Belza Basia, Altpeter Mary, Smith Matthew Lee, Ory Marcia G
School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Coordinating Center, Healthy Brain Research Network, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Am J Prev Med. 2017 Mar;52(3 Suppl 3):S228-S232. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.09.035.
As the first Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Research Centers Program thematic network, the Healthy Aging Research Network was established to better understand the determinants of healthy aging within older adult populations, identify interventions that promote healthy aging, and assist in translating research into sustainable community-based programs throughout the nation. To achieve these goals requires concerted efforts of a collaborative network of academic, community, and public health organizational partnerships. For the 2001-2014 Prevention Research Center funding cycles, the Healthy Aging Research Network conducted prevention research and promoted the wide use of practices known to foster optimal health. Organized around components necessary for successful collaborations (i.e., governance and infrastructure, shaping focus, community involvement, and evaluation and improvement), this commentary highlights exemplars that demonstrate the Healthy Aging Research Network's unique contributions to the field. The Healthy Aging Research Network's collaboration provided a means to collectively build capacity for practice and policy, reduce fragmentation and duplication in health promotion and aging research efforts, maximize the efficient use of existing resources and generate additional resources, and ultimately, create synergies for advancing the healthy aging agenda. This collaborative model was built upon a backbone organization (coordinating center); setting of common agendas and mutually reinforcing activities; and continuous communications. Given its successes, the Healthy Aging Research Network model could be used to create new and evaluate existing thematic networks to guide the translation of research into policy and practice.
作为美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）预防研究中心项目的首个主题网络，健康老龄化研究网络的成立旨在更好地了解老年人群体中健康老龄化的决定因素，确定促进健康老龄化的干预措施，并协助将研究成果转化为全国范围内可持续的社区项目。要实现这些目标，需要学术、社区和公共卫生组织合作伙伴组成的协作网络共同努力。在2001 - 2014年预防研究中心的资助周期内，健康老龄化研究网络开展了预防研究，并推广了已知能促进最佳健康的实践方法的广泛应用。围绕成功合作所需的要素（即治理与基础设施、确定重点、社区参与以及评估与改进）进行组织，本评论重点介绍了一些范例，展示了健康老龄化研究网络对该领域的独特贡献。健康老龄化研究网络的合作提供了一种途径，能够共同建设实践和政策能力，减少健康促进和老龄化研究工作中的分散与重复，最大限度地有效利用现有资源并创造更多资源，最终为推进健康老龄化议程产生协同效应。这种合作模式建立在一个骨干组织（协调中心）之上；设定共同议程和相互促进的活动；以及持续沟通。鉴于其取得的成功，健康老龄化研究网络模式可用于创建新的主题网络并评估现有主题网络，以指导将研究转化为政策和实践。
