# New Jersey Minority Aging Collaborative

> **NIH NIH R24** · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · 2020 · $1,155,522

## Abstract

Abstract
In response to PAR-18-749 (R24) to build collaborative teams to improve methods and outcomes regarding
research participant recruitment and retention, we propose the New Jersey Minority Aging Collaborative
(NJMAC) to improve research recruitment and retention and support culturally targeted and linguistically
appropriate research for African American, Hispanic, and Asian older adults and their families. While NJ ranks
as the 2nd wealthiest state by per capita income and 12th best in the country for overall health, there is a
paradox in considering other population health rankings where New Jersey ranks one of the worst in disparity
in health status (46th). For older adults in NJ, there are equally as large disparities when it comes to health and
well-being especially among minority older adults, which is exacerbated by a lack of engagement in biomedical
and social research. Additionally, there has been inadequate integration of community support necessary to
empower minority communities in NJ to be fully engaged in biomedical research. These impediments
necessitate further development and implementation of sustainable and equitable partnership among
community partners and academic institutions through collaborative development, reciprocal transfer of
knowledge, and expertise to improve recruitment and retention among minority older adults.
 Using an adaptive and reciprocal “collective impact” design, the NJMAC will leverage and build team-
science in NJ through Rutgers Institute for Health and Cooperative Extension in partnership with community
organizations to foster trust with minority older adults and achieve greater intergration of community needs and
research efforts. With a state-wide infrastructure and track record of culturally relevant community-research
engagement, we aim to: 1) Build and sustain research capacity among academic and community partners
through building a collaborative community steering committee and explore trust between collaborators to fully
understand the barriers, challenges, and racial/ethnic and socio-cultural contexts of conducting research in and
with African-American, Hispanic, and Asian aging populations across NJ; 2) Engage community members,
their families, and partners through culturally targeted and linguistically appropriate reciprocal education,
training, and measurements; manage a research repository to understand and document trust and feasibility of
research recruitment and retention; 3) Expand, catalyze, and assess team science as a critical platform for
collaborative research on aging populations and leverage an iterative platform for process and outcome
evaluation among African-American, Hispanic, and Asian populations; and 4) Translate findings and lessons
learned through the NJMAC to inform future academic-community partnerships in aging and AD-ADRD
research; collaboratively build research resource to advance processes for recruitment/retention in diverse
community settings at local and ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10016166
- **Project number:** 5R24AG063729-02
- **Recipient organization:** RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS
- **Principal Investigator:** XINQI DONG
- **Activity code:** R24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,155,522
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-15 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10016166

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10016166, New Jersey Minority Aging Collaborative (5R24AG063729-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10016166. Licensed CC0.

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