Date

Nov 13 2019
Expired!

Time

All Day

2019 GSA Preconference: Strategies for Successful Recruitment and Retention of Minority Elders: An NIA Priority Area

A NIA/Resource Centers on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Workshop on Promoting Innovative Research in Minority Aging
Funded by R13-AG02303 from NIH/National Institute on Aging (NIA)
With supplemental funding from AARP Thought Leadership division
Co-sponsored by: The Minority Issues in Gerontology Committee and the Research on Quality of Care (RESQCARE) Interest Group

In this workshop,

  • Experts in recruiting and retaining Black/African American, Asian, Native, Arab, and Latino elder populations into health research shared strategies for overcoming barriers to recruitment, encouraging retention, and addressed concerns about the collection of biospecimens.
  • Participants learned strategies for Internet-based, in-person, and print-based recruitment and discussed approaches to study design and implementation that maximize retention of minority elder study participants over time, and
  • NIA representatives shared the Institute’s National Strategy of Recruitment, together with recently developed recruitment tools.

Agenda

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

8:00 am – 8:15 am
Welcome/Introductions
Lourdes Guerrero, EdD, MSW, Co-Director, RCMAR National Coordinating Center
Jonathan King, PhD, Program Director, Individual Behavioral Processes Branch
Division of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
8:15 am – 8:30 am Framing the Day and Keynote Introduction
Nina T. Harawa, MPH, PhD, Outgoing Co-Director, RCMAR National Coordinating Center
9:30 am – 10:15 am The HEARD Study: A Qualitative Understanding of Barriers to and Facilitators of Brain Donation among Diverse Older Adults
Speaker: Crystal M. Glover, PhD, Social Psychologist and Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core Leader Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College
10:15 am – 11:15 am Community Perspectives on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Elders
Panelists:

11:15 am – 12:00 pm Healthier Black Elders Center Participant Registry–Partnering with the Community on Aging and Health Research
Speaker: Peter Lichtenberg, PhD, Director Institute of Gerontology and Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR)/RCMAR, University of Michigan | Wayne State University | Michigan State University
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Hosted by AARP
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Recruiting Minority Adults through Electronic Technology
Speaker: Celia Kaplan, DrPH, MERC and CADC Coordinator, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC)/RCMAR, University of California, San Francisco
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Breakout
Small group discussion of plans, challenges, and recruitment gems
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Lessons learned recruiting in Arab and Latino immigrant communities for Alzheimer’s disease research
Speaker: Kristine Ajrouch, PhD, Director, Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD)/RCMAR Wayne State University
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Lessons learned in the recruitment and retention of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
Speaker: Mele Look, Director, Community Engagement, Department of Native Hawaiian Health
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Closing/Evaluations/Action Plans
Nina T. Harawa, MPH, PhD