Alzheimer's & Dementia Outreach, Recruitment & Engagement Resources
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- This article examines how race and ethnic background impacts sources of recruitment and eligibility for an Alzheimer’s preclinical trial.
- In this study, researchers examined the perspectives of Asian American and Pacific Islanders regarding their participation in a research recruitment registry.
- The CARE registry is addressing the gap and disparities in research participation among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and encourages participating in research.
- These resources, posted by the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, include FAQs and guidance for older adults, social distancing compliant activities, tips for dementia caregivers, and services to help access food, incontinence supplies, and pharmacy needs.
- This 12-minute video, entitled "GAPS," addresses the challenges presented by Alzheimer’s disease in Asian American communities.
- In this study, researchers evaluated the perceived success of recruitment and retention protocols for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Filipino adult populations. Focus groups and questionnaires were used to identify themes related to facilitators and deterrents to participation in clinical trials in these populations. Responses to animated videos and vignettes with actors regarding clinical research participation were analyzed. Researchers found that successful recruitment and retention...
- A two-sided informational card that provides seven frequently asked questions about brain donation and a testimonial from a Chinese-American study partner.
- In this paper, the authors reviewed 44 articles published from January 2000 to December 2011 to identify the experienced or perceived barriers and facilitators to health research participation for major U.S. racial/ethnic minority populations. Shared barriers to participation included mistrust and lack of access to information. Despite different expressions of mistrust, all groups represented in these studies were willing to participate for altruistic reasons embedded in cultural and community...
- An annual event billed as “the largest Chinese dementia-specific educational conference in the nation” and conducted in Chinese (Mandarin) is targeted to concerned community members, healthcare professionals, and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. The forum is cosponsored by the University of California Memory and Aging Center and other organizations. At the 2017 event, held on a Saturday afternoon in the Intel Auditorium in Santa Clara, CA, experts provided updates...
- The Chinese Outreach Program at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center is targeted to the Chinese-American community in the Bay Area in order to improve knowledge about dementia in the community and to promote enrollment of Chinese Americans into studies conducted by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. The center maintains a 14-page document on its internal wiki called MACipedia that outlines Chinese outreach initiatives and procedures. The center has also produced a two-page flyer for use at...