Community Recruitment and Liaison Core Rio Grande Valley AD-RCMAR

社区联络和招募核心（CLRC） 虽然阿尔茨海默病（AD）会影响老年西班牙裔人，但他们严重 在研究中代表性不足，阻碍了对他们过度ADRD的理解 脆弱性和相应改善护理。社区联络和招聘核心（CLRC） 老年痴呆症（AD）-少数民族老龄化研究资源中心（RCMAR）在大学 得克萨斯州格兰德河谷（UTRGV）将带头中心的招聘和保留不同的老年人 成年人作为社会，行为和生物医学研究的研究参与者，通过培训学者， 以理论为基础的方法参与老年西班牙裔及其家庭在AD相关的研究。在 此外，AD-RCMAR的CLRC将加强现有的传播和翻译基础设施 研究进展影响参与社区方面的老龄化，ADRD，和健康 年长的西班牙裔CLRC的具体目标是：（1）与研究教育核心合作 (REC)教育，培训和指导AD-RCMAR学者的理论和方法 社区参与少数民族健康差距，并协助AD-RCMAR学者招募 老年西班牙裔和他们的家庭在他们的研究学习;（2）扩大社区学术 建立伙伴关系和能力，以支持招聘和留住城市和农村的老年拉美裔人， （3）向科学界、卫生保健部门和其他机构传播研究成果。 提供商和南德克萨斯州社区服务。我们将通过以下方式实现这些目标： AD-RCMAR学者，学者与既定调查人员的联系， 在农村和城市西班牙裔人口的研究，和社区培训，以促进广泛的 采用最佳做法，优化参与研究的情况。结果将创造一个国家- 为研究人员、医疗保健提供者、倡导者和政策制定者提供最先进的基础设施， 减少影响老年西班牙裔人的健康差距，特别是受AD影响的老年人。到 为了实现这些目标，我们建立了一支具有丰富经验的科学家团队， 变化，以社区为基础的研究，教育和西班牙裔人口，涉及科学家在 UTRGV以及世界卫生组织合作中心社区工作组 堪萨斯大学的健康与发展，以及卫生机构，卫生保健提供者， 德克萨斯州格兰德河谷（RGV）的临床医生和社区组织。

Summary Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC) Although Alzheimer´s disease (AD) disproportionally affects elderly Hispanics, they are severely underrepresented in research studies, preventing advances in understanding of their excess ADRD vulnerability and improving care accordingly. The Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC) of the Alzheimer´s disease (AD)-Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will spearhead the Center's recruitment and retention of diverse older adults as research participants in social, behavioral, and biomedical research, by training scholars in theory-based approaches for engagement of older Hispanics and their families in AD-related research. In addition, the CLRC of AD-RCMAR will strengthen existing infrastructure for dissemination and translation of research advances impacting the engaged communities with respect to aging, ADRD, and health of older Hispanics. The specific aims of the CLRC are: (1) Collaborate with the Research Education Core (REC) to educate, train, and mentor AD-RCMAR scholars in theory and approach to community engagement for minority health disparities, and assist AD-RCMAR scholars in recruiting older Hispanics and their families in their research studies; (2) Expand community-academic partnerships and capacity to support the recruitment and retention of older urban and rural Hispanics and their families; and (3) Disseminate research findings to the scientific community, health care providers and the South Texas communities served. We will achieve these aims through mentorship of AD-RCMAR scholars, linkage of scholars with established investigators conducting community-based research in rural and urban Hispanic populations, and community training to facilitate widespread adoption of best practices for optimizing participation in research studies. The results will create a state- of-the art infrastructure for researchers, health care providers, advocates and policy makers interested in decreasing health disparities affecting older Hispanics, and in particular those affected by AD. To accomplish these goals, we have built a team of scientists with extensive experience in community change, community–based research, education and Hispanic populations, that involve scientists at the UTRGV as well as the World Health Organization collaborating Center the Work Group for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas, and health agencies, health care providers, clinicians and community-based organizations of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV), Texas.