RESOURCE CENTERS FOR MINORITY AGING RESEARCH
Mission Statement
In 1997, the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
established the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)
initiative as part of the effort to reduce health disparities between
minority and non-minority older adults. The RCMAR mission is to decrease
these disparities by:
- Increasing the number of researchers who focus on the health of minority elders.
- Enhancing the diversity in the professional workforce by mentoring
minority academic researchers for careers in minority elders health research.
- Improving recruitment and retention methods used to enlist minority
elders in studies so that research can accurately identify and work
toward solutions to health disparities.
- Creating culturally sensitive health measures that assess the health
status of minority elders with greater precision, and increase the
effectiveness of interventions designed to improve their health and well-being.
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