Community Liaison and Recruitment Core

ABSTRACT The Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC) will work together with the other cores of the San Diego Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (SD AD-RCMAR) to train Scientists to understand and employ a community-engaged approach to research targeting multilevel factors to inform interventions addressing inequities in ADRD among Hispanics/Latinos, limited English proficient (LEP), and refugee communities (our priority populations). These priority populations are the focus of the SD AD-RCMAR and the CLRC because of their importance to the local region, the multilevel risks they experience, the disproportionate burden of ADRD they carry, and their lack of representation in population-based ADRD research. To accomplish this goal, the CLRC will a) provide education in community-engaged research best practices as well as coordinate with the REC to ensure all offered training is culturally and linguistically appropriate and incorporates DEIA principles, b) build and strengthen community collaborations and community engagement to facilitate community-driven partnerships with a Community Advisory Board (CAB) and community based organizational (CBO) partners, and c) lead the recruitment and retention efforts for ADRD research within our priority populations by developing and disseminating a first-of-its-kind Community Driven Plan for ADRD Research (CDP-AD) to amplify the community’s voice about their needs for ADRD research.