DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Current estimates are that one in three Americans - and therefore two in three couples - are likely to face the experience of cancer. This Phase I SBIR proposal is to test the feasibility of improving the efficacy of caregiving provided by the partners of cancer… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research in healthy aging has determined that interpersonal connectedness and sense of meaning and life purpose are important predictors of well-being in the elderly. This Phase I SBIR application is to test the feasibility of a novel approach to… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is to develop and evaluate a multimedia program to instruct lay caregivers in safe and informed use of massage as a form of support in cancer. Phase I focus groups identified common concerns about use of touch as support in cancer. We then delivered… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex chronic illness with no known medical cure. Its management depends heavily on the patient's daily efforts in lifestyle, behavior and self-care. Self-monitoring is key to effective self-management but is especially challenging in FM… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase II project will complete development of the SMART (Self-Monitoring and Review Tool) Log program for symptom management and health promotion in fibromyalgia (FM), and evaluate its efficacy in a large web-based trial that will closely emulate its… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to produce a multimedia educational intervention that will support recently returned veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and their relations hip partners (spouse, family or friend)… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Palliative care represents one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of health care. Its rapid growth has been accompanied by widespread needs for training of multidisciplinary personnel to work with the unique set of health issues specific to its population of… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is an urgent and growing need for mental health interventions supporting both short- and long-term reintegration of veterans of OIF and OEF into their communities and significant relationships. Innovative approaches are needed to support the well-being of… More