Fifteen years of progress in measurement and methods at the resource centers for minority aging research

摘要

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Health Disparities Strategic Plan (2009-2013) for reducing racial/ethnic health disparities in our aging population includes (a) efforts to explore aging as a web of genetic, biochemical, physiological, economic, social, and psychological factors; (b) provision of resources to promote high-quality research to reduce health disparities; and (c) training of a diverse investigator workforce to conduct aging and health disparities research. The Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) program is a critical mechanism toward achievement of these goals, and was one of the first coordinated efforts to create a research infrastructure toward that end.