Strategies to Advance the National Research Council's Agenda on Minority Aging

摘要我们代表NIA少数民族老龄化研究资源中心（RCMARs），在RCMARs协调中心（CC）的领导下，为每年的五个系列科学研究会议申请资助。该系列的内容将集中在“推进国家研究委员会少数民族老龄化议程的战略”。每次会议的主要主题和议程议题将从国家研究委员会（NRC）制定的研究议程中选择，“了解晚年健康的种族和民族差异”（2004年）。这个系列会议提供了一个转化的机会，将NRC的18条建议转移到下一步的研究发展中。2008年会议将讨论少数民族研究项目的招募和保留，这是NRC所有建议的交叉问题，也是RCMARs在理解和改进方面做出重要贡献的主题。在NIA最近的一项分析中，我们发现来自RCMAR项目的教师就这些主题发表了78篇期刊文章，并提供了17篇科学报告。2009年会议将讨论少数民族老龄化研究的测量和方法问题。从招募和方法，我们转到2010年的干预发展问题。在2011年的会议上，我们将重点讨论分析技术问题。2012年的会议将集中讨论写作技能的发展，并将讨论宏观（政策）系统和少数民族老龄化研究中个人因素之间的联系。因此，这个五年系列反映了转化研究的关键要素：招聘、方法、干预措施的制定、分析以及出版和为政策提供信息的写作。每次会议都将产生一些重要的成果和产品，包括：每年至少为50名教师提供研究开发培训；每位与会者的技能培养产品；印刷和基于网络的资源材料；视频流节目；每年根据会议提交一份科学出版物。缩小健康状况差距是2010年健康人计划的两个主要目标之一（美国卫生与公众服务部，2000年）。该系列会议促进研究人员的技能、知识和能力，以解决其工作中的健康差异。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract On behalf of the NIA Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMARs), with leadership by the RCMAR Coordinating Center (CC), we request funding for an annual series of five scientific research conferences. The content of the series will focus on "Strategies to Advance the National Research Council's Agenda on Minority Aging". Key themes and agenda topics will be selected for each conference from the research agenda developed by the National Research Council (NRC), "Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life" (2004). This conference series provides a translational opportunity to move the NRC's 18 recommendations into the next steps of research development. The 2008 conference will address minority research project recruitment and retention, a cross cutting issue for all NRC recommendations and a topic that the RCMARs have made important contributions to understanding and improving. In a recent analysis for the NIA, we found that faculty from the RCMAR program had produced 78 journal articles and provided 17 scientific presentations on these topics. The 2009 conference will address measurement and methods issues in minority aging research. From recruitment and methods, we move to the issue of intervention development in 2010. For the 2011 conference we will feature the issue of analytic techniques. The 2012 conference will focus on writing skills development and will address the links between macro (policy) systems and individual factors in minority aging research. Thus the five-year series mirrors the key ingredients in translational research: recruitment, methods, intervention development, analysis, and writing for publication and to inform policy. Each of the conferences will generate a number of significant outcomes and products, including: research development training for a minimum of 50 faculty/year; skill building products by each attendee; print and web- based resource materials; video streaming programs; one scientific publication submission per year based on the conference. Relevance to Public Health The reduction of health status disparities is one of the two major goals for Healthy People 2010 (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2000). This conference series promotes skills, knowledge and abilities of researchers to address health disparities in their work.