CORE--COMMUNITY LIAISON

MCUAAAR建议开发一个基于协作社区的 旨在增加老年非洲人参与的联络核心 美国人在健康促进和疾病预防活动中 与健康相关的研究(即，心理社会临床， 流行病学)。就本提案而言， 以社区为基础的协作联络核心被定义为 研究人员、医疗保健提供者、医疗保健组织和 年长的非裔美国人共同致力于设计、发起 以及管理一个以行动为基础的计划，以增加老年非洲人 美国人参与健康相关研究，促进健康 和疾病预防活动。以社区为基础的协作 联络核心将从以下参与性基础设施开始 (n=50)年长的非裔美国顾问，他们反映了目标 人口。这些顾问将参与 完成社区联络中心的具体目标。 具体来说，这些是：(1)发展合作伙伴关系 可以协助招聘的社区组织 以及将老年非裔美国人留在心理社会、临床 以及由MCUAAAR和其他教职员工赞助的流行病学研究； (2)建设和维护老年非裔美国人的基础设施 谁可以为MCUAAAR活动提供投入，以及 参与心理社会、临床和流行病学研究 由MCUAAAR和其他教职员工发起；以及(3)开发和 向当地机构和调查人员传播信息 在全国范围内关于招募和保留 心理社会、临床和流行病学方面的老年非裔美国人 研究以及促进健康和降低风险的活动。 这些目标的实现将大大有助于 提高有关健康的科学知识的目标 老年非裔美国人的地位及其在卫生方面的参与 促进和降低风险的活动和研究可能 影响他们的健康状况。

The MCUAAAR proposes to develop a collaborative community-based liaison core designed to increase the participation of older African Americans in health promotion and disease prevention activities and health related research (i.e., psychosocial clinical, epidemiological). For the purpose of this proposal the collaborative community-based liaison core is defined as researchers, health care providers, health care organizations, and older African Americans working together on designing, initiating and managing an action-based plan for increasing older African Americans participation in health-related research, health promotion and disease prevention activities. The collaborative community-based liaison core will begin with a participatory infrastructure of (n=50) older African American consultants who mirror the targeted population. These consultants will participate in the accomplishment of the community liaison core's specific aims. Specifically, these are to: (1) Develop a collaborative partnership of community-based organizations that can assist in the recruitment and retention of older African Americans into psychosocial, clinical and epidemiological research sponsored by MCUAAAR and other faculty; (2) Build and maintain an infrastructure of older African Americans who are available to provide input into MCUAAAR activities and for participation in psychosocial, clinical and epidemiologic research sponsored by MCUAAAR and other faculty; and (3) Develop and disseminate information to investigators at local institutions and nationally on techniques for the recruitment into and retention of older African Americans in psychosocial, clinical and epidemiologic research as well as health promotion and risk reduction activities. The accomplishment of these aims will contribute substantially to the goal of improving scientific knowledge regarding the health status of older African Americans and their participation in health promotion and risk reduction activities and research that may influence their health status.