Community Recruitment and Liaison Core Rio Grande Valley AD-RCMAR

社区联络和招募核心摘要(CLRC) 尽管阿尔茨海默病的S病(AD)对西班牙裔老年人的影响不成比例，但他们是严重的 在研究研究中代表性不足，阻碍了对其过量ADRD的理解 脆弱性和相应的改善护理。社区联络及招募核心(CLRC) 阿尔茨海默病S病(AD)--加州大学少数民族老龄化研究资源中心 德克萨斯州格兰德河谷(UTRGV)将带头招募和留住不同年龄的老年人 成人作为社会、行为和生物医学研究的研究参与者，通过培训学者 老年拉美裔美国人及其家人参与AD相关研究的理论方法。在……里面 此外，AD-RCMAR的CLRC将加强现有的传播和翻译基础设施 在老龄化、ADRD和健康方面影响参与社区的研究进展 年长的西班牙裔美国人。研究中心的具体目标是：(1)与研究教育中心合作 (REC)在理论和方法上教育、培训和指导AD-RCMAR学者 社区参与少数群体健康差距，并协助AD-RCMAR学者招募 老年拉美裔美国人及其家庭的研究；(2)扩大社区学术 伙伴关系和能力，以支持招募和留住老年城市和农村拉美裔美国人和 他们的家人；以及(3)向科学界传播研究成果，卫生保健 供应商和南得克萨斯州社区提供服务。我们将通过以下方式实现这些目标 AD-RCMAR学者，学者与以社区为基础的现有研究人员的联系 对农村和城市拉美裔人口进行研究，并进行社区培训，以促进广泛传播 采用最佳做法，以优化对研究的参与。结果将创造一种状态- 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 减少影响西班牙裔老年人，特别是受阿尔茨海默病影响的老年人的健康差距。至 为了实现这些目标，我们建立了一支在社区拥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，以及医疗机构，医疗保健提供者， 得克萨斯州里奥格兰德山谷(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.