The Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学洛杉矶分校/德鲁少数族裔长老健康改善中心(CHME)建议继续一项最初于2002年秋季资助的研究和指导计划，该计划将通过培训和指导少数族裔教员，帮助减少影响非裔美国人和拉丁裔长老的健康差距，这些少数族裔教员将通过对少数族裔长老进行研究来促进他们的职业生涯。为了实现这一目标，CHINE有5个总体的具体目标：1)通过当地社区内的参与性研究，发展改善少数族裔老年人健康所需的研究基础设施；2)协助试点调查人员开发和/或评估流行病学、行为或社会测量工具，用于不同文化背景的老年人，包括英语水平有限和健康素养低的人群；3)支持使用NIA资助的和其他数据集的试点研究，以研究导致少数族裔老年人健康差距的社会、行为、医疗、经济和环境因素；4)以加州大学洛杉矶分校和德鲁大学在招募、保留和促进少数群体研究人员方面的长期记录为基础，通过指导和支持他们的努力，对少数群体老年人的健康进行研究，并参与旨在改善健康的社区合作；5)扩大和稳定与社区的现有和新的伙伴关系，以扩大参与研究的非裔美国人和拉丁裔长老的人才库，并从在CHINE赞助下进行的研究和其他资助的研究中受益。CHINE建议通过在行政核心(AC)、调查员发展核心(IDC)、测量核心(MC)和协调中心(CC)中组织的结构化活动来实现这些目标。行政和调查员发展核心将选择试点研究，组织试点调查人员的指导，教授教员如何进行社区参与性研究，并开展必要的社区合作以招募参与者；测量核心将为试点调查人员提供方法学支持和培训；协调中心将完成为国家协调中心概述的所有具体目标和任务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): UCLA/Drew Center for Health Improvement for Minority Elders (CHIME) proposes continuation of a research and mentoring program initially funded in Fall 2002, that will contribute to the reduction in health disparities affecting African American and Latino Elders by training and mentorship of minority faculty who will advance their careers by conducting research on minority elders. To accomplish this goal, CHIME has 5 over-arching specific aims: 1) to develop the research infrastructure needed to improve the health of minority elders through participatory research within local communities; 2) to assist pilot investigators to develop and/or evaluate epidemiological, behavioral, or social measurement tools for use in culturally diverse elderly populations, including populations with limited English proficiency and low health literacy; 3) to support pilot studies that use NIA funded and other datasets to study the social, behavioral, medical, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to health disparities for minority elders; 4) to build on UCLA's and Drew's longstanding track record for the recruitment, retention, and promotion of minority researchers through mentorship and support of their efforts to conduct research on the health of minority elders and to participate in community collaborations designed to improve health; 5) to broaden and stabilize both existing and new partnerships with communities to expand the pool of African American and Latino elders who are participants in research and the beneficiaries of the findings from both the research conducted under the auspices of CHIME and other funded research. CHIME proposes to address these aims through structured activities that are organized in an Administration Core (AC), an Investigator Development Core (IDC), a Measurement Core (MC), and a Coordinating Center (CC). The Administrative and Investigator Development Cores will select pilot studies, organize the mentorship of pilot investigators, teach faculty mentees how to conduct community participatory research, and develop the needed community collaborations to recruit participants; the Measurement Core will provide methodological support and training for pilot investigators; the Coordinating Center will complete all specific aims and tasks outlined for the National Coordinating Center.