Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities

描述（由申请人提供）：北德克萨斯大学健康科学中心成立了德克萨斯州健康差异中心，开展教育，研究和推广活动，以消除健康差异。作为其教育和外展活动的一部分，该中心在过去五年中组织了非常成功的年度健康差距会议，部分由国家少数民族健康和健康差距中心（NCMHD）支持和资助，重点关注健康差距的不同领域。第六届健康差异年会将于5月26日和27日在北德克萨斯大学健康科学中心举行。会议的总主题是“放眼未来”。在致盲性眼病方面存在着惊人的健康差距。西班牙裔和非洲裔美国人的青光眼发病率是白人的三倍，西班牙裔糖尿病视网膜病变的发病率非常高。本次会议将以国家认可的演讲者和互动辩论为特色，突出眼部疾病和相关合并症的显着差异。具体重点将是医学和社区预防战略，重点是基于社区的解决方案。教育和互动演示、小组讨论和问答环节将确定挑战，并使与会者更接近于制定未来的计划。此应用程序的具体目的是：1）提高卫生保健从业人员和决策者的健康差异知识，2）作为少数民族社区传播健康信息的资源，促进社区参与健康教育和研究，并实施疾病预防活动。预期的结果是，少数民族社区的保健工作者将更多地参与，决策者将更多地认识到现有的保健差距。 公共卫生相关性：健康差距是对美国人健康和福祉的重大挑战。要消除健康差距，就必须充分了解健康差距的存在以及最佳做法和解决问题的新办法。年度德克萨斯州健康差距会议讨论了这些目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of North Texas Health Science Center established the Texas Center for Health Disparities to conduct education, research and outreach activities to eliminate health disparities. As part of its education and outreach activities, the Center has been has organized very successful annual health disparity conferences for the past five years supported and funded in part by the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) focusing on different areas of health disparities. The Sixth Annual Conference on Health Disparities will be held May 26th & 27th, at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. The overall theme for the conference is "An Eye towards the Future". Striking health disparities exist in the area of blinding eye diseases. Glaucoma rates in Hispanics and African Americans are three times that of Whites and diabetic retinopathy occurs at a very high rate in Hispanics. This conference will feature nationally recognized speakers and interactive debates highlighting the striking disparities in eye diseases and related comorbidities. Of specific focus will be Prevention Strategies in Medicine and Community with emphasis on Community Based solutions. Educational and interactive presentations, panel discussions and questions/ answer sessions will identify the challenges and bring conference attendees closer to developing a prospectus for the future. The Specific Aims of this application are: 1) Enhance health disparity knowledge of the health care practitioners and policy makers, and 2) Serve as a resource for the minority communities to disseminate health information, promote community participation in health education and research, and to implement disease prevention activities. The expected outcome will be increased participation of health care practitioners in minority communities and awareness of policy makers in the existing health disparities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Health disparities are a significant challenge to the health and well being of Americans. Elimination of health disparities necessitates a full understanding of the existence of health disparities as well as best practices and novel solutions to the problem. The annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities addresses these goals.