/2008 - 08/31/2013)
This project improves two fundamental aspects of population-based smoking cessation programming: reach through a media campaign encouraging use of a cessation program and efficacy through a web-based smoking cessation intervention. This project evaluates, understands, and optimizes the use of an email media campaign and web-based smoking cessation intervention component that could be distributed at modest cost to other states and countries. (09/01/2008 - 08/31/2013)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The purpose of the University of Michigan Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research (CECCR) is to develop an efficient, theory-driven model for generating tailored health behavior interventions for many health behaviors and socio-demographic populations. (09/01/2008 - 08/31/2013)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent cancer in the U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs (VA) and the second most costly cancer. This study aims to increase the number of VA patients who complete a CRC screening. It integrates an innovative and flexible preference elicitation methodology, conjoint analysis, into a decision tool to help VA patients clarify their preferences for characteristics of CRC screening tests. (07/01/2008 - 03/31/2012)
This study aims to increase the number of insured, primary care patients who complete a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. This study integrates an innovative preference elicitation methodology, conjoint analysis, into a decision tool to help primary care patients clarify their preferences for CRC screening tests. The two sites participating in this study also allow for a more racially/ethnically diverse audience than other Decider Guider studies. (06/09/2008 - 04/30/2012)
Positively Smoke Free is a smoking cessation project for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) that takes place in an Infections Disease Clinic in New York City. (06/01/2008 - 08/31/2009)
Study 1 explores the self-relevance dimension of message tailoring while Study 2 focuses on the adaptation of content from message tailoring. Each study has two phases: the first phase demonstrates neural substrate activation associated with specific aspects of tailored messages (fMRI); the second phase explores smoking cessation associated with brain region activations found in the first phase of the study. (09/20/2007 - 08/31/2011)
For the past decade there has been debate around whether mastectomy or breast conserving surgery (BCS) with radiation is the "best" treatment for early stage breast cancer. The goal of this study is to develop and pilot test an interactive computer-based decision tool for improving patient knowledge about breast cancer treatment, and help elicit patients' preferences for treatment characteristics. (09/20/2007 - 08/31/2009)
Two experiments examine the effects of tailored testimonials on people's knowledge, satisfaction, interest in shared decision-making, and behavioral intentions after reading a colorectal cancer screening decision aid. (09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008)
This feasibility study explores audience segment characteristics among Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes ranging from low to high on acculturation and structural assimilation. Particular attention is devoted to examining associations between diabetes-related behaviors and beliefs and acculturation/structural assimilation that have been previously suggested through qualitative research. (09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008)
This study refines an existing Web-based, tailored decision aid for women at risk for breast and ovarian cancer. The existing educational materials are made more interactive, more highly tailored and personalized. (09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008)
This study explores the effects images have on the amount of time spent reading text that is shown alongside images. Specifically, the project examines the time a smoker spends reading 3 brief testimonials, as well as the time spent looking at the images shown alongside the testimonials. (09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008)
This project is a 3-group prospective randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of providing access to free nicotine patches, with or without a required linkage to proactive telephone counseling, as adjuncts to a tailored, web-based smoking cessation program. (07/01/2007 - 12/31/2012)
PI: Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH
Streamlining Cancer Screening Decision through Information Technology (SCanIT) aims to use information technology to link colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with health services at an integrated health system. The goal is to enhance informed decision making (IDM) for the patient and shared decision-making (SDM) between the patient and the physician. (05/01/2007 - 04/30/2008)
This study examines the impact of "status-assessing" email messages sent to individuals who decided to quit smoking and chose a date to quit. Participants receive email messages 3 and 5 weeks after their self selected quit dates, asking them to click on a URL link that matches their current smoking status (quit, tried but relapsed, never quit). Participants who click on a link receive information targeted to their current smoking status. (09/01/2006 - 08/31/2008)
This study explores whether listening to high-tailored smoking cessation messages activates the rostral medial prefrontal region more than listening to linguistically comparable but low-tailored cessation messages. (09/01/2006 - 08/31/2007)
Procure tests the feasibility of using an electronic Quality of Life (QOL) survey to gather data from patients that is easily accessible and useable by health care providers in understanding more about their patients. The data gathered in this pilot study help support analyses comparing electronic to paper survey feasibility. (07/01/2006 - 06/30/2012)
PI: Caroline R. Richardson, MD
The goal of this project is to expand the web-based Stepping Up to Health intervention to more individuals. The original intervention used enhanced pedometers and email-based tailored feedback to promote physical activity in people with type 2 diabetes. Expanding the Reach extends the tailored messages to promote physical activity to sedentary adults who are at risk for developing cancer, heart disease or diabetes, along with continuing to provide tailored messages for individuals with type 2 diabetes. (01/02/2006 - 12/31/2006)
This study translates a paper-based preference-screening tool into a web-based preference-tailored intervention that is effective for increasing informed decision making (IDM) and compliance with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. The computer-based preference tool is used in clinical settings to help low-risk individuals decide which of five CRC screening tests best fits their preferences. By helping them choose which test to take, we hope to increase CRC screening rates. (01/02/2006 - 08/31/2007)
PI: Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH
Cancer Screening Adherence through Technology-Enhanced Shared Decision Making (CSATS) is a tailored behavioral intervention to improve patient adherence to colorectal cancer screening (CRC). CSATS links a computerized screening prompt/reminder system with a tailored behavioral intervention. The intervention combines a screening decision aid with a risk assessment. Upon completion of the intervention, a recommendation is provided to both patient and physician to enhance shared decision making between the two. (01/02/2006 - 08/31/2007)
PI: Caroline R. Richardson, MD
Stepping Up To Health is an Internet-based walking program combined with an enhanced pedometer to promote walking in people with chronic diseases. This study expands the current bank of behavioral messages within the intervention to include messages for people with type 2 diabetes. (01/15/2005 - 12/31/2005)
PI: Susan D. Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
REACH is a variation of the existing CHAT software CD to make the simulation survey cover a broader range of benefit options beyond health care. (01/01/2005 - 02/28/2005)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The purpose of the University of Michigan Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research (CECCR) is to develop an efficient, theory-driven model for generating tailored health behavior interventions that is generalizable across health behaviors and socio-demographic populations. (09/01/2003 - 08/31/2008)
The Center for Health Communications Research offers the CHCR Photobrowser (http://chcr.umich.edu/photobrowser/), allowing easy access to 1,860 high quality digital photographs. The Center is offering free use of this library for non-commercial research. (09/01/2003 - present)
The web is an attractive option for the implementation of surveys, but it suffers from potential limitations, including non-response. This study's primary goal is to identify ways to reduce non-response, attrition, and missing data for web surveys in parallel with the core research activities of the CECCR Research Projects. (09/01/2003 - 08/31/2006)
This developmental project tests the effects of expert vs user tailoring and rich vs poor graphical treatment in a brief web-based smoking cessation and relapse prevention intervention. The site's content is based on a series of booklets called Forever Free, developed by Dr. Thomas Brandon at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. The project is an adjunct to Phase I of Project Quit and is offered to Project Quit participants at the end of that study's 6-month follow-up. (09/01/2003 - 08/31/2006)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project runs in conjunction with Phase I of Project Quit. While Project Quit focuses on tailoring messages based on a variety of theoretical constructs, this study focuses on tailoring those messages on a deeper level. Depth of tailoring is another potentially active ingredient in tailoring and refers to the level of detail of tailoring and the extent of the connections made among theory-based constructs. (07/01/2003 - 08/31/2008)
Eat for Life examines two constructs of tailoring within a print-based fruit and vegetable intervention for African American adults. Study 1 explores the use of motivational predisposition to tailor health behavior content, while Study 2 explores the use of cultural factors and ethnic identity for tailoring its' messages. Both studies use tailored print media, in the form of three 8 to 12 page newsletters, delivered to participants' homes. (07/01/2003 - 08/31/2008)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
Project Quit is a web-based program to help individuals who are in the "Preparation Stage" (ready to quit smoking within 30 days) to quit smoking. The overall goal of the study is to identify optimal population-based health communications strategies tailored to specific characteristics of the individual. This project will focus on identifying and specifying active psychosocial and communication components or "factors" of smoking cessation interventions. (07/01/2003 - 08/31/2008)
PI: Christine C. Johnson, PhD, MPH
MENU Choices is a web and email-based program to help people increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Three study arms examine the efficacy of an untailored program, a tailored program and a tailored program plus email-based counseling. (03/01/2003 - 04/30/2008)
This project aims to create an updated, user-friendly information booklet about breast cancer treatment options. The booklet, "Breast Cancer: What you need to know before treatment" is out of date and text heavy. Based on the Public Act 195 of 1986 that requires physicians to distribute this booklet to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, it is necessary to update the booklet to reflect the current state of treatment options to help each person make the best treatment choice for themselves. *NOTE: The booklet was used for many years by the Michigan Department of Community Health, but is now out of circulation and not available to the public anymore. (03/01/2003 - 06/30/2003)
PI: Susan D. Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
This project aims to develop a web-based version of CHAT, a game designed to help ordinary people better understand health insurance and help health insurance policy makers better understand the health care wishes of ordinary people. (10/10/2002 - 12/31/2003)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project focuses on creating a website to place, on the web, existing oral health and tobacco cessation information currently available only through printed materials. The goal of the website is to provide health care providers in Michigan with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide good oral health care and tobacco cessation resources. The content is placed on the Voices of Detroit Initiative (VODI) website. (10/01/2002 - 01/31/2003)
This project is an adaptation of Making the Choice. We revise the paper-based decision aid and develop alternative media formats (audiotape- and Internet-based versions) of the paper based decision aid to increase distribution and utilization. We also test the paper, audiotape, and Internet-based decision aids in an appropriate population of patients to provide pilot data on the tools' efficacy for improving patient knowledge. (09/30/2002 - 09/29/2004)
Making the Choice is a booklet to help men better understand prostate health and the issues surrounding prostate cancer testing. (09/30/2002 - 09/29/2004)
This project builds on the original ColoWeb project, including updates to content and surveys, and delivering the intervention and surveys to 1,200 patients. (01/01/2002 - 09/30/2003)
PI: Susan D. Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
eCHAT is a CD-ROM-based version of CHAT, a game designed to help ordinary people better understand health insurance and help health insurance policy-makers better understand the health care wishes of ordinary people. (02/01/2001 - 06/30/2002)
This project aims to develop an innovative, interactive smoking cessation multimedia health education kiosk at several Voices of Detroit Initiative (VODI) clinic sites - serving the clients of VODI clinics. (01/02/2001 - 09/30/2002)
PI: Laurel L. Northouse, PhD, RN, FAAN
This study tests the effectiveness of a family-based program of care in improving clinical outcomes, and tests the ability of a model to predict which patients and spouses are at increased risk of poorer quality of life. (12/15/2000 - 03/31/2001)
PI: Mack T. Ruffin IV, MD, MPH
This study tests the efficacy of a multimedia decision aid that addresses the facts and myths about colorectal cancer, identifies the risk factors for colorectal cancer, and reviews the options for colorectal screening. Work for the development on this web-based decision aid is based on results from the coloWeb (Katz) project. (10/01/2000 - 09/30/2003)
This project focuses on development of a tailored web-based program that allows patients to receive individually tailored information about colorectal screening initiatives. The program is evaluated in a randomized controlled trial at three primary care clinics. This project combines efforts with coloWeb (Ruffin) to complete both focus groups and a pilot test of the tailored program. (10/01/2000 - 09/30/2001)
This project aims to develop an oral health and tobacco cessation training and education module for primary care providers who provide health care at Voices of Detroit Initiative (VODI) clinic sites. The training and education module is available via CD-ROM to the providers. (10/01/2000 - 09/30/2001)
This project aims to adapt an existing interactive multimedia program on cancer prevention for a deaf and hard of hearing audience and evaluate changes in knowledge among 400 profoundly deaf individuals. (09/01/2000 - 08/31/2002)
PI: Susan D. Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
Develop a prototype to adapt an existing physical game board for understanding and choosing benefits of a health care plan to an electronic version. CHAT, in its original form, is a game-like exercise designed to help people pick health insurance benefits. CHAT presents the challenge of a full array of possible health care options, but limited resources. The goal of the exercise is to help people better understand health insurance and become more involved in designing group health insurance plans. Throughout the exercise, tradeoffs have to be made between competing needs for limited resources. (07/15/2000 - 01/31/2001)
Take the Pledge II updates part of the CISRC tailored print intervention for fruit and vegetable consumption for a wider audience. (05/01/2000 - 01/31/2001)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This consultant project provides expert advice to Roche Pharmaceuticals on the development of the Xenicare II program, a personalized support program available to consumers who use Xenical, a weight control drug. (10/01/1999 - 12/31/1999)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This projects uses longitudinally-tailored print materials and telecounseling interventions and compares their effectiveness, individually and in combination, among individuals with one or more risks, including smoking, poor diet, and sedentary behavior. (04/01/1999 - 12/31/2004)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The aim of this project is to create a multimedia intervention for Heart Attack awareness to be deployed as a new channel on the 100 kiosks that are part of the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project. The kiosks are located throughout the State of Michigan. (09/30/1998 - 08/31/1999)
This project aims to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative kiosk-based multimedia educational outreach program to increase knowledge of Alzheimer's disease among the public. (08/01/1998 - 07/31/2002)
Project START uses a personal digital assistant-based screening instrument and tailored print materials and tests their effectiveness in reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among injured hazardous drinkers treated in the Emergency Department. (03/01/1998 - 02/28/2003)
This project adapts the M-CARE Health Risk Appraisal for Ford Motor Company employees. (02/01/1998 - 07/31/1998)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project makes available a two-disc compilation of nine of the twelve health topics (the topics that are completed to date) that appear on the Michigan "Health'o'Vision" kiosks. (01/01/1998 - 09/30/1999)
PI: Alfred C. Marcus, PhD , Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
Calling It Quits offers longitudinally-tailored print smoking cessation materials and compares the efficacy of multiple messages tailored on baseline data vs. retailored on new data among callers to the Cancer Information Service. (09/01/1997 - 08/31/2002)
PI: Alfred C. Marcus, PhD , Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The CISRC Tailoring Core develops the production system for the delivery of tailored print materials for the three CISRC projects: smoking cessation, colorectal cancer screening, and fruit and vegetable consumption. (09/01/1997 - 08/31/2001)
PI: Alfred C. Marcus, PhD , Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The goal of this study is to run a pilot test to disseminate a successful CISRC Program Project intervention (tailored print materials for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption) within the NCI Cancer Information Service (CIS) 1-800-4-CANCER answerline. (09/01/1997 - 08/31/2001)
PI: Alfred C. Marcus, PhD , Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH
This study tests interventions aimed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Callers over age 50 to the Cancer Information Service (CIS) receive a brief educational message delivered by an information specialist followed by mailed untailored and tailored print materials. (09/01/1997 - 08/31/2001)
PI: Alfred C. Marcus, PhD , Jerianne Heimendinger, ScD, MPH, RD
This study tests various interventions to increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Callers to the Cancer Information Service (CIS) receive a brief educational message delivered by an informational specialist while on the phone, followed by mailed untailored and tailored print materials. (09/01/1997 - 08/31/2002)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The All About You is a comprehensive health risk appraisal and tailored booklet for patients of the University of Michigan M-CARE health maintenance organization. (05/01/1997 - 04/30/1998)
PI: Sofia D. Merajver, MD, PhD
Due to the complexity of information surrounding BRCA1/2 counseling and testing and its time consuming nature, efforts to facilitate the genetic counseling and education process are needed. This project aims to develop a flip book, CD-ROM, and website for use by genetics counselors with their patients covering the topics: basic genetics, cancer and genetics, genes associated with breast cancer, genetics testing, and managing cancer risk. (04/01/1997 - 07/30/1998)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project aims to create a channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project on how to make wise food choices and lead a healthier life. (01/01/1997 - 09/30/1998)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The goal of this project is to create a channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project on ways to make physical activity a regular part of one's life. (01/01/1997 - 09/30/1998)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project aims to create a channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project on how to reduce risk of heart disease and stroke. (01/01/1997 - 09/30/1998)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The goal of this project is to create a cancer risk prevention channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project. The channel includes steps people can take to live a healthy lifestyle and help control cancer risk. (01/01/1997 - 09/30/1998)
This project is focused on creating a booklet to help men better understand prostate health and the issues surrounding prostate cancer testing. (09/01/1996 - 10/31/1997)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Demonstration Project project involves creating and disseminating twelve multimedia health programs. Collectively known as Health'o'Vision, topics include cancer prevention and screening, disease management, and general health practices to live a healthy life. Channels are created for both adults and adolescents. One hundred kiosks are deployed in a variety of settings throughout the State of Michigan for use by the general public. (01/01/1996 - 09/30/2000)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project aims to create a channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project on how smoking affects you and your family, and the benefits of quitting. (01/01/1996 - 09/30/1997)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
The goal of this project is to create a channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project on why it is important to immunize children, which immunizations are needed, and when to immunize. (01/01/1996 - 09/30/1997)
PI: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
This project aims to create a channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project on prostate cancer symptoms, testing, and treatment options. (01/01/1996 - 09/30/1997)
PI: Laurel L. Northouse, PhD, RN, FAAN
Focus Triage will test if family dyads randomly assigned to either a brief or extensive family-based program of care (FOCUS Program) have better patient and caregiver outcomes than dyads randomly assigned to usual care. Outcomes to be studied: appraisal factors (i.e., appraisal of illness/caregiving, uncertainty, hopelessness), coping resources (coping strategies, interpersonal relationships, self-efficacy), and quality of life domains (emotional, social, physical, and functional).This study will also examine if patients’ risk for distress and other factors moderate the effect of the brief or extensive program on outcomes.
