The Health Equity Scholars Program: Fostering Culturally Competent and Successful Independent Investigators in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Research.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Health Equity Scholars Program (HESP) addresses the critical need for a diverse, culturally competent workforce to study and treat older adults from underrepresented populations (URPs) with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). The HESP offers tailored mentored training in AD/ADRD research concepts, aiming to develop successful independent researchers. It recruits Scholars from underrepresented backgrounds as well as those passionate about AD/ADRD health equity research.

Methods

We (1) describe the fundamental elements of the HESP, and (2) present preliminary data from the HESP program evaluation results performed by an outside agency, pre-post participation surveys, and Scholar accomplishments.

Results

The HESP Scholars reported high r

SUBMITTER: Amaza H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667533 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature