Working with Communities to Increase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gerontological Research

Chair(s)

• SC

  Stephanie Chow, MD, MPH

  Icahn School of Medicine
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  New York, New York, United States

Co-Chair(s)

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  Ronica Rooks, PhD, FGSA

  Professor
  Health and Behavioral Sciences
  University of Colorado Denver
  Denver, Colorado, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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  Ashley Taeckens-Seabaugh, MSW

  Research Fellow
  Institute for Human-Animal Connection
  University of Denver
  Denver, Colorado, United States
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  Angela Perone, PhD, JD, MSW, MA

  Assistant Professor
  School of Social Welfare
  University of California - Berkeley
  Berkeley, California, United States
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  Sudha Shreeniwas, PhD

  Professor
  Human Development and Family Studies
  UNC Greensboro
  Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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  Zachary Baker, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Health Policy and Management
  Arizona State University
  Tempe, Arizona, United States

Gerontological researchers are encouraged to include older adults from underrepresented populations in their research and to think broadly about how they conceptualize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in their work. This includes not only research on older adults from minority racial and ethnic communities, but also lesbian/gay/bisexual/trans*/queer+ (LGBTQ+) communities, as well as other cultural, religious, and socioeconomic groups. One of the most successful ways for reaching older adults in these populations is through community-based participatory research (CBPR). CBPR is a partnership approach to research that equitably involves community members, organizational representatives, researchers, and others in all aspects of the research process, with all partners in the process contributing expertise and sharing in the decision-making and ownership. Two papers in this symposium use CBPR to identify and include older adults from minority populations in their studies. A third paper reports on working with a Community Advisory Board to recruit bereaved dementia caregivers for research. The final paper walks us through steps to increase DEI efforts by meticulous research question development and thoughtful determinations regarding literature review terminology, recruitment efforts, data collection, and reporting and dissemination techniques.

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Conducting Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion-Informed Research With Older Adults
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Ashley Taeckens-Seabaugh, MSW – University of Denver
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  LGBTQ+ Older Adults and Community Needs in Metro Detroit: Adapting Methods to Evolving Conditions
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Angela Perone, PhD, JD, MSW, MA – University of California - Berkeley
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  CBPR: An Effective Approach to Recruit and Retain Minority Older Refugee Adults in Community-Based Research
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Sudha Shreeniwas, PhD – UNC Greensboro
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Recruiting the Ultra-Invisible: Community Recommendations for Former Dementia Caregiver Recruitment
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Zachary G. Baker, PhD – Arizona State University