Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging - Joining Population Science and Health Promotion (CHECA)

项目摘要/摘要我们建议建立一个与阿尔茨海默氏症相关的少数民族老龄化资源中心 伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)的研究(AD/ADRD RCMAR)称为 认知老化“(Checa)。Checa将支持开发新的以股权为重点的ADRD研究，网址为 通过建立行为和社会研究基础设施(目标1)，使AD/ADRD研究多样化 通过对职业生涯早期科学家的指导和培训(目标2)和支持试验性研究来培养劳动力 (目标3)。Checa支持的这项研究将涉及三个互补的主题：(1)推进我们的 理解ADRD不平等的环境、社会文化和行为因素；(2)发展 和测试促进健康的资源(例如，体力活动或压力应对干预措施；来自 家庭、社区或医疗保健系统；信息和技术)适合成年人的需求 AD/ADRD及其护理伙伴的老龄化或面临风险；以及(3)交叉受精人口科学和 健康促进方法，以创新我们对结构、社会和行为驱动因素的理解 为了最大限度地发挥我们的干预效果，ADRD的不平等。在其所有工作中，Checa致力于 不同的视角、组内的变化以及跨越重叠身份的交叉性透镜(例如， 种族、民族、性别和性认同、阶级、残疾)。领导和行政核心(LAC)将 提供科学和智力的领导、战略指导和行政监督，以生产 切卡核心区的协同效应。研究教育部分(REC)将提供一个指导计划 为支持RCMAR科学家的长期职业生涯，将实施试点资助计划(征集、 审查和选择试点研究以供资助)，并将为车臣科学家提供工具和培训 与切卡主题相关。分析核心(ANC)将通过以下方式支持科学家的试点项目 统计/方法咨询和指导，同时也丰富了Checa的方法 所有与车卡有关的学者和教职员工均可使用基础设施。社区联络 招聘核心(CLRC)将为Checa科学家及其导师提供培训机会和 用于开展社区参与研究的资源，并将促进两国之间的双向合作 切卡和社区合作伙伴。建立Checa将使越来越多样化的学者干部在 UIC将在我们对当地年龄较大、代表性较低的少数族裔人口进行研究的良好记录的基础上再接再厉 以及全国范围内。作为联邦指定的少数民族服务机构，亚裔美国人和土著美国人 太平洋岛民服务机构和西班牙裔服务机构，UIC为新的 AD/ADRD RCMAR，专注于加入人口科学和健康促进研究，以更好地 了解并解决与ADRD相关的卫生不平等问题。

Project Summary/Abstract We propose an Alzheimer's-related Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD/ADRD RCMAR) at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) called the “Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging” (CHECA). CHECA will support the development of new equity-focused ADRD research at UIC by building behavioral and social research infrastructure (Aim 1), diversifying the AD/ADRD research workforce through mentorship and training for early-career Scientists (Aim 2), and supporting pilot research (Aim 3). The research supported by CHECA will address 3 complementary themes: (1) advancing our understanding of environmental, sociocultural, and behavioral contributors of ADRD inequities; (2) developing and testing health-promoting resources (e.g., physical activity or stress-coping interventions; support from families, communities, or healthcare systems; information and technologies) appropriate for the needs of adults aging with or at risk for AD/ADRD and their care partners; and (3) cross-fertilizing population science and health promotion approaches to innovate our understanding of structural, social, and behavioral drivers of ADRD inequities and to maximize our intervention effects. In all of its work, CHECA is committed to centering diverse perspectives, intra-group variations, and an intersectionality lens across overlapping identities (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender and sexual identity, class, disability). The Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC) will provide scientific and intellectual leadership, strategic direction, and administrative oversight to produce synergy across CHECA cores. The Research Education Component (REC) will provide a mentoring program for RCMAR Scientists to support their long-term careers, will implement the pilot funding program (solicitation, review, and selection of pilot studies for funding), and will empower CHECA Scientists with tools and training relevant to the CHECA themes. The Analysis Core (AnC) will support Scientists' pilot projects through statistical/methodological consultation and mentoring while also enriching CHECA's methodological infrastructure accessible to all CHECA-affiliated scholars and faculty members. The Community Liaison Recruitment Core (CLRC) will provide CHECA Scientists and their mentors with training opportunities and resources for conducting community-engaged research, and will facilitate bi-directional collaborations between CHECA and community partners. Establishing CHECA will enable an increasingly diverse cadre of scholars at UIC to build on our strong track record of research with older underrepresented minority populations locally and nationally. As a federally designated Minority-Service Institution, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, and Hispanic-Serving Institution, UIC provides a fertile ground for a new AD/ADRD RCMAR that focuses on joining population science and health promotion research to better understand and address ADRD-related health inequities.