COMMUNITY LIAISON CORE

尽管老年非裔美国人和其他老年少数群体的健康状况有所改善，但差距仍然很大。为了解决少数群体中的健康差距，美国卫生与公众服务部通过其2010年健康人倡议呼吁制定创新战略，以增加少数群体参与健康促进和降低风险活动以及与健康相关的研究。消除健康差距的动力导致了更大的努力，目的是招募和留住老年人和少数群体参加与健康有关的研究和促进健康/降低风险的活动。老年少数群体缺乏对促进健康和减少风险活动的参与，可能会直接影响他们的健康状况。老年少数群体在与健康有关的研究中代表性不足，不仅限制了与改善老年少数群体健康状况有关的科学知识，而且还将他们排除在参与研究可能获得的好处之外。为努力扩大可能有助于改善老年少数群体健康状况的科学知识，妇女和儿童权利委员会将发展和维持一个社区联络核心，旨在增加老年少数群体对与健康有关的研究以及促进健康和减少风险活动的参与。提议的增加老年少数群体参与心理社会、临床和流行病学研究以及促进健康和减少风险活动的模式将是在老年少数群体、与健康有关的社区组织和当地大学之间发展合作伙伴关系。在本提案中，CL被定义为研究人员、卫生保健提供者、卫生保健组织和老年少数群体共同努力，设计、实施和管理基于行动的计划，以增加老年人 少数群体参与与健康有关的研究、促进健康和减少风险活动。

Despite improvements in the health status of older African Americans and other older minorities, significant disparities remain. To address the healthy disparities in minority populations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through its Healthy People 2010 initiative has called for the development of innovative strategies for increasing minorities' participation in health promotion and risk reduction activities as well as in health-related research. The impetus to eliminate health disparities has resulted in greater efforts targeted to the recruitment and retention of older persons and minorities into health-related research and health promotion/risk reduction activities. The lack of participation of older minorities in health promotion and risk reduction activities may directly influence their health status. The under representation of older minorities in health-related research not only limits scientific knowledge related to improving the health status of older minorities, but also excludes them from benefits that may be derived from participating in research. In an effort to expand scientific knowledge which may lead to improvements in the health status of older minorities, the MCUAAAR will develop and maintain a collaborative community liaison core (CL) designed to increase the participation of older minorities in health-related research and health promotion and risk reduction activities. The model proposed for increasing the participation of older minorities in psychosocial, clinical and epidemiologic research as well as health promotion and risk reduction activities will be to develop a collaborative partnership between older minorities, health-related community-based organizations and local universities. For the purpose of this proposal, the CL is defined as researchers, health care providers, health care organizations, and older minorities working together to design, implement and manage an action-based plan for increasing older minorities' participation in health-related research, health promotion and risk reduction activities.