Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)
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URL:
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http://www.musc.edu/dfm/RCMAR/RCMARTools.html
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Description:
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This site connects the user to resources of the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR). The National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Office of Research in Minority Health created the RCMAR program to decrease the minority/non-minority differential in health and its social consequences for older people by focusing research upon health promotion, disease prevention, and disability prevention.
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Types of Information or
Instruments:
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The site provides the following information:
- an overview of the RCMAR mission and the RCMAR Centers
- an overview of the Center Cores (Measurement, Community Liaison, Investigator Development)
- an annotated list of references related to measurement issues in minority health and aging
- current events relating to minority health and aging
- a list of ongoing studies by RCMAR pilot investigators
- sources of funding for RCMAR investigators, with a special emphasis on funding for small projects
- employment opportunities in the RCMAR centers
- an address list of RCMAR investigators by Center
- links to other websites with information on minority health and aging.
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Quantity of Instruments:
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The following types of instruments are discussed:
- Measuring Insulin Resistance
- Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment
- General Quality of Life Tools
- Depression Assessment Tools
- Diabetes-Related Assessment Tools
- Neck Pain or Dysfunction Tools
- Patient-Physician Trust Measurement Tools
- Stroke-Related Measurement Tools
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Quality of Instrument Descriptions:
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None.
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Quality of Psychometric
Information:
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Psychometric information is provided for many of the scales, but it typically limited to reliability and validity data that has been summarized (versus the data itself.)
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Scale accessibility:
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Not applicable.
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Site provides actual scale
items:
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The site does not provide actual scale items, but does list information on availability of the instruments in literature or online.
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User-friendly navigation:
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Navigation is easy.
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Other types of Information:
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Newsletters summarizing the work of the various Centers and their Cores are available.
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Hints:
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None.
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Category:
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Nondisease-specific Outcomes > Aging
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