Building Trust to Enhance Diversity in Aging Research

项目摘要/摘要 老龄化研究侧重于衰老过程、与年龄相关的疾病和特殊问题以及 老年人的需求。老龄化研究帮助我们了解衰老的本质以及如何最好地 延长健康、活跃的生命年数。在参与的人群中更大的多样性 老龄化研究对于理解老年人与老年人之间的复杂关系至关重要 健康状况和年龄、种族、身体功能(和身体残疾)、文化和 社会经济地位。拟议的项目将促进社区-学术老龄化研究 促进信任并开发招聘和留住方法以增加 老龄化临床研究中老年受试者的多样性 在涉及老年人的临床研究研究人群中实现更大的多样性是 这是可取和可行的，但也是有代价的。我们建议的招聘方法研究将 帮助回答这样一个问题：我们能否确定既有证据又有证据的招聘方法 有效(成功招募在临床研究中代表性不足的人群)和高效 (提供合理的投资回报)招聘和留住人数偏低的人 老龄化临床研究中的人群？“我们将通过建设基础设施来实现这一目标 有必要与社区组织合作，支持方法学研究 我们之前曾与他合作过多年的联邦拨款，包括来自美国的R24。 卫生与公众服务部医疗研究和质量局 (AHRQ)。该项目的目标是： 目标1：促进社区-学术老龄化研究合作，促进信任和 开发招募和保留方法，以增加老年参与者的多样性 在衰老的临床研究中 目标2：让不同的老年人、他们以社区为基础的保健提供者以及 研究人员以促进双向学习的方式为未来的老龄化研究研究 目标2a：推动老年人愿意参与连续研究 目标2b：通过这样做，提高研究老龄化的研究人员的文化能力 促进社区成员对老龄研究研究的可信度 目标三：以共同制定的伦理原则为指导，促进三难学生的招生 招募亚群：年长的非裔美国人，有障碍的老年人(听力、视力、 移动性)，以及那些被限制在注册表中的人

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Aging Research focuses on aging processes, age-related diseases, and special problems and needs of older adults. Aging Research helps us to understand the nature of aging and how best to extend the healthy, active years of life. Greater diversity among the populations engaged in Aging Research studies is essential in order to understand the complex relationships among health status and age, race, physical functioning (and physical impairment), culture, and socioeconomic status. The proposed project will foster a community-academic Aging Research collaborative that promotes trust and develops recruitment and retention methods to increase the diversity of older adult participants in clinical studies of aging Achieving greater diversity in clinical research study populations involving older adults is desirable and feasible, yet comes at a cost. Our proposed study of recruitment methods will help answer the question, “Can we identify evidenced-based recruitment methods that are both effective (successfully recruit populations underrepresented in clinical research) and efficient (provide a reasonable return on investment) in recruiting and retaining underrepresented populations in clinical studies of aging?” We will accomplish this by building the infrastructure necessary to support methodological research in partnership with community organizations with whom we have worked on prior multiyear federal grants, including an R24 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The project aims are: Aim 1: Foster a community-academic Aging Research collaborative that promotes trust and develops recruitment and retention methods to increase the diversity of older adult participants in clinical studies of aging Aim 2: Engage diverse older adults, their community-based health care providers, and investigators in a manner that facilitates bi-directional learning for future Aging Research studies Aim 2a: Move older adults along the willingness to participate in research continuum Aim 2b: Enhance the cultural competence of investigators studying aging and by doing so promote trustworthiness of Aging Research studies by community members Aim 3: Guided by co-developed ethical principles, facilitate the enrollment of three difficult-to- recruit subpopulations: older African Americans, older adults with impairments (hearing, vision, mobility), and those who are homebound into a Registry