Igniting Hope: Mobilizing Community Resources to Achieve Health Equity 2020

良好的健康状况在纽约州的居民中并不平等。健康水平的差距 黑人和白人在布法罗市（人口258，000，布法罗尼亚加拉地区1.13 这是美国最贫穷的城市之一，31%的人生活在贫困中，导致显著的健康问题。 差距。占布法罗居民39%的非裔美国人的预期寿命短了12年 与布法罗的白色居民相比。这种健康不平等的大部分原因是社会决定因素， 健康，其中包括欠发达的社区，失败的学校，高失业率，低财产价值， 公共交通不便、食物沙漠、家庭铅污染和医疗保健不足。 在与非洲裔美国人健康公平工作队（AAHETF）的合作中，我们建议进行一项 以社区为基础的年度多学科会议，题为“重建希望”系列，目标是继续 关于制定一项战略的对话，该战略将建立一种健康文化，作为消除健康 布法罗的非裔美国人之间的差异。由当地牧师领导，包括布法罗大学的教师 来自八所学校，倡导者，公民和医疗保健专业人员，AAHETF是一个有影响力的社区- 在提高对社区需求的认识方面取得了重大进展， 建立一个网络，建立一个愿景，组织筹资努力，并开始传播我们的 关于该区域少数群体健康差距的调查结果，重点是健康的社会决定因素。的 观众将包括社区领袖和利益相关者，大学教师和来自多个国家的受训人员。 学科包括医学、护理、公共卫生、药学、城市规划、法律、教育和商业。 我们提议召开一次创新会议，由各国领导人就健康差距问题进行主旨演讲， 促进分组会议。我们的目标是加深对社会决定因素如何影响健康的理解 非裔美国人社区和其他代表性不足群体的研究和卫生成果（目标1）; 在最初会议产生的创新卫生干预战略的基础上， 开展研究，制定和测试消除健康差距的创新解决方案（目标2）;并让受训人员参与 来自不同背景的人参加互动会议和后续活动，以吸引下一代 健康公平研究人员进入学科（目标3）。会议将在新的UB医学院举行 该建筑位于受健康差异影响最严重的社区之一。拟议的会议将 教育教师，学员和社区;促进新的合作;并将成为通过 AAHETF将发挥领导作用，对我们地区的健康差距产生真正的影响。

Good health is not shared equally among the residents of New York State. Health disparities between Blacks and Whites are particularly evident in the city of Buffalo (population 258,000, Buffalo Niagara region 1.13 million), which is among the poorest cities in the US with 31% living in poverty, leading to significant health disparities. The life expectancy of African Americans, who make up 39% of Buffalo residents, is 12 years shorter compared to that of White residents of Buffalo. Much of this health inequity results from social determinants of health, which include underdeveloped neighborhoods, failing schools, high unemployment, low property values, poor access to public transportation, food deserts, lead contamination in homes, and poor access to healthcare. In partnership with the African American Health Equity Task Force (AAHETF), we propose to conduct an annual community-based multidisciplinary conference entitled the Igniting Hope series with a goal to continue the dialogue on developing a strategy, which builds a culture of health as the cornerstone of a plan to end health disparities among African Americans in Buffalo. Led by local pastors and including University at Buffalo faculty from eight schools, advocates, citizens, and healthcare professionals, the AAHETF is an influential community- based group that has made significant progress in bringing awareness to the needs of the community, creating a network, establishing a vision, organizing fund-raising efforts, and beginning the work of disseminating our findings regarding minority health disparities in the region with a focus on the social determinants of health. The audience will include community leaders and stakeholders, university faculty and trainees from multiple disciplines, including medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy, urban planning, law, education and business. We propose an innovative conference that includes keynote talks by national leaders in health disparities and facilitated breakout sessions. Our goals are to deepen understanding of how social determinants affect health research and health outcomes in the African American community and other underrepresented groups (Aim 1); build on the innovative health intervention strategies that have resulted from the initial conferences to promote research to develop and test innovative solutions for eliminating health disparities (Aim 2); and engage trainees from diverse backgrounds in an interactive conference and follow-up activities to attract the next generation of health equity researchers into the discipline (Aim 3). The conference will be held at the new UB medical school building located in one of the neighborhoods most affected by health disparities. The proposed conference will educate faculty, trainees and the community; foster new collaborations; and will be a primary means through which the AAHETF will take a leadership role to have a true impact on health disparities in our region.