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AD-Related Dementias Focus
Generate an AD/ADRD Health Disparities Task Force that is specifically designed to provide guidance and expertise for community engagement, study design, recruitment and retention into sites to ensure recruitment of diverse populations into newly generated epidemiological studies and clinical trials.
2019 NOT-NS-21-047: Administrative Supplements to Promote Diversity for NINDS Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Awardees 14.M Achieved Generate an AD/ADRD health disparities task force DN 2016 ADRD Summit: Health Disparities (HD) Focus Area 4: Community Partnerships, Recruitment, and Retention, Recommendation 6 Workshop: Health Disparities and Inequities in Neurological Disorders Public Private Partnerships NIA National Strategy for Recruitment and Participation in Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Research NIA Health Disparities Research Framework NIA National Recruitment Strategy Health Disparities Framework
- Establish an AD/ADRD Health Disparities Task Force on community engagement, recruitment, and retention of diverse populations in epidemiological studies and clinical trials.
- Refinement and dissemination of AD/ADRD Health Disparities Task Force developed guidelines for increasing diverse participation in AD/ADRD clinical research.
Summary of Key Accomplishments
The NIA Health Disparities Research Framework showcases priorities and investments in this important aging research area. The Framework outlines four key levels of analysis related to disparities research–environmental, sociocultural, behavioral, and biological—with priority focus areas in each level. This framework complements the NIA National Strategy for Recruitment and Participation in Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Clinical Research.
The key accomplishments summary is current as of July 2022.