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Dr. Kate Lorig, Dr.P.H., is an American professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also the director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center. She is known for her work on chronic disease and patient education, has published several books and peer-reviewed journal articles in those fields, and developed a peer-led self-management course for patients with chronic diseases. Lorig is herself a chronic disease patient, having been diagnosed with Gaucher's disease at the age of three.〔("Kate Lorig's Story: From Gauchers Disease to developing Self Management Courses Worldwide" ); October, 2003; ''Gauchers News''; url accessed November 8, 2006〕 Lorig received her B.S. in nursing at Boston University in 1964, her M.S. in nursing at the University of California, San Francisco in 1968, and her Dr.P.H. in health education at the University of California, Berkeley in 1980. Lorig joined Stanford Medical School in 1978 as a research associate, becoming a professor in 1995. She has been a professor at the UCSF School of Nursing since 1985, and was a lecturer at San Jose State University, Department of Health Sciences, from 1980 – 1989.〔(Kate Lorig, R.N., Dr.P.H. ); Stanford School of Medicine; url accessed November 8, 2006〕 Kaiser Permanente adopted the Chronic Disease Self Management (CDSM) course in 1997.〔Carrie Sturrock (April 26, 2006); ("Self-help for chronic ailments: Stanford model offers relief to sufferers when pills can't" ); ''San Francisco Chronicle''; url accessed November 8, 2006〕 In 2001, the CDSM and Lorig's arthritis specific self-management courses were included in the United Kingdom National Health Service's Expert Patient Programme, on a trial basis. The program, and Lorig's courses, were adopted into the mainstream of the NHS beginning in 2004.〔 In 2007, Dr. Lorig worked with the VA Desert Pacific Health Care Network/Department of Veteran Affairs to develop a pilot online self-management model for family caregivers based on her previous work. Lorig is a member of the Network of Innovators of the World Health Organization's Observatory on Health Care for Chronic Conditions.〔(Kate LORIG ); World Health Organization; url accessed November 8, 2006〕 She received the Molly Mettler Award from the National Council on Aging's Health Promotion Institute in 2003.〔("Lorig, Mockenhaupt Receive Award from HPI" ); National Council on Aging; url accessed November 8, 2006〕 ==Post-Degree Honors and Awards== *Virginia P. Engalitcheff Award for Impact on Quality of Life, National Arthritis Foundation, 1996 *Mayhew Derryberry Award for Excellence in Combining Theory with Practice, Health Education Section, American Public Health Association, 1993 *Hochbaum Lecturer, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, 1993 *Award for Excellence in Health Education, National Health Management Foundation, 1992 *Nancy Palchick Publication Award, Arthritis Health Professionals Association, 1992 *Program Excellence Award, Society for Public Health Education, 1989 *Recognition for Creative Health Education Programming, Northern California Society for Public Health Education, 1983 *Award in Recognition of Outstanding Scholarly Contribution in Rheumatology in 1980-81, Arthritis Health Professionals Association, 1982 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kate Lorig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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