Converging Sciences Summit: Community Engagement and Leadership Development

描述(由申请人提供)：长岛和其他地方的边缘化和少数族裔社区在获得保健服务和信息方面存在差距。卫生技术与管理学院的健康与康复科学博士项目建议在2015年4月的第三次多学科融合科学峰会上与石溪大学的公共卫生、护理学院和其他健康科学学院合作，应用石溪及其他地区教职员工和学生的专业知识，以弥合卫生服务方面的差距和资源差距，这些差距一直存在于服务不足的边缘和少数族裔社区。2015年融合科学峰会的重点将是“社区参与和领导力发展”这一主题。目标是：(1)鼓励社区参与研究的增长，以消除健康差距；(2)指导，支持大学和社区环境中代表少数群体和边缘化群体并与其合作的新兴领导人；(3)为继续对话、专业成长和建立网络提供机会。学术健康科学背景下的社区参与被定义为在服务学习、领导力发展和研究方面的实践，其中公共卫生工作者、社区活动家和大学利益相关者共同努力，在个人和系统层面上实现积极的变化。在卫生领域，有许多社区参与的机会：在拟定相关的基础科学问题、设计教育、预防和减少风险的干预措施以及为卫生系统工作时，在所有各级都要改变，以增加获得卫生服务和信息的机会。社会科学和健康科学中的跨学科方法是为了发展相互信任和尊重的关系，有利于社区参与进程。这次会议将是一次机会，突出这一实践领域的社区和大学领导人。我们对批判性地探索和反思“社区”和“健康差距”的基本概念的伙伴关系特别感兴趣。什么是“边缘化社区”？在种族、民族、性别、性取向、残疾、社会地位以及区域差异和共性方面，有哪些交叉点将我们分开和联系起来？个人和团体以哪些创新的方式解决这些复杂性？

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Marginalized and minority communities on Long Island and elsewhere experience disparities in access to health services and information. Doctoral Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in the School of Health Technology and Management is proposing to partner with Public Health, School of Nursing the other health sciences schools in Stony Brook University in our 3rd semi-annual multidisciplinary Converging Sciences Summit in April 2015 to apply the expertise of faculty and students at Stony Brook and beyond for the purpose of bridging the gaps in health services and resource disparities that have persisted in underserved marginalized and minority communities. The focus of the 2015 Converging Sciences Summit will be on the theme of "Community Engagement and Leadership Development." The goals are to: (1) Encourage growth of community engaged research to eliminate health disparities; (2) Mentor to support emerging leaders both in university and community settings who represent and work with minority and marginalized groups; (3) Provide opportunities for continuing dialogue, professional growth and networking. Community Engagement in the academic health sciences context is defined as practices in service learning, leadership development and research where public health workers, community activists, and university stakeholders work together for positive change on individual and systemic levels. In the realms of health there are numerous opportunities for community engagement: when framing relevant basic science questions, designing interventions for education, prevention, and risk reduction and working for health systems change at all levels to increase access to health services and information. Interdisciplinary methodologies in the social and health sciences exist to develop relationships of mutual trust and respect conducive to community-based participatory process. This conference would be an opportunity to highlight community and university leaders in this area of practice. We are particularly interested in partnerships that critically explore an reflect on the basic notions of "community" and "health disparity." What are "marginalized communities" and what are the intersections that both divide and connect us in racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, disability, social status and regional diversities and commonalities? In what innovative ways are these complexities addressed by individuals and groups?