Eliminating Health Care Disparities in the Southwest

描述：消除西南地区的医疗保健差距2007年4月20 -21日德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥弗雷德里克斯堡路4522号诺里斯会议中心。MESA健康差异中心是密歇根大学护理学院和德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥护理学院健康科学中心之间的合作伙伴关系。西南护理研究合作中心是德克萨斯大学奥斯汀护理学院和新墨西哥州立大学护理系的合作伙伴关系。这些P-20中心解决了居住在德克萨斯州南部、密歇根州、德克萨斯州中部和新墨西哥州的人口群体所经历的健康差异。这四所护理学院正在合作开发一个为期一天半的知识状态会议，由圣安东尼奥护理学院的德克萨斯大学健康科学中心赞助。计划会议的重点是消除西南地区的医疗保健差距，这反映了这些P-20中心的教师希望综合他们和其他西南地区的医疗保健差距中心和项目在过去四年中学到的东西。这一综合将为在西南地区继续开展工作奠定基础，以消除医疗保健研究和质量局（AHRQ）《2003年全国医疗保健差距报告》中指定的一些优先人口之间的健康差距。会议的目的是：1)综合理解在消除西南地区健康差异方面取得的成就，2)为少数民族提供交流卫生专业人员和/或发现科学家培训支持机会的环境，以及3)确定在实现文化上合格的护理方面仍然存在的挑战。本次公共卫生研究：本次知识状态会议将提供一个论坛，分享有关消除西南地区医疗保健差距的最新信息，同时地方，州计划和中心也在努力消除差距。

DESCRIPTION: Eliminating Health Care Disparities in the Southwest April 20 -21, 2007 The Norris Conference Center 4522 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas. The MESA Center for Health Disparities is a collaborative partnership between the University of Michigan School of Nursing and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing. The Southwest Partnership Center for Nursing Research is a partnership between The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and New Mexico State University Department of Nursing. These P-20 Centers address health disparities experienced by population groups residing in South Texas, Michigan, Central Texas, and New Mexico. These four nursing schools are partnering in the development of a one and one half day State of Knowledge Conference to be sponsored by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing. The focus of the planned conference on elimination of health care disparities in the Southwest reflects the desire of faculty from these P-20 Centers to synthesize what they and other Southwest-based health disparities focused centers and programs have learned in the past four years. The synthesis will provide a base for continuing work in the Southwest to eliminate health disparities among some of the priority populations designated in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2003 National Healthcare Disparities Report. The purposes of the conference are to: 1) synthesize understanding of gains made in the elimination of health disparities in the Southwest, 2) provide an environment to communicate health professional and/or discovery scientist training support opportunities for minority persons, and 3) identify challenges remaining in achievement of culturally competent care. Of This Research To Public Health: This State of Knowledge Conference will offer a forum for sharing current information about the elimination of health care disparities in the Southwest while local, state programs, and centers work to eradicate disparities.