1. Riding the merry-go-round of racial disparities in ADRD research.
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Adkins-Jackson PB, Kraal AZ, Hill-Jarrett TG, George KM, Deters KD, Besser LM, Avila-Rieger JF, Turney I, and Manly JJ
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- Humans, Dementia ethnology, Health Status Disparities, Racial Groups, Racism, Alzheimer Disease ethnology
- Abstract
Introduction: With the rapid expansion of the aging population, the burden of Alzheimer's disease related dementias (ADRD) is anticipated to increase in racialized and minoritized groups who are at disproportionately higher risk. To date, research emphasis has been on further characterizing the existence of racial disparities in ADRD through comparisons to groups racialized as White that are assumed to be normative. Much of the literature on this comparison insinuates that racialized and minoritized groups experience poorer outcomes due to genetics, culture, and/or health behaviors., Methods: This perspective shines a light on a category of ADRD research that employs ahistorical methodological approaches to describe racial disparities in ADRD that puts us on a merry-go-round of research with no benefits to society., Methods: This commentary provides historical context for the use of race in ADRD research and justification for the study of structural racism. The commentary concludes with recommendations to guide future research., (© 2023 the Alzheimer's Association.)
- Published
- 2023
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