Human Rights and Public Health: Eliminating Minority Health Disparities in the SF

摘要：本项目由旧金山州立大学全球和平、人权与正义研究项目、公民与社区参与研究所、健康公平研究所和健康差异研究与培训中心主办和协调，为旧金山州立大学年度人权峰会提供为期两年的资助。旧金山州立大学是一所少数民族服务机构（MSI），致力于通过学生和员工的多样性促进校园和外部选民的公平和社会正义。第七届旧金山州立大学年度人权峰会将于2010年5月15日至17日在加州旧金山州立大学的塞萨尔·查韦斯学生中心举行，这是一个残疾人无障碍设施。会议的主题是健康和教育公平。每次首脑会议的总目标是提供一个论坛，从人权的角度讨论各种挑战、解决办法和机会，以防止和消除服务不足的贫穷社区和少数民族的健康差距。当基本人权得到保护时，卫生公平自然随之而来。居住着740万人口的加州旧金山湾区是一个少数族裔占多数的地区，因为非西班牙裔白人占总人口的比例不到一半。在旧金山湾区的少数民族群体，跟随全国的趋势，遭受着不成比例的可预防疾病和健康问题，包括精神疾病、糖尿病、哮喘和癌症。与会者将讨论社会和行为研究的最佳做法，鼓励和巩固地方网络联系，并审查以社区为基础的参与性研究方法，促进研究人员、卫生专业人员、社区领导人和人权倡导者之间的合作。一年一度的旧金山州立大学人权峰会一直吸引着大量、多样化和充满活力的参与者——去年的第六届健康公平年度峰会有2000多人参加，包括研究生和本科生，旧金山州立大学、加州大学旧金山分校、加州大学洛杉矶分校、南加州大学、斯坦福大学和当地社区学院的教师，以及来自全国各地的倡导者、卫生专业人士、政策制定者、研究人员和社区领袖。在最初的六次首脑会议期间，不平等的社会和文化方面已成为健康不良的关键决定因素。因此，预防和消除妨碍健康公平的结构性、人际关系和象征性障碍对于在所有社区，包括在社会上处于不利地位的社区实现最佳健康是必要的。利用表演艺术，包括戏剧、舞蹈和口语是峰会的一个独特特点，为跨学科思想的交叉施肥创造了一个论坛，填补了少数民族差异研究的空白。我们每年都以前一年的会议为基础。我们开发的所有工具——书籍、视频、小册子、网站、戏剧表演——都是开源和公开的，包括峰会上的所有材料。公共卫生相关性：随着人权教育日益融入公共卫生，至关重要的是，所有利益攸关方都有一个论坛，在一个开放空间召开会议并交流想法。拟议的一系列年度讲习班和小组讨论会将提供这一至关重要的联系，并可能由于首脑会议推动的以社区为基础的跨学科研究合作和（或）外联活动而改善卫生成果。公共卫生相关性：随着人权教育越来越多地融入公共卫生，至关重要的是，所有利益攸关方都有一个论坛，在开放空间召开会议并分享想法。旧金山州立大学的一系列演讲、研讨会、小组讨论和多媒体表演将提供这一重要环节。由于首脑会议推动的跨学科合作和外联活动，会议很可能使少数民族参与者参与旨在产生卫生公平的研究和面向社区的项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Eliminating Minority Health Disparities in the SF Bay Area, California Abstract: This grant application requests two-year support for Annual SFSU Human Rights Summits sponsored and coordinated by the Global Peace, Human Rights and Justice Studies Program, the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, the Health Equity Institute, and the Center for Health Disparities Research and Training at San Francisco State University. SFSU is a minority-serving institution (MSI) committed to promoting equity and social justice for both campus and external constituencies through the diversity of its students and employees. The 7th Annual SFSU Human Rights Summit will be held on May 15-17, 2010, at the Cesar Chavez Student Center at SFSU, CA, a handicapped accessible facility. The conference theme is Health and Education Equity. The overall goal of each of the Summits is to provide a forum for discussion about the various challenges, solutions, and opportunities to prevent and eliminate health disparities in poor underserved neighborhoods and in ethnic minorities from a human rights perspective. When basic human rights are protected, health equity naturally ensues. The San Francisco Bay Area in California, inhabited by 7.4 million people, is a minority-majority area, as non-Hispanic whites comprise less than half of its population. Ethnic minority groups in the SF Bay Area, following a national trend, suffer disproportionately from a number of preventable diseases and health problems, including mental illness, diabetes, asthma, and cancer. Participants will discuss best practices in social and behavioral research, encourage and solidify local networking connections, and examine community-based participatory research methods for collaboration among researchers, health professionals, community leaders, and human rights advocates. The annual SFSU human rights summits have consistently drawn a large, diverse, and dynamic group of participants--last year's 6th annual summit on Health Equity was attended by more than 2000 people including graduate and undergraduate students, and faculty at SFSU, UCSF, UCB, USF, Stanford, and local community colleges, as well as advocates, health professionals, policymakers, researchers, and community leaders from all over the country. The social and cultural aspects of inequality have emerged throughout the initial six summits as key determinants of ill health. The prevention and elimination of structural, interpersonal, and symbolic barriers to health equity are thus necessary for the achievement of optimal health in all communities, including those that are socially disadvantaged. Recourse to the performing arts, including theater, dance, and spoken word is a unique feature of the summits, creating a forum for the cross-fertilization of interdisciplinary ideas that fill the gap in minority disparities research. We build each year upon the prior year's conference. All of the tools we develop-books, videos, brochures, websites, theater performances--are open source and publically available, including all materials from the summit. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: As human rights education becomes more integrated into public health, it is vital that all stakeholders have a forum to convene and share ideas in an open space. The proposed range of annual workshops and panels, will provide this vital link, and is likely to lead to improved health outcomes as a result of the trans-disciplinary community-based research collaborations and/or outreach activities that are fomented by the summit. Principal Investigator: Ferreira, Mariana Leal PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: As human rights education becomes more integrated into public health, it is vital that all stakeholders have a forum to convene and share ideas in an open space. The proposed range of speakers, workshops, panels, and multimedia performances at SFSU will provide this vital link. The conference is likely to engage minority participants in research and community-oriented projects designed to produce health equity, as a result of the trans-disciplinary collaborations and outreach activities fomented by the summit.