The Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly

少数民族老年人健康促进中心

• 批准号: 7933317
• 负责人: CAROL M MANGIONE
• 金额: $ 17.98万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-30 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7933317
• 关键词: Center; Health; Improvement; Minority; Elderly

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): UCLA/Drew Center for Health Improvement for Minority Elders (CHIME) proposes continuation of a research and mentoring program initially funded in Fall 2002, that will contribute to the reduction in health disparities affecting African American and Latino Elders by training and mentorship of minority faculty who will advance their careers by conducting research on minority elders. To accomplish this goal, CHIME has 5 over-arching specific aims: 1) to develop the research infrastructure needed to improve the health of minority elders through participatory research within local communities; 2) to assist pilot investigators to develop and/or evaluate epidemiological, behavioral, or social measurement tools for use in culturally diverse elderly populations, including populations with limited English proficiency and low health literacy; 3) to support pilot studies that use NIA funded and other datasets to study the social, behavioral, medical, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to health disparities for minority elders; 4) to build on UCLA's and Drew's longstanding track record for the recruitment, retention, and promotion of minority researchers through mentorship and support of their efforts to conduct research on the health of minority elders and to participate in community collaborations designed to improve health; 5) to broaden and stabilize both existing and new partnerships with communities to expand the pool of African American and Latino elders who are participants in research and the beneficiaries of the findings from both the research conducted under the auspices of CHIME and other funded research. CHIME proposes to address these aims through structured activities that are organized in an Administration Core (AC), an Investigator Development Core (IDC), a Measurement Core (MC), and a Coordinating Center (CC). The Administrative and Investigator Development Cores will select pilot studies, organize the mentorship of pilot investigators, teach faculty mentees how to conduct community participatory research, and develop the needed community collaborations to recruit participants; the Measurement Core will provide methodological support and training for pilot investigators; the Coordinating Center will complete all specific aims and tasks outlined for the National Coordinating Center.

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学洛杉矶分校/德鲁中心健康改善少数民族老年人（CHIME）提出了一项研究和指导计划，最初在2002年秋季资助的延续，这将有助于减少影响非洲裔美国人和拉丁美洲老年人的健康差距的培训和少数民族教师的指导，他们将通过对少数民族老年人进行研究来推进自己的职业生涯。为了实现这一目标，CHIME有五个具体目标：1）通过当地社区的参与性研究，发展改善少数民族老年人健康所需的研究基础设施; 2）协助试点研究人员开发和/或评估流行病学，行为或社会测量工具，用于文化多样性的老年人群，包括英语水平有限和健康素养低的人群; 3）支持使用NIA资助的和其他数据集的试点研究，以研究导致少数民族老年人健康差异的社会，行为，医疗，经济和环境因素; 4）建立在加州大学洛杉矶分校和德鲁的招聘，保留和促进少数民族研究人员的长期跟踪记录，通过指导和支持他们的努力，进行少数民族老年人的健康研究，并参与旨在改善健康的社区合作;第五章）扩大和稳定与社区的现有和新的伙伴关系，以扩大参与研究的非裔美国人和拉丁美洲老年人的人数，在CHIME主持下进行的研究和其他资助研究的结果的受益者。CHIME建议通过在管理核心（AC），研究者发展核心（IDC），测量核心（MC）和协调中心（CC）中组织的结构化活动来实现这些目标。行政和研究者发展核心将选择试点研究，组织试点研究者的指导，教导教师学员如何进行社区参与性研究，并发展所需的社区合作以招募参与者;测量核心将为试点研究者提供方法支持和培训;协调中心将完成为国家协调中心概述的所有具体目标和任务。