Adaptation of Path-Pain for Older Hispanics Living with Chronic Pain and Depression

Weill Medical Coll Of Cornell Univ, New York NY

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Abstract

Summary of the parent grant. Over the past 25 years, Cornell's Roybal Center, the Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL), has developed innovative approaches and an effective infrastructure to support the translation of behavioral and social science research into practices that improve the health and well-being of older adults. Over the past 12 years, TRIPLL has focused on the development, testing and dissemination of evidence-base interventions for older adults suffering from various pain disorders. TRIPLL was created to maximize the joint resources for aging-related research at Cornell University, uniting social and behavioral scientists and experts in translational research at Cornell's Ithaca campus with clinical researchers at Cornell's medical college in New York City. The specific aims of TRIPLL are to: 1) translate the findings of behavior-change science into novel interventions for older adults with pain; 2) maintain a vibrant investigator-development program that engages new researchers in applying behavior-change theories to maximize adaptive aging; 3) provide an effective infrastructure for translating behavior-change research; and 4) leverage the intellectual, fiscal, and other resources of the academic collaborators in this application, thereby achieving results that would not be attainable by any one institution alone.