EDUCATION/INFORMATION TRANSFER CORE

拟议中的埃默里大学阿尔茨海默病研究中心(ADC)将作为一个共享资源，促进和加强阿尔茨海默病(AD)和相关疾病的跨学科研究。Emory ADC在基础和临床研究方面提供了广泛的专业知识，可以探索AD和相关疾病的所有方面。ADC的教育/信息传输核心(Education Core)将向社区、家庭、医疗保健专业人员和学生提供有关AD的教育计划和材料。该中心的主要目标是：1)扩大教育活动的基础设施，通过招募和保留研究参与者，支持与阿尔茨海默病和相关疾病有关的科学研究；2)通过社区教育，提高对轻度认知障碍、早期阿尔茨海默病和相关疾病的认识，强调尸检的重要性，特别是在非裔美国人社区；3)加强跨学科联系和合作研究，通过在所有教育和实践层面共享临床、理论和方法视角和资源，加强和促进对阿尔茨海默病的研究。教育核心将通过多种方式实现这些目标，例如确保教育材料和演示中的文化敏感性；创建社区咨询委员会，指导接触代表性不足的群体；培养ADC工作人员的文化能力；创新招聘活动计划；利用现有的和新的社区和专业合作伙伴，如其他核心和ADC、校园老年病团体、阿尔茨海默氏症协会、地区健康教育中心和亚特兰大地区委员会。教育项目将根据具体的结果进行仔细的评估。

The proposed Emory University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADC) will serve as a shared resource to facilitate and enhance interdisciplinary research in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related disorders. The Emory ADC offers a broad range of expertise in basic and clinical research that will allow exploration of all aspects of AD and related disorders. The Education/Information Transfer Core (Education Core) of the ADC will provide educational programs and materials on AD to the community, families, health care professionals, and students. The major aims of the Core are to 1) Expand the infrastructure for educational activities to support scientific inquiry related to AD disease and related disorders through recruitment and retention of study participants with a special emphasis on under-represented groups; 2) Improve recognition of MCI, early AD and related disorders and emphasize the importance of autopsy through community education for families, caregivers, community lay leaders and health care professionals with a special focus on the African American community; 3) Augment interdisciplinary linkages and collaborative research to enhance and facilitate the study of AD through shared clinical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives and resources at all educational and practice levels . The Education Core will achieve these aims in a number of ways such as insuring cultural sensitivity in educational materials and presentations; creating a Community Advisory Board for guidance in reaching under-represented groups; developing cultural competence among ADC staff; innovative programs for recruitment activities; and using existing and new community and professional partners such as other Cores and ADCs, geriatric groups on campus, the Alzheimer's Association, Area Health Education Centers, and the Atlanta Regional Commission. Educational programs will be carefully evaluated using specific outcomes.