HBCU National Conference on Health Disparities in Rehabilitation: Taking Action

描述（由申请人提供）：本赠款提案的目的是寻求资金，以协助实施一次会议，该会议将促进实施一项研究议程，以解决非洲裔美国人社区康复方面的具体健康差距问题。具体来说，这次会议将寻求19所历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的康复学院参与康复项目。这次会议将特别关注来自hbcu的教师，但也将邀请其他少数族裔和多数族裔院校的教师参加。本次会议是继2012年3月1日至3日举行的HBCU“康复中的健康差异：创建一个实现康复健康公平的研究议程”全国会议之后非常成功的后续会议。拟议的ahrq会议拨款（R13） HBCU全国康复健康差异会议：对研究重点采取行动将在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利的阿拉巴马州立大学举行。会议结构的设计是为了支持AHRQ的目标，即支持讨论研究设计和方法的会议。具体而言，本次会议将促进70-100名与会者与专家一起创造研究问题，并设计最适合回答与上次会议确定的研究重点相关的问题的方法方法。许多与健康差异和康复有关的文献缺乏对真正的康复服务和服务提供者的关注。通常，研究的重点是将康复作为一个阶段或一段时间的医疗干预，这通常是由，

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this grant proposal is to seek funding to assist in the implementation of a conference that will facilitate the implementation 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 nineteen (19) historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) with rehabilitation programs. This conference will have specific focus on faculty from HBCUs, but faculty from other minority and majority serving institutions will be invited to attend as well. This conference is a follow upto the highly successful HBCU National Conference on Health Disparities in Rehabilitation: Creating a Research Agenda to Realize Equity in Rehabilitative Health that was held March 1-3, 2012. The proposed AHRQ-Conference Grant (R13) HBCU National Conference on Health Disparities in Rehabilitation: Taking Action on Research Priorities will be held at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. The Conference structure has been designed to support the AHRQ's objective of supporting conferences that address research design and methodology. Specifically, this conference will facilitate 70-100 attendees work with experts to create research questions and to design methodological approaches that are most appropriate to answer those questions related to the research priorities identified at the previous conference. Much of the literature pertaining to health disparities and rehabilitation lacks a focu on true rehabilitation services and service providers. Often the research focus is on rehabilitation as a phase or period of medical intervention, which is usually initiated, guided by, and ended by a physician's actions. This gap in knowledge is important to understanding why rehabilitation outcomes, especially for African Americans, often present with large disparities. This conference will build on findings from the initial conference held on health disparities in rehabilitation in 2012. Participants identified what they believed were the six (6) priorities for research related to health disparities in rehabilitation. They also identified what education and resources would be beneficial as they worked to address these research topics. The conference plan includes those highlighted areas: social determinants of health, methods in health disparities research (including levels and types of analysis), cultural competence, and working sessions. The proposed dates for this 2-day conference are tentatively April 19-20, 2013. Historically Black colleges and universities that house professional education programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, prosthetics and orthotics, rehabilitation counseling, and speech-language pathology will receive a letter requesting that one faculty member from each applicable program are allowed to attend the conference. The conference, if funded, will provide 50 participants with travel awards averaging $780 in airfare/travel and hotel stay. No registration fee is required. Participants from the previous conference will be given first priority on financia assistance. Institutions will be asked to write a letter of support for the faculty member(s) being recommended, and will be asked to financially cover the remaining reasonable costs associated with attending the conference.