Increasing Aging Research by Social Work Faculty

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的项目旨在提高国家在社会工作中开展高质量老龄化研究的能力，从而提高老年人的健康状况。来自社会工作学士和硕士项目的30名初级和中期职业教师将接受高级培训，目的是提高他们制定积极研究议程的能力，并将老龄化的教学和研究融入他们的课程。我们致力于吸引和留住大量的女性、少数民族和残疾教师。项目目标包括：(1)提高社会工作教师的知识、技能和从事老龄化研究的积极性。(2)为参与者提供与高级研究人员密切互动的机会，并促进他们之间网络关系的发展。(3)提高参与者对NIA可用于进行老龄社会工作研究的认识。(4)增加社会工作学院向国家老龄研究所提交的强有力的拨款申请的数量。该计划将通过与社会工作研究学会、社会工作教育理事会和美国老年学学会的合作联络来推广。项目设计包括一个初始机构、中间年份的持续咨询、年中会议和后续机构。主题包括研究设计，测量和分析（Aloen Townsend），干预评估（Susan Hughes），老年人虐待（Gregory Paveza），护理和残疾（Marsha Seltzer），种族和老龄化（Peggye Dilworth-Anderson），准备拨款申请（Chandra Mehrotra），以及NIA对老龄化研究的支持（NIA工作人员）。将进行系统评价，以监测拟议活动的执行情况，并确定其在实现预期结果方面的有效性。联合主任和参与者将通过会议发言、出版物和网站传播他们在nia支持下开展的活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed program has been designed to increase the national capacity for conducting high quality aging research in social work, thereby enhancing the health status of older adults. Thirty junior and mid-career faculty from bachelor's and master's programs in social work will receive advanced training with the goal of enhancing their ability to develop an active research agenda and integrating teaching and research on aging in their curriculum. We are committed to attracting and retaining a critical mass of women, minorities, and disabled faculty members. Program objectives include: (1) to increase social work faculty's knowledge, skills, and motivation for pursuing an active program of aging research. (2) To provide participants an opportunity to interact intensively with senior investigators and to promote the development of networking relationships among them. (3) To increase participants' awareness of NIA support available for conducting social work research in aging. (4) To increase the number of strong grant applications that social work faculty submit to the National Institute on Aging. The program will be promoted through a collaborative liaison with the Society for Social Work Research, Council for Social Work Education, and Gerontological Society of America. Program design includes an initial institute, ongoing consultation during the intervening year, a mid-year meeting, and a follow-up institute. Topics include Research Design, Measurement, and Analysis (Aloen Townsend), Evaluation of Interventions (Susan Hughes), Elder Mistreatment (Gregory Paveza), Caregiving and Disabilities (Marsha Seltzer), Ethnicity and Aging (Peggye Dilworth-Anderson), Preparing Grant Applications (Chandra Mehrotra), and NIA Support Available for Aging Research (NIA staff). A systematic evaluation will be conducted to monitor implementation of proposed activities and to determine their effectiveness in achieving the intended outcomes. The co-directors and the participants will disseminate their NIA-supported activities via conference presentations, publications, and Web sites.