CORE--MEASUREMENT FACILITY

种族比较范式，这一直是主要的焦点， 对非裔美国老年人的研究，认为 白人作为比较非裔美国人的标准。 另一方面，测量核心中采用的视角， 是基于黑白比较是最好的假设 从跨文化的角度来看，不假设 一个族群应该模仿另一个族群测量问题 非裔美国人老龄化中的社会老年学值得更多 关注因此，测量核心的目的是作为 为其他部门的科学家提供了一个协调中心和催化剂 的中心。具体而言，测量核心负责 确保中心的其他组成部分考虑并解决 该中心试点项目中使用的仪器的文化敏感性 问题研究Measurement Core还将激发 并与非洲研究人员讨论更广泛的文化问题 美国样品此外，测量核心将提供 向初级调查人员提供建议和建设性批评， 规划他们的研究;协助两个试点项目的设计， 收集小型数据， 文化对测量结构的影响; 并组织一次研讨会， 与文化敏感性有关的方法和概念问题， 跨文化技术和质量和 定量方法该中心的这一组成部分包含一个 同事们的集合（邻居们，阿奎克斯，秋山，安东努奇）， 对文化发展的相关问题非常熟悉， 非裔美国人的敏感措施。这些 研究人员将利用他们的专业知识，以解决跨问题， 非裔美国老年人样本的文化测量。他们将 在材料和方法的开发方面提供咨询 设计和实施健康促进所必需的 这些材料将为黑人提供重要的健康信息， 老人这个小组已经成功地制定了一套程序 可以用来收集和识别情感的描述 可以被视为文化基础的状态和行为 项目、措施和材料。

The race comparative paradigm, which has been the dominant focus of research on the African American elderly, views the behavior of whites as the standard against which to compare African Americans. The perspective employed in the Measurement Core, on the other hand, is based on the assumption that black-white comparisons are best approached from a cross-cultural perspective that does not assume that one ethnic group should mimic the other. Measurement problems of social gerontology within African American aging deserves more attention. Thus, the purpose of the Measurement Core is to serve as a focal point and catalyst for scientists working in other sections of the Center. Specifically, the Measurement Core is responsible for ensuring that other components of the Center consider and address the cultural sensitivity of instruments used in the Center's pilot studies. The Measurement Core will also stimulate the exploration and discussion of broader cultural issues in research with African American samples. Additionally, the Measurement Core will offer advice and constructive criticism to junior investigators as they plan their studies; assist the two pilot projects in the design and implementation of small data collections designed to explore cultural influences on the measurement of the constructs addressed; and organize a seminar for the purpose of discussing methodological approaches and conceptual issues relevant to cultural sensitivity, cross-cultural techniques and the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. This component of the center contains a collection of colleagues (Neighbors, Jacox, Akiyama, Antonucci) who are well versed in issues relevant to the development of culturally sensitive measures in African American populations. These researchers will use their expertise to address issues of cross- cultural measurement in African American elderly samples. They will provide consultation in the development of materials and methods necessary for design and implementation of health promotion materials that will deliver crucial health information to the black elderly. This group has successfully developed a set of procedures that can be used to collect and identify descriptions of feeling states and behaviors that can be viewed as culturally-grounded items, measures and materials.