A National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Research as a Tool for El

描述（由申请人提供）：与社区在研究中的合作是一个连续体，称为社区参与研究。美国国立卫生研究院、研究人员和社区团体认识到，社区参与的研究对于理解和解决不同种族、民族和收入状况的健康状况和健康结果差异至关重要。因此，越来越多的研究人员与社区团体接触，寻求在他们所服务或有机会进入的社区进行研究，更多的社区团体正在开始他们自己的研究。大学和以大学为基础的卫生差异研究人员为其研究作用建立了供资机制，并建立了专业发展、指导和宣传网络。随着越来越多的社区组织参与研究，很明显，他们需要自己的这种支持。2011年12月举行的一次成功会议为全国社区合作伙伴网络奠定了基础，在此基础上，我们提议召开“社区参与研究作为消除健康差距工具的全国社区合作伙伴论坛”会议：“从对话到行动”将召集参与卫生差距研究的社区组织，以加深他们的知识和技能，介绍他们的工作并从同行那里获得反馈，与主要利益攸关方进行对话，并发展和加强国家社区伙伴网络。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Collaboration with communities in research occurs along a continuum referred to as community-engaged research. Community-engaged research is recognized by NIH, researchers and community groups as critical to understanding and addressing differences in health status and health outcomes across race, ethnicity and income status. As a result, community groups are increasingly being approached by researchers seeking to conduct research in the communities they serve or have access to, and more community groups are initiating their own research studies. Universities and university-based health disparities researchers have established funding mechanisms for their research roles and networks for professional development, mentoring and advocacy. As more community organizations are engaged in research, it is clear that they need their own such supports. Building on a successful conference held in December 2011 that laid the foundation for a national community partner network, our proposed conference, "A National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Research as a Tool for Eliminating Health Disparities: From Dialogue to Action" will convene community organizations involved in health disparities research to deepen their knowledge and skills, present their work and get feedback from peers, dialogue with key stakeholders, and grow and strengthen a national community partner network. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Community-engaged research is recognized by NIH, researchers and community groups as critical to achieving health equity across the diverse communities that comprise the United States. By convening community organizations that are involved in community-engaged health disparities research, our proposed conference will help to ensure that communities most affected by health disparities are at the decision making tables that decide what research gets conducted, how and by whom, and that adequate resources are provided for their involvement. As such, the proposed conference seeks to ensure that community-engaged health disparities research in the future can reach its full potential to improve the public's health.