CORE--COMMUNITY LIAISON

为了解决老年人的健康差距，学术研究人员需要建立可持续的， 与少数民族老年人社区建立互利关系，目的有三：1）增加少数民族老年人参与研究; 2）设计这些社区可接受、可行和有效的研究; 3）制定战略，向社区有效传播健康信息。发展初级教师从事这一研究议程是必不可少的。少数族裔老年人健康改善中心（CHIME）社区核心将与洛杉矶中南部的非洲裔和拉丁裔老年人社区建立持续的关系，与他们合作，优先考虑和实现他们的健康目标。该核心与社区合作，通过传播有用的健康信息和开展研究来实现其健康目标。在这个结构中，我们通过为初级调查员提供必要的技能和经验，为减少这个弱势社区的健康差距的知识基础做出贡献。CHIME社区核心目标体现了NIA使命声明的关键组成部分，以解决差距。 CHIME的具体目标是：具体目标1：创建和维护互利的学术/社区的基础设施 洛杉矶中南部的伙伴关系（能力建设），帮助不同社区建立和优先考虑他们的健康目标，并积极参与研究，以实现这些目标。具体目标二：制定、评价和执行创新战略，向不同的老年人社区传播保健信息，以实现他们的保健目标。 具体目标3：开发和实施一个指导组件，以培训高技能研究人员 对少数民族老年人保健的关键问题具有敏感性的科学家，他们准备开展研究，解决社区的健康目标。 具体目标4：建立一个监测过程，以评估正在进行的计划活动和社区核心计划对关键终点的影响。

To address health disparities in the elderly, academic researchers need to build sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships with minority elderly communities for three purposes: 1) to increase the participation of elderly ethnic minorities in research, 2) to design research that is acceptable, feasible, and effective for these communities, and 3) to develop strategies to effectively disseminate health information to the communities. Developing junior faculty to pursue this research agenda is essential. The Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly (CHIME) Community Core will establish ongoing relationships with communities of African American and Latino elderly in South Central Los Angeles by working with them to prioritize and meet their health goals. This Core with work with communities to achieve their health goals through dissemination of useful health information and development of research to address the goals. Within this structure, we develop junior investigators by providing them with the skills and experience necessary to contribute to the knowledge base for decreasing health disparities in this disadvantaged community. The CHIME Community Core aims embody the key components of the NIA mission statement to address disparities. The CHIME Specific Aims are to: Specific Aim 1: Create and maintain an infrastructure of mutually beneficial academic/community partnerships (capacity building) within South Central Los Angeles that helps diverse communities to establish and prioritize their health goals and participate actively in research to meet those goals. Specific Aim 2: Develop, evaluate and implement innovative strategies for disseminating health information to diverse communities of elderly in response to their health goals. Specific Aim 3: Develop and implement a mentoring component to train highly skilled research scientists with sensitivity to critical issues for the healthcare of minority elderly who are prepared to carry out research addressing the health goals of the communities. Specific Aim 4: Establish a monitoring process to evaluate ongoing program activities and the impact of the Community Core program on key endpoints.