# Interventions for Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2024 · $456,580

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The purpose of this training grant is to prepare nurse scientists with the substantive and methodological
capacity to apply community-engaged intervention mapping (IM; integrating community-engaged research
approaches/CEnR with IM) as they design, test and implement multilevel theory-based interventions to prevent
and manage chronic illness in vulnerable populations. The T32 has matured over the last 25 years of funding;
the focus has expanded to address emergent scientific priorities in research on theory-based interventions for
preventing and managing chronic illness, and to reflect the strength and diversity of our faculty research. In this
application, we continue to address the scientific priorities of focusing on vulnerable populations and speeding
translation of interventions from research into clinical practice. We will enhance the ongoing T32 by providing
training in using community-engaged IM to design multilevel, theory-based interventions and effectively
engage stakeholders throughout the process. We posit that using community-engaged IM to design, test, and
implement theory-based multilevel interventions will speed translation into clinical practice. Our continued
focus on theory-based interventions will be enhanced by a new focus on multilevel interventions that use
behavior change and environment focused theories, and training in using IM and CEnR approaches to
effectively engage members of the target population, clinicians, communities, and other types of other
stakeholders in the research. For predoctoral trainees, enhancements to the PhD program will include: (a)
required courses structured to address IM core processes, traditional and contemporary CEnR approaches,
and 6 iterative steps; (b) mentored research experiences; and (c) participation in integrative and scientific
seminar series focused on developing competencies needed to build productive programs of research that
involve designing, testing and implementing multilevel theory-based interventions. For postdoctoral trainees,
the training program will include: (a) the required courses, (b) independent research experiences, and (c)
active involvement in both seminar series. Six pre-doctoral trainees and three post-doctoral trainees will be
supported each year over the 5 years of the training program. The emphases will capitalize on our faculty
strengths, strong research infrastructure, and well-established research partnerships on The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus and throughout the rural and increasingly diverse state of North Carolina.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10835113
- **Project number:** 5T32NR007091-29
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** SHAWN MARIE KNEIPP
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $456,580
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10835113

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10835113, Interventions for Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness (5T32NR007091-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10835113. Licensed CC0.

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