期刊
GERONTOLOGIST
卷 62, 期 2, 页码 159-168出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaa214
关键词
Community-engaged research; Knowledge translation; Team science
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资金
- Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry and Innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Presidential Research Quest Fund (PeRQ)
- African American Cardiovascular Pharmacogenetic Consortium (ACCOuNT) study [U54 MD010723]
- Alzheimer's and Related Disease Research Award Fund
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- Health and Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Center for Clinical and Translational Research [UL1TR002649]
This forum presents a team's experience using transdisciplinary approaches to address issues faced by older adults in urban communities. The team conducted an internal evaluation and created a Transdisciplinary Conceptual Model.
There is a growing emphasis to use a transdisciplinary team approach to accelerate innovations in science to solve complex conditions associated with aging. However, the optimal organizational structure and process for how to accomplish transdisciplinary team science is unclear. In this forum, we illustrate our team's experience using transdisciplinary approaches to solve challenging and persistent problems for older adults living in urban communities. We describe our challenges and successes using the National Institutes of Health four-phase model of transdisciplinary team-based research. Using a de-identified survey, the team conducted an internal evaluation to identify features that created challenges including structural incongruities, interprofessional blind spots, group function, and group dynamics. This work resulted in the creation of the team's Transdisciplinary Conceptual Model. This model became essential to understanding the complex interplay between societal factors, community partners, and academic partners. Conducting internal evaluations of transdisciplinary team processes is integral for teams to move beyond the multi- and interdisciplinary niche and to reach true transdisciplinary success. More research is needed to develop measures that assess team transdisciplinary integration. Once the process of transdisciplinary integration can be reliably assessed, the next step would be to determine the impact of transdisciplinary team science initiatives on aging communities.
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