Increasing Aging Research by Social Work Faculty

说明(由申请人提供)：所要求的竞争性补充资料将有助于扩大从事老龄化研究的社会工作教员队伍。拟议的资金将允许社会工作学士和硕士课程的15名初级和职业生涯中期教员在2006年7月的暑期学院接受高级培训，目的是增强他们制定积极研究议程的能力，并将老龄问题的教学和研究纳入其课程。所有后续活动(正在进行的磋商、年中会议和后续机构)都将得到另一个资金来源的支持。整个项目的具体目标包括：(1)增加社会工作教师的知识、技能和动力，以追求积极的老龄研究计划。(2)为参与者提供与高级调查人员深入互动的机会，并促进他们之间发展网络关系。(3)提高参与者对NIA可用于开展老龄化研究的支持的认识。(4)增加参与者向国家老龄研究所提交的强有力的赠款申请数量。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会的合作联系来促进。到目前为止，40%的参与者来自不同的民族和种族背景或有残疾；我们仍然致力于吸引和留住相当数量的女性、少数族裔和残疾教职员工。研究所的主题包括：研究设计、测量和分析(Aloen Townsend)、干预措施评估(Susan Hughes)、护理与残疾(Marsha Seltzer)、种族与老龄化(Keith Whitfield)、准备补助金申请(Chandra Mehrotra)以及为老龄研究提供的NIA支持(NIA工作人员)。将进行计划评估，以监测拟议活动的实施情况，并确定其在实现预期结果方面的有效性。联席主任和与会者将通过会议报告、出版物和网站宣传他们由NIA支持的活动。将特别注意与与老年人及其家人一起工作的卫生和社会服务专业人员分享研究结果及其影响。这反过来将提高老年人的健康状况，特别是那些来自过去未得到充分服务的人群的健康状况。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The requested competing supplement will help expand the pool of social work faculty engaged in aging research. The proposed funding will allow a new cohort of fifteen junior and mid-career faculty from bachelor's and master's programs in social work to receive advanced training at a July 2006 summer institute, with the goal of enhancing their ability to develop an active research agenda and integrating teaching and research on aging in their curriculum. All follow-up activities (ongoing consultation, mid-year meeting, and follow-up institute) will be supported by another funding source. Specific aims of the overall project 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 research in aging. (4) To increase the number of strong grant applications participants 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. To date forty percent of participants have been from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds or have had disabilities; we remain committed to attracting and retaining a critical mass of women, minorities, and disabled faculty members. Institute topics include: Research Design, Measurement, and Analysis (Aloen Townsend), Evaluation of Interventions (Susan Hughes), Caregiving and Disabilities (Marsha Seltzer), Ethnicity and Aging (Keith Whitfield), Preparing Grant Applications (Chandra Mehrotra), and NIA Support Available for Aging Research (NIA staff). Program 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. Special attention will be given to sharing research findings and their implications with health and social service professionals who work with older adults and their families. This, in turn, will enhance the health status of older adults, especially those from populations underserved in the past.