CORE--COMMUNITY LIAISON

MCUAAAR建议开发一个基于社区的协作 旨在增加非洲老年人参与的联络核心 美国人在健康促进和疾病预防活动， 健康相关研究（即，心理社会临床， 流行病学）。 为了这项建议的目的， 基于社区的协作联络核心被定义为 研究人员、医疗保健提供者、医疗保健组织，以及 年长的非裔美国人一起设计， 并管理一个基于行动的计划， 美国人参与健康相关研究、健康促进 和疾病预防活动。基于社区的协作 联络核心开始将建立一个参与性基础设施， （n=50）年龄较大的非裔美国顾问，他们反映了目标人群 人口 这些顾问将参加 实现社区联络核心的具体目标。 具体而言，这些措施是：（1）发展合作伙伴关系 社区组织，可以帮助招聘 和保留老年非裔美国人进入心理社会，临床 由MCUAAAR和其他教师赞助的流行病学研究; (2)建立和维护老年非裔美国人的基础设施 谁可以提供投入MCUAAAR活动，并为 参与社会心理、临床和流行病学研究 由MCUAAAR和其他教师赞助;（3）开发和 向地方机构的调查人员传播信息， 在全国范围内， 老年非裔美国人在社会心理，临床和流行病学 研究以及促进健康和减少风险的活动。 这些目标的实现将大大有助于 提高健康科学知识的目标 老年非裔美国人的地位及其参与健康 宣传和减少风险活动以及研究， 影响他们的健康状况。

The MCUAAAR proposes to develop a collaborative community-based liaison core designed to increase the participation of older African Americans in health promotion and disease prevention activities and health related research (i.e., psychosocial clinical, epidemiological). For the purpose of this proposal the collaborative community-based liaison core is defined as researchers, health care providers, health care organizations, and older African Americans working together on designing, initiating and managing an action-based plan for increasing older African Americans participation in health-related research, health promotion and disease prevention activities. The collaborative community-based liaison core will begin with a participatory infrastructure of (n=50) older African American consultants who mirror the targeted population. These consultants will participate in the accomplishment of the community liaison core's specific aims. Specifically, these are to: (1) Develop a collaborative partnership of community-based organizations that can assist in the recruitment and retention of older African Americans into psychosocial, clinical and epidemiological research sponsored by MCUAAAR and other faculty; (2) Build and maintain an infrastructure of older African Americans who are available to provide input into MCUAAAR activities and for participation in psychosocial, clinical and epidemiologic research sponsored by MCUAAAR and other faculty; and (3) Develop and disseminate information to investigators at local institutions and nationally on techniques for the recruitment into and retention of older African Americans in psychosocial, clinical and epidemiologic research as well as health promotion and risk reduction activities. The accomplishment of these aims will contribute substantially to the goal of improving scientific knowledge regarding the health status of older African Americans and their participation in health promotion and risk reduction activities and research that may influence their health status.