Engaging HBCU Faculty in the Development of a National Research Agenda to Achieve

描述(由申请人提供)：会议标题：康复性健康和健康差距：HBCU康复学院的行动呼吁摘要这项赠款提案的目的是寻求资金，以协助实施一项会议，该会议将促进制定研究议程，以解决非裔美国人社区中康复方面的具体健康差距问题。具体地说，本次会议将寻求让20所历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的康复教师参与康复项目和六(6)个专业协会，以创建与康复健康和健康差距相关的研究议程。就本次会议而言，康复项目包括HBCU的37个项目，包括职业治疗、物理治疗、假肢和矫形术、康复咨询和言语语言病理学。文献中提出了关于影响非裔美国人和其他少数群体的健康差距的重要研究。然而，很少有调查涉及康复提供者在非裔美国人康复健康的健康差距中所起的作用。关于这一主题的大部分现有研究都集中在医生指导的干预、卫生政策和个体群体之间的差异上。关于偏见、教育以及康复提供者的专业角色和责任对服务提供的影响的信息缺乏。HBCU的教职员工在解决和寻找促进非裔美国人健康公平的途径方面具有独特的地位。这次会议将使与会者能够为制定研究议程做出贡献，该议程将与其他教职员工、学生和专业协会共享。当HBCU的康复教员和相关协会的代表为此目的聚集在一起时，预计将制定一项专门针对非裔美国人社区的康复健康和健康差距研究议程。这次会议的具体目的是：1)制定一个全国性的研究议程，通过康复项目解决HBCU教职员工的康复健康和健康差距；2)创建教职员工和其他人的网络，他们共同努力改善康复环境中非裔美国人的健康公平；以及3)通过合作努力促进教师发展。会议结果将在网上和印刷版上公布。此次会议的资金将为至少43名教职员工、六(6)名协会代表和七(7)名主持人提供高达800美元的旅费和住房。如果成本允许，将为更多的参与者提供资金。本次会议将由促进康复健康和教育中心(CARE)和位于阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利的阿拉巴马州立大学健康科学学院主办。 公共卫生相关性：相关性：每年，数以百万计的个人接受由职业治疗师、物理治疗师、假肢/矫形师、康复顾问和语言病理学家提供的康复服务，这些医生解决与健康相关的需求。医疗保健方面的差距是有据可查的。然而，人们对康复专业人员提供的服务与健康差距之间的关系知之甚少，特别是对非裔美国人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Conference Title: Rehabilitative Health and Health Disparities: A Call to Action for Rehabilitation Faculty at HBCUs ABSTRACT The purpose of this grant proposal is to seek funding to assist in the implementation of a conference that will facilitate the development of a research agenda to address rehabilitation specific health disparity issues in African American communities. Specifically, this conference will seek to engage rehabilitation faculty at the 20 historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) with rehabilitation programs and six (6) professional associations in the creation of a research agenda related to rehabilitative health and health disparities. For the purposes of this conference, rehabilitation programs includes the 37 programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, prosthetics and orthotics, rehabilitation counseling, and speech language-pathology that are housed at HBCUs. Significant research on the health disparities affecting African Americans and other minority communities is presented in the literature. However, little investigation has addressed the role of rehabilitation providers in the health disparity of African American rehabilitative health. Much of the available research on the topic has focused on physician directed intervention, health policy, and on differences among groups of individuals. Information regarding the effect of biases, education, and professional roles and responsibilities of rehabilitation providers on service provision is lacking. Faculty at HBCUs are uniquely positioned to address and to seek avenues to promote health equity for African Americans. This conference will serve to empower participants to contribute to the development of a research agenda that will be shared with other faculty, students and professional associations. It is expected that a research agenda for rehabilitative health and health disparities, which specifically addresses the African American community, will be created when rehabilitation faculty from HBCUs and representatives of related associations are brought together for that purpose. The specific aims of this conference are to: 1) develop a national research agenda that addresses rehabilitative health and health disparities by faculty of HBCUs with rehabilitation programs; 2) create a network of faculty members and others who collectively work to improve health equity for African Americans in rehabilitation settings; and 3) facilitate faculty development through collaborative efforts. Results of the conference will be published online and in print. Funding for this conference will support up to $800 in travel and housing for at least 43 faculty members, six (6) association representatives and seven (7) facilitators. More participants will be funded if costs allow. This conference will be hosted by the Center to Advance Rehabilitative Health and Education (CARE) and the College of Health Sciences at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Relevance: Annually, millions of individuals receive rehabilitation services provided by occupational therapists, physical therapists, prosthetists/orthotists, rehabilitation counselors, and speech- language pathologists who address health related needs. Disparities in healthcare are well documented. However, little is known about the relationship between services offered by rehabilitation professionals and health disparities, especially for African Americans.