Building Wisconsin's Community-Academic Infrastructure to Promote Aging Research

建设威斯康星州的社区学术基础设施以促进老龄化研究

• 批准号: 8006333
• 负责人: JANE E MAHONEY
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-15 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8006333
• 关键词: Address; Age; Aging; Area; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Chronic Disease; Clinical; Collaborations; Communication; Communities; Community Networks; Consult; Consultations; County; Dementia; Disease Management; Effectiveness; Elderly; Ensure; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Grant; Health; Health Planning; Health Psychology; Health Sciences; Healthcare; Institute of Medicine (U.S.); Internet; Intervention; Life; Link; Medical Care Costs; Mission; Musculoskeletal; Outcome; Physical activity; Population; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Provider; Public Health; Readiness; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Resources; Services; Structure; Training; Training Programs; Tribes; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Wisconsin; Work; base; burden of illness; community setting; design; disability; dissemination research; falls; improved; innovation; interest; meetings; psychosocial; public health relevance; research study; research to practice; success; symposium; uptake

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The population of older adults in the United States is expected to nearly double over the next 25 years. The Institute of Medicine has stated that there is a nationwide lack of preparedness to meet the health care needs of aging "baby boomers". Transformative health sciences aging research is urgently needed to address this growing problem. We propose to develop a Wisconsin Community-Academic Aging Research Network (CAARN), which will augment the capacity and effectiveness of both the State of Wisconsin's aging services network and the University of Wisconsin (UW) to conduct clinical and dissemination research related to aging. This proposal will leverage existing academic networks, building on UW's considerable strengths in aging research and research infrastructure; will encompass all of Wisconsin's communities through the aging network; will address problems that are considered high priority for Wisconsin and the nation; and will utilize a Community Research Associate (CRA) who is well known across the aging network in Wisconsin. Further, it will provide a health psychology post-doctoral fellow who will help clinical researchers to design motivational strategies to increase likelihood of uptake by older adults. Lastly, it will be led by a PI who is ideally suited to conduct this proposal, as she has performed community-based research funded by CDC, NIA, AoA, and State of Wisconsin for over two decades. CAARN's infrastructure will provide community and academic stakeholders with 1) training and technical assistance, 2) networking capacity; 3) access to research resources including pilot funding and consultation with the health psychology post-doctoral fellow; and 4) internet infrastructure. In Year 1, the CRA and PI will engage Wisconsin's aging network and academic researchers to determine interest in partnerships and potential research areas. CAARN will foster connections through annual meetings and quarterly statewide conference calls. The CRA will work with forming partnerships to facilitate communication and provide training, using existing training materials and new materials developed by CAARN. The CRA will continue to consult with newly formed partnerships to facilitate communication, provide access to resources, ascertain and overcome barriers, and link research teams with the health psychology fellow. This proposal will create a sustainable infrastructure that, from Year 1 to Year 3, will increase the number of community-academic partnerships engaged in aging research; increase the number of intramurally and extramurally funded proposals for community-based clinical and dissemination aging research; and improve the health of older adults in Wisconsin participating in research studies conducted in the community setting. CAARN's integration into UW's outstanding research infrastructure and into the aging network's centralized hub will ensure its success and sustainability beyond the grant period. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal aims to develop a sustainable Community-Academic Aging Research Network that will facilitate partnerships between University of Wisconsin researchers and the State of Wisconsin aging network, in order to expand and accelerate transformation of aging research into practice in community settings.

描述(由申请人提供)：美国老年人口预计在未来25年内几乎翻一番。医学研究所表示，全国范围内缺乏准备，无法满足老年“婴儿潮一代”的医疗保健需求。迫切需要进行变革性健康科学老龄化研究来解决这一日益严重的问题。我们建议开发一个威斯康星州社区-学术老龄化研究网络(CAARN)，它将增强威斯康星州老龄服务网络和威斯康星大学(UW)进行与老龄相关的临床和传播研究的能力和有效性。这项建议将利用现有的学术网络，建立在威斯康星州大学在老龄研究和研究基础设施方面的相当大的优势；将通过老龄网络涵盖威斯康星州的所有社区；将解决被认为是威斯康星州和全国高度优先考虑的问题；并将利用在威斯康星州老龄网络中众所周知的社区研究助理(CRA)。此外，它还将提供一名健康心理学博士后研究员，帮助临床研究人员设计激励策略，以增加老年人吸收的可能性。最后，它将由一位非常适合执行这项提案的PI领导，因为她已经进行了20多年的社区研究，这些研究由CDC、NIA、AOA和威斯康星州资助。CAARN的基础设施将为社区和学术利益相关者提供1)培训和技术援助，2)联网能力，3)获得研究资源，包括试点资金和与健康心理学博士后研究员的咨询，以及4)互联网基础设施。在第一年，CRA和PI将邀请威斯康星州的老龄化网络和学术研究人员来确定对合作伙伴关系和潜在研究领域的兴趣。CAARN将通过年度会议和季度全州电话会议促进联系。CRA将利用CAARN开发的现有培训材料和新材料，与建立伙伴关系合作，以促进沟通和提供培训。CRA将继续与新建立的伙伴关系协商，以促进沟通，提供获取资源的途径，确定和克服障碍，并将研究小组与健康心理学研究员联系起来。这项建议将创建一个可持续的基础设施，从一年级到三年级，将增加从事老龄研究的社区-学术伙伴关系的数量；增加以社区为基础的临床和传播老龄研究的内外部资助提案的数量；并改善威斯康星州参与社区环境中进行的研究的老年人的健康。CAARN整合到威斯康星大学卓越的研究基础设施和老化网络的集中枢纽中，将确保其在授权期后的成功和可持续性。 公共卫生相关性：这项提议旨在发展一个可持续的社区-学术老龄化研究网络，促进威斯康星大学研究人员和威斯康星州老龄网络之间的伙伴关系，以扩大和加速将老龄化研究转化为社区环境中的实践。