COMMUNITY LIAISON CORE

深南资源中心少数民族老龄化研究（RCMAR）是一个四个独特的合作伙伴关系。优势互补的南方院校：莫尔豪斯医学院、塔斯基吉大学、阿拉巴马大学和阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校。深南RCMAR社区联络核心[CLC]的主要目标是教育、培训和指导学者采用基于理论的方法，让年长的非裔美国人参与与健康有关的研究，协助RCMAR学者招募年长的非裔美国人参加他们的研究，并建立一个可持续的基础设施，以产生和传播有关招募和保留科学的新知识。深南RCMAR CLC的具体目标是：(1)与研究者发展核心（IDC）合作，就社区参与的理论和方法对RCMAR学者进行教育、培训和指导，并协助RCMAR学者招募年长的非裔美国人参与他们的研究；(2)通过对与社区成员合作制定的招聘和留住策略进行经验检验，推进在招聘和留住老年城市和农村非洲裔美国人方面的科学知识；(3)扩大社区-学术伙伴关系的能力，以支持招聘和留住城市和农村的老年非洲裔美国人；(4)向科学界和我们所服务的社区传播研究成果。我们将通过以下方式实现这些目标：对RCMAR学者的指导、学者与开展社区研究的知名调查人员的联系、与社区成员共同制定的招聘策略的开发和测试，以及重点关注的社区和机构能力建设。实现我们的目标将建立一个最先进的基础设施，培训RCMAR学者在招募和保留科学方面的工作，促进与社区的长期合作伙伴关系，并创建一个可持续和有效的方法，以产生与少数民族老龄化相关的新知识，并向科学界和我们所服务的社区传播研究成果。

The Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) is a collaborative partnership of four unique. Southern institutions with complementary strengths: Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, University of Alabama, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The primary objectives of the Deep South RCMAR Community Liaison Core [CLC] are to educate, train, and mentor Scholars in theory-based approaches to engaging older African American in health-related research, assist RCMAR Scholars in recruiting older African Americans to their research studies, and to build a sustainable infrastructure that will generate and disseminate new knowledge regarding the science of recruitment and retention. The specific aims of the Deep South RCMAR CLC are to: (1) Work collaboratively with the Investigator Development Core (IDC) to educate, train, and mentor RCMAR Scholars regarding the theory and approach to community engagement and assist RCMAR Scholars in recruiting older African Americans in their research studies; (2) Advance scientific knowledge in the area of recruitment and retention of older urban and rural African Americans by empirically testing recruitment and retention strategies developed in partnership with community members; (3) Expand capacity for community-academic partnerships to support the recruitment and retention of older urban and rural African Americans; and (4) Disseminate research findings to the scientific community and the communities we serve. We will achieve these aims through mentorship of RCMAR Scholars, linkage of Scholars with established investigators conducting community-based research, development and testing of recruitment strategies developed in concert with community members, and focused community and institutional capacity building. The attainment of our aims will create a state-of-the art infrastructure that will train RCMAR Scholars in the science of recruitment and retention, foster long-term collaborative partnerships with the community, and create a sustainable and efficient method to generate new knowledge and disseminate research findings relevant to minority aging to the scientific community and the communities that we serve.