EDUCATION AND INFORMATION CORE

教育核心将继续成为阿尔茨海默病和相关障碍(AD)跨学科研究的共享资源。ED核心通过与临床核心的密切合作，寻求通过招募参与者，特别是代表性不足的群体，参与AD研究；通过对公众和医疗保健提供者进行关于AD诊断、治疗和研究的教育；以及通过建立项目和合作伙伴关系，帮助发展跨多个学科的AD研究和临床技能，来推进ADRC的目标。与阿尔茨海默氏症协会佐治亚州分会(AAGC)合作，并在拟议的项目中建立新的合作伙伴关系，ED核心将继续向包括患者、护理人员、医护人员和公众在内的各种目标受众提供有关AD研究和治疗的最新和全面的信息。我们的教育工作将特别重视与轻度认知障碍和早期诊断有关的问题，以及接触和改善向少数群体和代表性不足人群提供的护理。该核心中心将追求三个目标：1)加强结构和结构联系，以利用资源提供教育和信息，并促进招聘；2)向患者及其家属、保健提供者和研究人员提供教育和信息；3)加强和扩大跨学科联系，以制定教育和招聘的创新战略。将继续实施当前项目的成功战略(与发展与和解委员会的其他核心合作；与社区组织结成伙伴关系进行教育规划和方案编制；对保健专业人员进行广泛教育；为非裔美国人社区提供教育和招聘方面的创新战略)。将推出几项创新，包括增加至少两个社区伙伴关系，与阿尔茨海默氏症协会目前的伙伴关系相媲美；使用社交网络战略扩大传播范围；以及与通常不涉及AD研究的学术单位(如社会学、神学)发展合作关系，以制定创新的教育计划。

The Education Core will continue to be a shared resource for interdisciplinary research in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (AD). Working in close collaboration with the Clinical Core, the Ed Core seeks to advance the goals ofthe ADRC through recruitment of participants, especially of under-represented groups, into AD research; through education of the public and health care providers about AD diagnosis, treatment, and research; and through establishment of programs and partnerships that aid in developing AD research and clinical skills across many disciplines. In collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter (AAGC) and with new partnerships to be developed in the proposed project, the Ed Core will continue to provide current and comprehensive information about AD research and treatment to a variety of target audiences including patients, caregivers, healthcare personnel, and the public. Special emphasis in our educational efforts will be placed on issues related to Mild Cognitive Impairment and early diagnosis and to reaching out and improving care provided to minority and underrepresented populations. The Core will pursue three aims: 1) strengthen structure and structural linkages to leverage resources to provide education and information and to foster recruitment; 2) provide education and information to patients and families, health care providers, and researchers; 3) strengthen and expand interdisciplinary linkages to develop innovative strategies for education and recruitment. Successful strategies from the current project will be continued (collaboration with other ADRC cores; partnering with community organizations for educational planning and programming; extensive education to health care professionals; innovative strategies for reaching the African American community for education and recruitment). Several innovations will be introduced, including the addition of at least two community partnerships comparable to that currently in place with the Alzheimer's Association; use of social networking strategies to extend dissemination reach; and development of collaborative relationships with academic units not typically involved in AD research (e.g., sociology, theology) to develop innovative education programs.