Great Plains IDeA-CTR-Community Engagement and Outreach Core

社区参与对于任何类型的基于社区的研究都是至关重要的。这是特别的 这在农村社区是正确的，在那里，包括CTR调查人员在内的“局外人”有时会被看到 带着怀疑。我们将协助我们的CTR调查人员如何更好地与社区成员接触 并了解社区关注的问题，并确定优先顺序，这些问题可能会通过CTR项目得到解决。 我们设立了社区参与和外展办公室，让社区成员 访问大平原IDEA-CTR资源。社区咨询委员会将 确定中心服务区域内的健康问题并确定其优先顺序。通过对 社区需求我们的目标是开发CTR研究项目，这些项目受到 社区。这将提高公众对研究的信任，并有助于更多地传播结果 有效地。我们将利用基于互联网的通信和远程医疗技术，并测试 他们有能力有效地为美国老年人提供医疗服务。

Community engagement is critical to community-based research of any type. This is particularly true in rural communities, where “outsiders,” including CTR investigators, are sometimes viewed with suspicion. We will assist our CTR investigators how to better engage community members and understand and prioritize community concerns that might be addressed with CTR projects. We establish the Community Engagement and Outreach Office for community members to access the Great Plains IDeA-CTR resources. The Community Advisory Board (CAB) will identify and prioritize health concerns in the Center's service area. By being responsive to the needs in the community we aim to develop CTR research projects that are highly valued by the community. This will improve public trust in research and help disseminate results more effectively. We will utilize internet-based communication and telehealth technologies, and test their ability to be effectively used for health services in older Americans in particular.