Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging

项目摘要 这项为期两年的研究多样性补充的目标是“非稳态负荷的农村/城市差异分析， 生物风险概况和死亡率"母公司奖（R24AG065159）旨在为Dr. Alexis R.桑托斯有必要的 技能，以建立一个独立的研究计划，在农村/城市的健康差距，重点是压力，老龄化和 mortality.压力，作为生理失调的标志物的组合来测量，与许多原因相关 中年和老年人死亡率的下降，以及疾病和其他健康状况的早发。虽然显著 已经做出努力来阐明农村/城市在健康方面的差异，压力和加速老化在这些方面的作用， 现存的学术研究中对差异的处理远远不够。因此，本提案的总体目标是 确定农村/城市居住在非稳态负荷差异、生理失调模式中的作用， mortality.桑托斯博士的研究将有助于家长奖的所有四个目标：（目标1）开发一个开放和不断发展的 网络吸引来自多个地区，机构，学科，职业阶段和代表性不足的群体的参与者; (Aim 2）设计活动，通过提高网络成员的能力和支持， 形成性研究;（目标3）进行新的研究，以了解多层次和多维度的机制 推动健康和老龄化方面的城乡统一体和农村内部差距;以及（目标4）传播数据、分析 资源和研究成果，通过研究简报，网络研讨会，数据存档， 和其他机制。该奖项的大部分活动将在宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU）举行， Leif詹森博士是农村社会学和人口学的杰出教授， 社会科学研究所和家长补助金的首席研究员;（2）马丁Sliwinski博士谁是 格雷戈里·H沃尔夫老龄化研究教授，人类发展和家庭研究教授，中心主任 PSU的健康老龄化，和INRPHA Co-I;和（3）香农·蒙纳特博士，他是社会学副教授， 勒纳主席为公共卫生促进和INRPHA共同PI和领导在锡拉丘兹大学。的培训部分 该奖项将包括参加指导会议、课程、研讨会、会议和赞助的讲习班 由INRPHA或两个合作机构提供。

Project Summary The goal of this two-year Research Diversity Supplement for the “Analysis of Rural/Urban Disparities in Allostatic Load, Biological Risk Profiles, and Mortality” parent award (R24AG065159) is to provide Dr. Alexis R. Santos with the necessary skills to establish an independent research program in rural/urban health disparities with emphasis in stress, aging and mortality. Stress, measured as a combination of markers of physiological dysregulation, is associated with numerous causes of death among middle-age and older adults, and earlier onset of diseases and other health conditions. Although significant efforts have been made to elucidate rural/urban disparities in health, the role that stress and accelerated aging play in these disparities is vastly under-addressed in the extant scholarship. Thus, the overall objective of the current proposal is to identify the role that rural/urban residence plays in disparities in allostatic load, patterns of physiological dysregulation, and mortality. Dr. Santos’ research will contribute to all four aims of the parent award: (Aim 1) developing an open and evolving network that draws participants from multiple regions, institutions, disciplines, career stages, and underrepresented groups; (Aim 2) designing activities to generate innovative research by enhancing the capacity of Network members and supporting formative research; (Aim 3) conducting novel research to understand the multilevel and multidimensional mechanisms driving rural-urban continuum and within-rural disparities in health and aging; and (Aim 4) disseminate data, analytic resources, and research findings to academic, policy, and public audiences through research briefs, webinars, data archiving, and other mechanisms. Most activities for this award will take place at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) under the mentorship of Dr. Leif Jensen who is a Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Associate Director of the Social Sciences Research Institute and Principal Investigator of the Parent Grant; (2) Dr. Martin Sliwinski who is Gregory H. Wolf Professor of Aging Studies, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Director of the Center for Healthy Aging at PSU, and INRPHA Co-I; and (3) Dr. Shannon Monnat who is an Associate Professor of Sociology, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion and INRPHA Co-PI and lead at Syracuse University. The training component of the award will include participation in mentoring meetings, coursework, seminars, conferences, and workshops sponsored by either INRPHA or the two collaborating institutions.