# Enhancing engagement and participation of marginalized community residents in the UAS

> **NIH NIH U01** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2024 · $414,919

## Abstract

Project Summary.
The overarching goals of this supplement are to understand: (a) how to enhance engagement and participation
of hard to reach populations in the UAS, and (b) what is currently missing in our understanding of the sources
of inequality due to the lack of representation from certain parts of the population. We will conduct focus
groups and in-depth interviews to understand barriers to, and facilitators of, participation in the UAS for
populations in disadvantaged communities, as well as to understand current knowledge gaps, with the intent to
then develop and test (and eventually implement) a strategy for increasing their representation in the UAS. To
be sure, there is no assumption that eventually all interviews will be self-administered and web based. Both the
interview mode and questionnaire content will be determined by our findings in this project. Our specific aims
are as follows:
Aim 1: Investigate the challenges with the UAS’ current recruitment process, survey modality, and frequency for
marginalized populations.
Aim 2: Enhance understanding of how the UAS should investigate how inequality accumulates over the life course
among marginalized groups
Aim 3: Develop a strategy for increasing representation of individuals from marginalized populations into the UAS

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11101059
- **Project number:** 3U01AG077280-02S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Arie Kapteyn
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $414,919
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2023-08-15 → 2028-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11101059

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11101059, Enhancing engagement and participation of marginalized community residents in the UAS (3U01AG077280-02S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11101059. Licensed CC0.

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