Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging - Joining Population Science and Health Promotion (CHECA)

项目概要/摘要我们提出了一个阿尔茨海默氏症相关的资源中心少数老龄化 伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）的研究（AD/ADRD RCMAR）称之为“美国健康公平中心”。 认知老化”（Cognitive Aging）。CNOA将支持开发新的以股权为重点的ADRD研究， UIC通过建立行为和社会研究基础设施（目标1），使AD/ADRD研究多样化 通过对早期职业科学家的指导和培训（目标2），以及支持试点研究， (Aim 3）。该研究将解决三个互补的主题：（1）推进我们的 了解ADRD不公平的环境，社会文化和行为因素;（2）制定 以及测试健康促进资源（例如，体力活动或压力应对干预;来自 家庭、社区或医疗保健系统;信息和技术）适合成人的需求 患有AD/ADRD或有AD/ADRD风险的老年人及其护理伙伴;以及（3）跨性别人口科学和 健康促进方法，以创新我们对结构，社会和行为驱动因素的理解， ADRD的不公平，并最大限度地发挥我们的干预效果。在其所有工作中，CITRA致力于将 不同的视角、组内的变化，以及跨越重叠身份的交叉性透镜（例如， 种族、民族、性别和性身份、阶级、残疾）。领导和行政核心（LAC）将 提供科学和智力领导，战略方向和行政监督，以产生 协同作用跨CNAS核心。研究教育部分（REC）将提供一个指导计划 为RCMAR科学家支持他们的长期职业生涯，将实施试点资助计划（征集， 审查，并选择试点研究供资），并将赋予科学家的工具和培训 这与《古兰经》的主题有关。分析核心（AnC）将通过以下方式支持科学家的试点项目： 统计/方法咨询和指导，同时也丰富了联合国人口基金的方法 所有CHECA附属学者和教职员工都可以使用的基础设施。社区联络 招募核心（CLRC）将为CNAS科学家及其导师提供培训机会， 资源进行社区参与的研究，并将促进双向合作， 社区和社区合作伙伴。建立CNAS将使越来越多样化的学者骨干， UIC将建立在我们对当地老年人代表性不足的少数民族人口进行研究的良好记录基础上 和全国性的。作为联邦政府指定的少数民族服务机构，亚裔美国人和土著美国人 太平洋岛民服务机构和西班牙裔服务机构，UIC提供了一个新的肥沃土壤， AD/ADRD RCMAR，重点是将人口科学和健康促进研究结合起来， 了解并解决与ADRD相关的卫生不公平问题。

Project Summary/Abstract We propose an Alzheimer's-related Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD/ADRD RCMAR) at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) called the “Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging” (CHECA). CHECA will support the development of new equity-focused ADRD research at UIC by building behavioral and social research infrastructure (Aim 1), diversifying the AD/ADRD research workforce through mentorship and training for early-career Scientists (Aim 2), and supporting pilot research (Aim 3). The research supported by CHECA will address 3 complementary themes: (1) advancing our understanding of environmental, sociocultural, and behavioral contributors of ADRD inequities; (2) developing and testing health-promoting resources (e.g., physical activity or stress-coping interventions; support from families, communities, or healthcare systems; information and technologies) appropriate for the needs of adults aging with or at risk for AD/ADRD and their care partners; and (3) cross-fertilizing population science and health promotion approaches to innovate our understanding of structural, social, and behavioral drivers of ADRD inequities and to maximize our intervention effects. In all of its work, CHECA is committed to centering diverse perspectives, intra-group variations, and an intersectionality lens across overlapping identities (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender and sexual identity, class, disability). The Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC) will provide scientific and intellectual leadership, strategic direction, and administrative oversight to produce synergy across CHECA cores. The Research Education Component (REC) will provide a mentoring program for RCMAR Scientists to support their long-term careers, will implement the pilot funding program (solicitation, review, and selection of pilot studies for funding), and will empower CHECA Scientists with tools and training relevant to the CHECA themes. The Analysis Core (AnC) will support Scientists' pilot projects through statistical/methodological consultation and mentoring while also enriching CHECA's methodological infrastructure accessible to all CHECA-affiliated scholars and faculty members. The Community Liaison Recruitment Core (CLRC) will provide CHECA Scientists and their mentors with training opportunities and resources for conducting community-engaged research, and will facilitate bi-directional collaborations between CHECA and community partners. Establishing CHECA will enable an increasingly diverse cadre of scholars at UIC to build on our strong track record of research with older underrepresented minority populations locally and nationally. As a federally designated Minority-Service Institution, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, and Hispanic-Serving Institution, UIC provides a fertile ground for a new AD/ADRD RCMAR that focuses on joining population science and health promotion research to better understand and address ADRD-related health inequities.