Reflections on rural community characteristics by an outreach, recruitment, and engagement team
Rural populations are underrepresented in cognitive impairment research and have limited resources for education about brain and cognitive health, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, or caregiving. As our Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement team aimed to expand activities into more rural communities, we also wanted to better understand the characteristics of the communities surrounding our center and gain insight into the social exposome of the areas. The goal of the manuscript is to reflect on our experience and share measures that were useful in this effort, which can be further enriched and adjusted by other outreach teams.
Authors
- Jonathan Graff‐Radford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2770-0691)
- Maria Vassilaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8328-136X)
- Ryan P Coburn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0878-0630)
- Angela Lunde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3315-9790)
- Essa A. Mohamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0307-6241)
- Ronald C. Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-6601)
- Bradley F. Boeve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4153-8187)
- Steven M. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0534-9001)
- Nick Rethemeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1403-3245)
- Tasha M. Loftin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1290-6882)
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877261454612
- Primary Topic
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Aging