Promoting diverse perspectives: Addressing health disparities related to Alzheimer's and all dementias
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Dementia research lacks appropriate representation of diverse groups who often face substantial adversity and greater risk of dementia. Current research participants are primarily well-resourced, non-Hispanic White, cisgender adults who live close to academic medical centers where much of the research is based. Consequently, the field faces a knowledge gap about Alzheimer's-related risk factors in those other groups. The Alzheimer's Association hosted a virtual conference on June 14-16, 2021, supported in part by the National Institute on Aging (R13 AG072859-01), focused on health disparities. The conference was held entirely online and consisted of 2 days of core programming and a day of focused meetings centered on American Indian and Alaska Natives and on LGBTQIA+ populations. Over 1300 registrants attended discussions focused on the structural and systemic inequities experienced across diverse groups, as well as ways to investigate and address these inequities.
Source: Alzheimer s & Dementia
DOI: 10.1002/alz.13752
Authors: Gladys Maestre, Carl Hill, Percy Griffin, Stephen Hall, William Hu, Jason Flatt, Ganesh Babulal, Roland Thorpe, J. Neil Henderson, Dedra Buchwald, Spero Manson, Ethan Cicero, Andrea Gilmore‐Bykovskyi, Alyssa Gamaldo, Crystal Glover, Lisa Barnes, Amy Kind, Bryan James, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Whitney Wharton, Paulo Caramelli, Sarah Szanton, Rachel Whitmer, Jada Benn Torres, Kacie Deters, Ozioma Okonkwo, Rina Das, Karen Martinez‐Gonzalez, Maria Carrillo
Institutions: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Alzheimer's Association, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Washington University in St. Louis, Johns Hopkins University, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Washington State University, University of Colorado Anschutz, Emory University, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Pennsylvania State University, Rush University Medical Center, Columbia University, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, University of California, Davis, Vanderbilt University, University of California San Diego, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, University of Puerto Rico System
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,000
Awards: G2675915175, G343469054, G3945331328, San Diego Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) Program, G5770031947, Promoting Diverse Perspectives: Addressing Health Disparities Related to Alzheimer's and other Dementias, G7302036219, Rio Grande Valley Alzheimer's Resource Center for Minority Aging Research: Partnerships for Progress
OpenAlex ID: W4392619294