Center to Advance Cognitive Health and Healthcare in Older Latinos

美国加州大学戴维斯分校(UC Davis RCMAR)是一个新的少数族裔老龄化研究资源中心(UC Davis RCMAR)。加州大学戴维斯分校RCMAR解决了一个重要的公共卫生问题(认知健康和损害)，这个问题存在于人口统计学意义重大、历史上服务不足的人群(拉丁裔)，他们遭受着令人信服的差异证据。加州大学戴维斯分校RCMAR代表了加州大学戴维斯分校医学院和贝蒂·艾琳·摩尔护理学院之间的合作。该中心的使命是通过一个整合良好的、跨学科和跨专业的指导计划来减少拉美裔在认知健康和医疗保健方面的差距，该计划将使研究人员多样化。此外，通过创建一个由社区机构、医疗保健领导人和地区学术机构组成的网络，该中心将促进加州中央山谷遭受巨大健康差距的拉美裔人的认知健康和医疗保健。该中心的四个核心(行政、调查人员发展、社区联络和分析)将以综合和凝聚力的方式工作，以实现我们的目标。该应用程序的总体具体目标是：1)通过战略拓展、持续指导和向RCMAR学者提供试点赠款，提高研究队伍的能力、规模和多样性，促进少数族裔老龄化研究的事业；2)通过测量、机制和干预方面的跨学科研究和培训，增加对拉美裔老年人的认知健康和损害方面的知识；3)促进招募和留住与认知健康和相关医疗服务相关的拉美裔老年人的科学；以及4)通过社区参与、以社区为导向的研究，并向拉美裔老年人及其家人和服务拉美裔社区的提供者传播，改善加州中央山谷拉美裔人的健康状况，减少差异。拟议的RCMAR将受益于加州大学戴维斯分校的大量资源，包括NIH资助的临床翻译科学中心和阿尔茨海默病中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Center to Advance Cognitive Health and Healthcare in Older Latinos is a new Resource Center for Minority Aging Research at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis RCMAR). The UC Davis RCMAR addresses an important public health problem (cognitive health and impairment) in a demographically significant and historically under-served population (Latinos) that suffers from compelling evidence of disparities. The UC Davis RCMAR represents collaboration between the UC Davis School of Medicine and Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. The Center's mission is to reduce disparities related to cognitive health and healthcare in Latinos through a well-integrated, interdisciplinary, and inter-professional mentoring program that will diversity the research workforce. In addition, through the creation of a network of community agencies, healthcare leaders and regional academic institution, the Center will advance cognitive health and healthcare for Latinos in California's Central Valley who suffer dramatic health disparities. The Center's four Cores (Administrative, Investigator Development, Community Liaison, and Analysis) will work in an integrated and cohesive fashion to accomplish our aims. The overall specific aims of the application are to 1) enhance the capacity, size, and diversity of the research workforce and promote careers in minority aging research by strategic outreach, sustained mentoring, and pilot grants to RCMAR Scholars, 2) increase knowledge in cognitive health and impairment for older Latinos through interdisciplinary research and training in measurement, mechanisms, and interventions, 3) advance the science of recruitment and retention of older Latinos related to cognitive health and related healthcare services, and 4) improve health and reduce disparities for Latinos in California's central valley through community engagement, community-oriented research, and dissemination to older Latinos and their families and providers serving Latino communities. The proposed RCMAR will benefit from significant resources at UC Davis, including an NIH-funded Clinical Translational Science Center and Alzheimer's Disease Center.