# TEST OF TRANSFER OF TRAINING EFFECTS IN NURSING HOMES

> **NIH NIH R01** · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · 1991 · $174,034

## Abstract

The proposed study will evaluate the effects of behavior management
skills for nursing home staff on care practices and resident behavior
patterns,  It builds directly on previous work involving the development
of interventions with staff.  The transfer of training effects is a
salient issue in nursing home quality improvement given recently mandated
training and certification of nursing assistants.  The training program
proposed in this project is focused on behavior-management strategies for
nursing staff, reinforced by a complimentary supervisory training
component.  The conceptual model reflects the assumption that
organizational factors are likely to moderate the effects of training on
care practices and resident outcomes.  Specifically, supervisory
practices, administrative climate, and the design of the nursing
assistant's job will interact with training in determining outcomes.
Acquired knowledge, self-efficacy, and beliefs about outcomes are viewed
as instrumental in changing resident care practices.  Job design,
operationalized as rotating vs stable assignment of staff to residents,
is hypothesized to moderate both the effects of training on changes in
care practices and the effect of those changes on resident behaviors.
     The study will be conducted in a group of 7 facilities in the
Hartford/Springfield area of Southern New England.  The nursing homes are
owned and operated by Genesis Health Ventures, a proprietary chain of
nursing homes.  The facilities are located in close geographic proximity
and are typical of the industry in terms of payor mix, staffing
characteristics and resident mix.  They are all jointly served by a
regional training center, through which the training intervention will be
delivered.  Approximately 140 nursing assistants, 52 supervising nurses
and 210 residents will participate as subjects, divided into intervention
and control groups.  Units within facilities will be randomly assigned a
treatment condition, with both conditions represented in each facility.
Four sites use rotating job assignments and 3 use stable assignment
groups.  A pre-post-follow-up design will be employed using surveys,
stop-action video-response, and ratings of resident behavior as the data
collection methods.  Analysis will focus on the test of specific
hypotheses using ANOVA and loglinear strategies and evaluation of the
conceptual model of transfer of training effects using path analytic
techniques.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3121929
- **Project number:** 1R01AG009984-01
- **Recipient organization:** PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
- **SAM.gov UEI:** NPM2J7MSCF61
- **Principal Investigator:** DIANE BRANNON
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $174,034
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1991-08-01 → 1993-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3121929

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3121929, TEST OF TRANSFER OF TRAINING EFFECTS IN NURSING HOMES (1R01AG009984-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3121929. Licensed CC0.

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