University of Florida Resource Center for Minority Aging Research

项目摘要 慢性疼痛状况可以说是美国最普遍和最昂贵的公共卫生问题。 它们是世界各地残疾的主要原因。虽然疼痛会影响整个人类， 老年人受到不成比例的影响，患慢性疼痛的风险特别高， 疼痛相关的残疾令人惊讶的是，关于年龄背后的生物心理社会机制的知识- 相关的疼痛增加仍然相当有限，因此，需要更多的研究来阐明社会和 行为对老年人疼痛和残疾的影响。在这一领域取得进展的一个关键障碍是， 研究是有限的可用性调查人员与适当的跨学科培训，以解决以后 生活的痛苦和残疾。凭借强大的机构支持，佛罗里达大学（UF）资源中心， 少数民族老龄化研究（RCMAR）将建立，以解决这些科学和劳动力的发展 需求UF RCMAR的教育目标是提供出色的培训和职业发展 机会，有前途的调查人员从代表性不足的背景。UF RCMAR的研究 目标是进行创新和有影响力的跨学科的社会和行为研究，解决疼痛 老年人中的健康和残疾，包括晚年疼痛和残疾方面的健康差异（例如种族和族裔 性别差异、性别差异和社会经济影响）。UF RCMAR将实现这些目标 通过四个核心的协同努力实现目标：行政核心（AC），研究教育 一个分析核心（AnC）和一个社区联络和招募核心（CLRC）。在 此外，UF RCMAR将受益于与其他UF实体的广泛合作，包括UF疼痛 研究与干预卓越中心（价格），UF老龄化研究所（IOA），和UF临床和 翻译科学研究所（CTSI）。UF RCMAR拥有一个杰出的跨学科核心小组 教师的专业知识涵盖了与我们的主题相关的临床和转化研究的范围， 生物心理社会因素对老年人疼痛和残疾的影响。为了实现其目标， UF RCMAR将招募和保留优秀的早期阶段的研究人员从无人代表的背景， 为他们提供出色的指导和职业发展支持。通过其研究活动，UF RCMAR将产生关于疼痛的社会和行为贡献者的新的和重要的信息， 该中心将研究和测试创新性干预措施，以减少老年人的晚年痛苦和残疾。

PROJECT SUMMARY Chronic pain conditions represent arguably the most prevalent and costly public health problem in the United States, and they are the leading cause of disability worldwide. While pain affects individuals throughout the lifespan, older adults are disproportionately impacted and are at particularly increased risk for chronic pain and pain-related disability. Surprisingly, knowledge regarding the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying age- related increases in pain remains quite limited, therefore, increased research is needed to elucidate social and behavioral contributions to pain and disability among older adults. A critical barrier to progress in this area of research is the limited availability of investigators with appropriate interdisciplinary training in addressing later life pain and disability. With strong institutional support, the University of Florida (UF) Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) will be established to address these scientific and workforce development needs. The UF RCMAR has an educational objective to provide outstanding training and career development opportunities to promising investigators from underrepresented backgrounds. The UF RCMAR's research objective is to conduct innovative and impactful transdisciplinary social and behavioral research addressing pain and disability among older adults, including health disparities in later life pain and disability (e.g. racial and ethnic differences, sex and gender differences, and socioeconomic influences). The UF RCMAR will accomplish these objectives through the synergistic efforts of four Cores: an Administrative Core (AC), a Research Education Component (REC), an Analysis Core (AnC), and a Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC). In addition, the UF RCMAR will benefit from extensive collaborations with other UF entities, including The UF Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE), the UF Institute on Aging (IOA), and the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). The UF RCMAR boasts an outstanding interdisciplinary group of Core Faculty with expertise spanning the spectrum of clinical and translational research related to our theme of biopsychosocial contributions to pain and disability among older adults. In order to accomplish its objectives, the UF RCMAR will recruit and retain outstanding early stage investigators from unrepresented backgrounds and provide them with excellent mentoring and career development support. Through its research activities, the UF RCMAR will produce novel and important information regarding social and behavioral contributors to pain and disability in older adults, and will develop and test innovative interventions to reduce later life pain and disability.