BA-UMAP
Black American United
Memory & Aging Project
United in the fight for
Brain Health
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Your Participation Has Never Been So Important
Alzheimer’s disease has negatively affected our loved ones, our families, and our community for far too long. Will you stand with us against this dreadful disease?
There is so much we don’t know about Alzheimer’s disease and aging in minority communities.
Your participation in this project will help researchers to gain a better understanding of the reasons that Black Americans are at a higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, factors that may contribute to memory loss in Black American populations, and factors that may serve as a protection against the disease.
What we learn from this project will help researchers in the future to better understand how to treat the disease and, hopefully, one day, how to cure it.
Thank you again for your willingness to be a part of the BA-UMAP Study!
Important Questions
Participants in the study must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Identify as a Non-Hispanic Black-American
- Age 55 and older
- Have not been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
- Have an email address
Click on the Join the Study button located on the top and bottom of the website. Check your eligibility by answering 4 brief questions. Read and give informed consent to be in the study.
Complete the BA-UMAP questionnaire. Play brief and fun memory games using a PC computer and a mobile app. You will be sent a mobile phone via mail. Provide a small urine & saliva sample. Get paid for your participation.
In addition to compensation, your participation will impact the research that is being done within the Black American community on memory loss and dementia.
THE BA-UMAP STUDY COMPONENTS
Join the Study
Click the “Join the Study” button. You will be asked to answer four brief screening questions to make sure that you are eligible to participate in the study
Questionnaire
Complete an online questionnaire once a year. You will be asked to provide demographic data (age, gender, etc.), information about your medical history, the neighborhood that you live in, and your perceptions of everyday discrimination, race-related stress, and racism.
Computer-Based Memory Tasks
Complete two brief online memory games once a year on your home computer.
Mobile App-Based Memory Tasks
Up for some fun and a challenge? Provide us with your address so that we can mail you a mobile phone to complete brief 10-minute memory games over a seven-day time period.
Urine & Saliva Samples
Once you receive a urine and saliva collection kit, provide a small sample of each and mail the samples in the provided postage-paid mailing envelope back to the study.
We will only collect urine and saliva samples in Year 1 and Year 4 of the study.
Compensation
Collect your payment in the form of a Visa gift card emailed to you!
See compensation amounts below.
FINANCIAL COMPENSATION
To express our gratitude for your participation, financial compensation is provided at various stages of the study after a task is completed.
| AMOUNT | UPON COMPLETION OF: |
|---|---|
|
$25.00 |
Baseline Questionnaires (annually) |
|
$25.00 |
Computer-Based Memory Tasks |
|
$50.00 |
Mobile App-Based Memory Tasks |
|
$150.00 |
Saliva & Urine samples (Yrs.1 & 4) |
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YOUR IMPACT
Your participation will impact the research that is being done within the Black American community on memory loss and dementia.
