EDUCATION AND INFORMATION CORE

阿尔茨海默病(AD)的迅速流行和对公共健康的破坏性影响要求相应增加与AD相关的研究和教育。教育和信息核心的主要目标是促进招募和保留受试者参加研究方案和临床试验，重点是少数民族和农村人口；并开发和维持创新方案，向专业人员提供与阿尔茨海默病和其他痴呆症有关的临床和研究技能。该提案概述了一套详细的综合外展和教育活动，旨在满足我们的总体目标，同时回应匹兹堡大学ADRC周围当地社区的教育和外展需求。将对该核心的活动进行系统评估，以衡量其对每项活动的直接结果的影响，以及它们对核心总体目标的贡献。这个核心的主要特征包括致力于在我们感兴趣的社区内进行持续的需求评估，以及持续的质量改进方法 提高我们评估过程的严格性。

The burgeoning prevalence and devastating public health implications of Alzheimer's disease (AD) demand a concomitant increase in AD-related research and education. The primary objectives of the Education and Information Core are to facilitate the recruitment and retention of subjects into research protocols and clinical trials, emphasizing ethnic minority and rural populations; and to develop and maintain innovative programs that provide professional staff with clinical and research skills related to AD and other dementias. This proposal outlines a detailed set of integrated outreach and educational activities designed to meet our overarching objectives while responding to the education and outreach needs of the local communities surrounding the University of Pittsburgh ADRC. The activities of this Core will be systematically evaluated to measure their effects on immediate outcomes specific to each activity, as well as their contribution to the Core's overarching objectives. Key features of this Core include a commitment to ongoing needs assessment within our community of interest, and a quality improvement approach to continually increasing the rigor of our evaluation processes.