Community Liaison and Recruitment Core

项目摘要/摘要 深南RCMAR社区联络和招募核心(CLRC)的主要目标是 1)教育、培训和指导科学家以社区参与的理论为基础的方法来吸引老年人 黑人/非裔美国人(B/AA)参与与健康相关的干预研究，2)协助RCMAR科学家 招募较老的AA进行研究，以及3)建立可持续的基础设施，以产生和 传播有关招聘和留用科学的新知识。我们的招聘方式 而留存则利用了一项研究，这些研究解决了文化在促进老年人健康方面的作用。 由于更多的种族主义制度政策，年轻的和年长的AA之间存在队列差异 以及少数族裔长老所经历的歧视。因此，对于健康信息，较年长的美国律师依赖于 在更大程度上，对他们的少数民族隔离社区、他们的文化价值观和他们的亲属制度。在……里面 除了家庭和扩大的亲属关系网络外，年长的AA还高度重视他们的宗教信仰和 练习。正因为如此，招聘和留住工作应该反映出这种丰富的文化结构和 采用以理论为基础并与文化相关的社区参与战略。 在此应用程序中，我们构建在我们现有的基于社区的基础设施之上，这些基础设施已经培育了社区 积极参与临床研究的能力，并已成为增加 老年AA在健康相关干预研究中的应用。通过CLRC的活动，我们期望 RCMAR的科学家将继续使用基于证据的招聘和保留工具 城乡老年协会，并实现老年协会的更多参与，更大的社区“买入”到 研究项目，以及更明确的传播途径和干预可持续性。我们的CLRC已经 通过直接针对个人的广泛努力，成功地让农村和城市社区参与进来，例如 以及以社区为基础的团体和变革推动者等组织渠道。我们设想 继续开展互利合作，为CLRC和RCMAR科学家创造机会 就潜在研究问题的发展征求社区意见，并为社区成员提供 享受增强的访问国家的最先进的临床研究重点是较老的腹主动脉。 为了实现这些更广泛的目标，我们为社区联络和社区合作提出以下具体目标 深南RCMAR的招聘核心： 1.与研究教育组件(REC)协作，以进行教育、培训和指导 RCMAR科学家关于社区参与和协助的理论和方法 RCMAR科学家招募年长的AA参与他们的研究 2.在招募和保留城市和农村较老的高级行政人员方面掌握先进的科学知识 经验性地测试与社区合作制定的招聘和留住战略 委员 3.通过举办健康教育研讨会，扩大社区-学术伙伴关系的能力 以及为社区合作伙伴提供与赠款相关的教育。许多社区合作伙伴对 获得小额资金，以支持他们的社区相关项目。 4.向科学界和我们所服务的社区传播研究成果。

Project Summary/Abstract The primary objectives of the Deep South RCMAR Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC) are to 1) educate, train, and mentor Scientists in community-engaged theory-based approaches to engaging older Black/African Americans (B/AAs) in health-related intervention research, 2) assist RCMAR Scientists in recruiting older AAs into their research studies, and 3) build a sustainable infrastructure that will generate and disseminate new knowledge regarding the science of recruitment and retention. Our approach to recruitment and retention draws upon research that addresses the role of culture in promoting health among older AAs. There are cohort differences between younger and older AAs because of greater institutional policies of racism and discrimination experienced by minority elders. Consequently, for health information, older AAs rely, to a greater extent, on their minority segregated communities, their cultural values, and their kinship systems. In addition to family and extended kinship networks, older AAs place high value on their religious beliefs and practices. Because of this, recruitment and retention endeavors should reflect this rich cultural fabric and employ community engagement strategies that are theory-based and culturally relevant. In this application, we build upon our existing community-based infrastructure that has fostered community capacity for active engagement in clinical research and has served as a catalyst to increase participation of older AAs in health-related intervention research studies. Through the activities of the CLRC, we expect that RCMAR Scientists will continue to have access to evidence-based recruitment and retention tools for both urban and rural older AAs, and realize enhanced participation of older AAs, greater community “buy-in” to research projects, and clearer routes of dissemination and intervention sustainability. Our CLRC has successfully engaged rural and urban communities via broad-based efforts aimed directly at individuals, as well as organizational conduits such as community-based groups and agents of change. We envision continued mutually beneficial engagement fostering opportunities both for the CLRC and RCMAR Scientists to solicit community input on the development of potential research questions and for community members to enjoy enhanced access to state-of-the-art clinical research focused on older AAs. To accomplish these broader goals, we propose the following specific aims for the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core of the Deep South RCMAR: 1. Work collaboratively with the Research Education Component (REC) to educate, train, and mentor RCMAR Scientists regarding the theory and approach to community engagement and assist RCMAR Scientists in recruiting older AAs to their research studies 2. Advance scientific knowledge in recruitment and retention of older urban and rural AAs by empirically testing recruitment and retention strategies developed in partnership with community members 3. Expand capacity for community-academic partnerships by providing health education seminars and grant-related education for community partners. Many community partners are interested in securing small funds to support their community-related projects. 4. Disseminate research findings to the scientific community and the communities we serve.