A National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Research as a Tool for El

描述(由申请人提供)：在研究中与社区的合作沿着称为社区参与研究的连续统一体进行。美国国立卫生研究院、研究人员和社区团体承认，社区参与研究对于理解和解决不同种族、民族和收入状况之间的健康状况和健康结果差异至关重要。因此，越来越多的研究人员与社区团体接触，寻求在他们所服务或进入的社区进行研究，更多的社区团体正在发起自己的研究。大学和以大学为基础的健康差距研究人员为其研究角色建立了资助机制，并建立了专业发展、指导和宣传网络。随着越来越多的社区组织参与研究，显然他们自己也需要这样的支持。在2011年12月成功举行的为全国社区合作伙伴网络奠定基础的会议的基础上，我们提议的“社区参与研究作为消除健康差距的工具的全国社区合作伙伴论坛：从对话到行动”将召集参与健康差距研究的社区组织加深他们的知识和技能，介绍他们的工作并从同行那里获得反馈，与主要利益攸关方对话，并发展和加强国家社区合作伙伴网络。 公共卫生相关性：美国国立卫生研究院、研究人员和社区团体承认，社区参与的研究对于在组成美国的不同社区实现健康公平至关重要。通过召集参与社区参与的健康差距研究的社区组织，我们拟议的会议将有助于确保受健康差距影响最大的社区参与决定进行什么研究、如何进行研究以及由谁进行研究的决策桌，并为他们的参与提供足够的资源。因此，拟议的会议旨在确保未来社区参与的健康差距研究能够充分发挥其潜力，改善公众的健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Collaboration with communities in research occurs along a continuum referred to as community-engaged research. Community-engaged research is recognized by NIH, researchers and community groups as critical to understanding and addressing differences in health status and health outcomes across race, ethnicity and income status. As a result, community groups are increasingly being approached by researchers seeking to conduct research in the communities they serve or have access to, and more community groups are initiating their own research studies. Universities and university-based health disparities researchers have established funding mechanisms for their research roles and networks for professional development, mentoring and advocacy. As more community organizations are engaged in research, it is clear that they need their own such supports. Building on a successful conference held in December 2011 that laid the foundation for a national community partner network, our proposed conference, "A National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Research as a Tool for Eliminating Health Disparities: From Dialogue to Action" will convene community organizations involved in health disparities research to deepen their knowledge and skills, present their work and get feedback from peers, dialogue with key stakeholders, and grow and strengthen a national community partner network. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Community-engaged research is recognized by NIH, researchers and community groups as critical to achieving health equity across the diverse communities that comprise the United States. By convening community organizations that are involved in community-engaged health disparities research, our proposed conference will help to ensure that communities most affected by health disparities are at the decision making tables that decide what research gets conducted, how and by whom, and that adequate resources are provided for their involvement. As such, the proposed conference seeks to ensure that community-engaged health disparities research in the future can reach its full potential to improve the public's health.