Center to Advance Cognitive Health and Healthcare in Older Latinos

加州大学戴维斯分校（UC Davis RCMAR）拉美裔老年人认知健康与保健中心是加州大学戴维斯分校少数族裔老龄化研究的新资源中心。加州大学戴维斯分校RCMAR解决了一个重要的公共卫生问题（认知健康和损伤），在人口统计学上意义重大，历史上服务不足的人口（拉丁美洲人）遭受着令人信服的差异证据。加州大学戴维斯分校RCMAR是加州大学戴维斯分校医学院和贝蒂·艾琳·摩尔护理学院的合作项目。该中心的使命是通过一个整合良好的、跨学科的、跨专业的指导计划，使研究人员多样化，减少与拉丁美洲人的认知健康和医疗保健相关的差异。此外，通过建立一个由社区机构、医疗保健领导者和区域学术机构组成的网络，该中心将促进加州中央山谷拉美裔人的认知健康和医疗保健，他们在健康方面存在巨大差异。中心的四个核心（行政管理、调查员发展、社区联络和分析）将以一种整合和有凝聚力的方式工作，以实现我们的目标。该申请的总体具体目标是：1)通过战略拓展、持续指导和对RCMAR学者的试点资助，提高研究队伍的能力、规模和多样性，促进少数民族老龄化研究的职业发展；2)通过跨学科研究和测量、机制和干预方面的培训，增加对拉美裔老年人认知健康和损伤的了解；3)推进与认知健康和相关医疗保健服务相关的老年拉美裔招募和保留科学；4)通过社区参与、社区导向的研究和向老年拉美裔及其家人和为拉美裔社区服务的提供者传播，改善加州中央山谷拉美裔的健康状况并减少差距。拟议的RCMAR将受益于加州大学戴维斯分校的重要资源，包括美国国立卫生研究院资助的临床转化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.