Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC)

描述(由申请人提供)多元化社区老龄化中心(CADC)有三个研究主题：1)了解差异的多层面决定因素；2)通过二级数据分析评估减少少数族裔老年人公共服务的政策的影响；3)将循证干预措施转化为预防/管理慢性病和减轻少数族裔社区压力环境的影响。行政核心将协调CADC的所有职能，选择试点研究以供资助，主持咨询委员会会议，分配更新网站的工作，并保持与加州大学旧金山分校同事的合作。调查员发展核心将通过征求建议书和审查的过程，每年资助3-5名学者。CADC教师将正式指导受资助的学者完成他们的研究，发表一篇论文，向NIA/NIH提交教师发展或独立研究补助金，并在其学术单位建立。CADC教师的多学科性质为学者提供了临床、流行病学、行为和社会科学的各种内容导师，包括神经科学家和健康经济学家。我们将推广使用次级数据集，以确定差异的多层次决定因素，并使用中断的时间序列方法评估政策变化的影响。我们还将鼓励学者开发试点干预措施，以减少健康差距。社区联络核心将支持为资助项目招募研究参与者，促进招募科学，并向目标社区传播研究成果。分析核心将与学者密切合作，在少数群体老龄化的专门方法方面提供技术援助，开发衡量项目以确定差异的决定因素，并为试点社区干预措施提供指导。总而言之，CADC将继续促进不同种族调查人员的发展，他们将在加州大学旧金山分校和加利福尼亚州北部与老年少数群体进行研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC) has three research themes: 1) understanding multilevel determinants of disparities, 2) evaluating through secondary data analysis the effects of policies that reduce public services among minority older adults, and 3) translating evidence-based interventions to prevent/manage chronic conditions and mitigate the effects of stressful environments in minority communities. The Administrative Core will coordinate all CADC functions, select pilot studies for funding, host Advisory Board meetings, allocate effort to update the web site, and sustain collaborations with UCSF colleagues. The Investigator Development Core will fund 3-5 scholars every year through the process of Request for Proposals and review. CADC faculty will formally mentor funded scholars to completion of their research, publication of a paper, submission of a faculty development or independent research grant to NIA/NIH, and becoming established in their academic units. The multidisciplinary nature of CADC faculty provide scholars with a variety of content mentors in the clinical, epidemiological, behavioral, and social sciences, including a neuroscientist and health economist. We will promote use of secondary datasets to identify multi-level determinants of disparities and evaluate the impact of policy changes using interrupted time-series methods. We will also encourage scholars to develop pilot interventions to reduce health disparities. The Community Liaison Core will support recruitment of research participants for funded projects, advance the science of recruitment and disseminate research findings to the target communities. The Analysis Core will work closely with scholars to provide technical assistance in specialized methods in minority aging, develop measurement projects to identify determinants of disparities, and provide guidance to pilot test community-based interventions. In sum, CADC will continue to foster development of ethnically diverse investigators who will conduct research with older minority persons at UCSF and in Northern California.