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Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Prevalence in American Samoa

This study aims to do the following: Test ADRD knowledge, health literacy, research readiness and determine ADRD resilience and vulnerability factors, and cognitive status in a probability sample of 981 Samoans age 50+ using culturally adapted instruments in our probability sample. Conduct Gold Standard evaluations in our probability sample using the Uniform Data Set (UDSv3.0) from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Alzheimer's Disease Research Center program to determine a population-based prevalence of MCI and ADRD for harmonization, data sharing, and comparison to other groups, and, Cross-validate Gold Standard dementia evaluations with genetic (i.e., ApoE) and plasma Amyloid-Tau-Neuronal Injury/Neurodegeneration (ATN) framework biomarkers in our probability sample and compare to information available for other racial/ethnic groups.