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- Title
AGS Report on Engagement Related to the NIH Inclusion Across the Lifespan Policy.
- Authors
Vaughan, Camille P.; Dale, William; Allore, Heather G.; Binder, Ellen F.; Boyd, Cynthia M.; Bynum, Julie P.W.; Gurwitz, Jerry H.; Lundebjerg, Nancy E.; Trucil, Daniel E.; Supiano, Mark A.; Colón‐Emeric, Cathleen
- Abstract
After passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, the National Institutes of Health held a workshop in 2017 to consider expanding its inclusion policy to encompass individuals of all ages. American Geriatrics Society (AGS) leaders and members participated in the workshop and formal feedback period. AGS advocacy clearly impacted the resulting workshop report and Inclusion Across the Lifespan policy that eliminates upper‐age limits for research participation unless risk justified and changes the language used to describe older adults and other vulnerable groups. AGS recommendations that were not specifically stated in the updated policy were to encourage active recruitment of older adults, add standard measures of function and/or frailty, and change review criteria to ensure the health status of a study population mirrors typical clinical populations. The updated inclusion policy ultimately offers academic geriatrics programs the opportunities to expand knowledge about health in aging and to continue to provide leadership for research and advocacy efforts on behalf of older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:211–217, 2019. See related Editorial by George Kuchel in this issue.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AMERICAN Geriatrics Society; HUMAN research subjects; LIFE spans; NATIONAL Institutes of Health (U.S.); HEALTH policy; FRAIL elderly; MEDICAL research laws; HEALTH of older people; AGING; HEALTH status indicators; LEADERSHIP; LIFE expectancy; RISK assessment; ADULT education workshops; HEALTH literacy
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2019, Vol 67, Issue 2, p211
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jgs.15784