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[EQ] 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities

2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities

October 31, 2012 – November 3, 2012
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland - USA

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the leadership of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

All abstracts must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 15, 2012.

The abstract submission website will be available within the next few days with more detailed information. You will receive a follow-up e-mail as soon as the site is available for abstract submissions.

The Summit is organized around the core principle of integrating science, policy, and practice, and offers a forum to advance scholarship and translate new knowledge into action.

Presentation Categories

Abstracts will be accepted in three categories: posters, oral presentations, and integrated panel presentations. Applicants may submit abstracts to more than one category, but each submission must be based on a separate research project. Additional information about each category is available below.

Poster Presentations

Abstracts accepted in this category will be presented during the poster session on either November 1^st or November 2^nd, 2012. You will receive further details about the scheduled presentation date if your abstract is accepted.

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations will take place in a roundtable panel format. Each panel will have an assigned moderator in order to promote dialogue and stimulate discussion. Abstracts that are accepted for oral presentations will be presented as concurrent sessions. There is also the option of submitting an abstract in this category with the option to be considered for a poster presentation if the abstract is not accepted for oral presentation.

Integrated Panel Presentations

Integrated panel presentations are designed to allow a group of presenters from diverse disciplines (i.e., Science, Practice, and Policy) to discuss health disparities and related findings on a similar theme. Abstracts for this category should focus on science, practice, policy, and include a community component or discuss societal issues that influence health disparities.

Presentation Tracks

Proposals, regardless of category, should also fall under one of three tracks:

Track 1: Translational and Trans-disciplinary Research

These presentations should promote the integration of science, practice and policy.

· Science or research abstracts might include basic and applied, health services, patient-oriented, epidemiological, environmental, behavioral, and social sciences research related to health disparities.

· Policy-oriented abstracts delve into policies linked to health or healthcare, or other areas impacting health such as public, social, and economic policies.

· Practice abstracts examine public health practice related to community health, healthcare, or social services delivery, and education and training.

Applicants must clearly articulate how findings lead to new knowledge in science, practice, or policy interventions in health disparities. For example, policy abstracts should include the scientific evidence or practice concept that led to the policy. If the submission is a science abstract, then applicants should indicate how the science translates into either practice or policy.

Themes: The following themes fall under Track 1: Translational and Transdisciplinary Research

· Integrating Biological, Social, Behavioral and Environmental Determinants of Health

· Health Disparity Populations, Disease Conditions and Risk Factors

· Primary Prevention and Health

· Discrimination, Racism and Stress

· Healthcare Disparities and Quality Research

· Best Practices and Approaches for Community Engagement

· Health Information Technology

· Global Population Health

Track 2: Capacity-Building and Infrastructure

Abstracts submitted under Track 2: Capacity-Building and Infrastructure, will explore the challenges and opportunities associated with building capacity for research, public health and primary care practice, services delivery, training, and education. These presentations will also investigate the implementation and sustainability of infrastructure and economic development in disparate communities.

Themes: The following themes fall under Track 2: Capacity-Building and Infrastructure

· Multi-sectoral Capacity-Building

· Health Workforce

· Community Capacity-Building and Sustainable Economic Development

· Data and Research Evaluation

Track 3: Outreach, Partnerships, Collaborations, and Opportunities

Eliminating health disparities requires effective outreach, partnerships, and collaborations across federal agencies, academic institutions, foundations, non-profit and private organizations. Track 3: Outreach, Partnerships, Collaborations, and Opportunities, provides a venue for representatives from various agencies and organizations to showcase their innovative partnerships, outreach, and dissemination efforts, including successful collaborations on addressing health disparities.

Themes: The following themes fall under Track 3: Outreach, Partnerships, Collaborations, and Opportunities

· Public Public-Private Partnerships

· Community Partnerships

· Outreach Dissemination

· Global Health Networks

General Guidelines

· Abstracts will be peer reviewed

· Authors must select the track and theme under which their abstracts should be considered. Abstracts may be submitted under only one Summit theme, and must be related to one or more of the topics listed under the selected theme.

· General selection criteria will be based on: (1) quality of abstract; (2) implications for health disparities research, policy, or practice, or its application; (3) new insights for health disparities research or its application; (4) clarity and completeness of abstract; and (5) relevance to specified theme.

· Applicants may submit abstracts to more than one category, but each submission must come from a distinct research project.

· All abstract submissions are final, no changes or modifications will be permitted.

Abstract Awards/Recognition: Abstracts will be considered for recognition in the following award categories: outstanding scientific poster, outstanding policy poster, outstanding public health practice poster, outstanding clinical practice poster, and outstanding community-based health disparities research or intervention poster. Early investigators, junior faculty, community researchers, and policy professionals are eligible for recognition.

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[EQ] Accelerating Development Using the Web: Empowering Poor and Marginalized Populations

Accelerating Development Using the Web

Empowering Poor and Marginalized Populations

The World Wide Web Foundation – Supported by Rockefeller Foundation – May 2012

Website: http://bit.ly/JAz9C1

Available online PDF file [292p.] at: http://bit.ly/KFDAfR

“…A compendium of articles by recognized experts describing the real and potential effects of the World Wide Web in all major aspects of economic and social development.

A broad view, offering detailed commentary from fourteen experts who are deeply engaged in the field of ICTs for development, many with extensive experience in developing countries, and each able to emphasize the key questions, challenges, and successes unique to their field.

The research unites themes of technological innovation, international development, economic growth, gender equality, linguistic and cultural diversity and community action, with special attention paid to the circumstances surrounding the poor and vulnerable members of the Global Information Society….”

“….The overall purpose of the book is to serve as a basis for discussion and contemporary outreach to broad range of communities involved in ICTs in the developing world. Structured to provide overviews of the major macro issues (access, capacity, standards), while also providing insights into specific business and public policy domains, the book unites themes of technological innovation, international development, economic growth, gender equality, linguistic and cultural diversity and community action, with special attention paid to the circumstances surrounding the poor and vulnerable members of the Global Information Society…”

Authors:

George Sadowsky, Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Richard Duncombe, Torbjörn Fredriksson, Alan Greenberg, Nancy Hafkin, Michael Jensen, Shalini Kala

Barbara J. Mack, Nnenna Nwakanma, Daniel Pimienta, Tim Unwin, Cynthia Waddell, Raul Zambrano

Content

· Foreword from the Rockefeller Foundation

· Foreword from the World Wide Web Foundation

· Preface

· Executive Summary

· Introduction

· The Current State of ICTs

· Software for Support of Development

· Who Are the Poor and Vulnerable?

· The Digital Divide and Development

· Governance and Empowerment

· An Information Society?

· Emergence of Internet Governance as an Issue

· Policy and Governance Issues with Regard to Effective Use of the Internet

· Chapter Descriptions

Fundamental Access Issues

o Responding to the Broadband Imperative

o The Evolving Broadband Ecosystem – A Conceptual Framework for Maximizing Internet Access

· Current Status and Trends in Internet Access

· Toward Universal High-Speed Internet Access

· Institutional Roles in Maximizing Internet Access

o National Governments and Regulators

o Providers/Private Sector

o Civil Society

o Development Community and Development Finance Institutions

· Some Outstanding Questions and Potential Research Topics

Technical Access Issues

· Current State of Play

o Controlling Factors

o Technologies

o Impediments to Progress

· Current Work to Ameliorate Impediments

· Important Gaps in Knowledge

· Future Prospects and Promising Areas of Future Work

· Organizational Actors: Their Roles and Responsibilities

· Recommendations

Internet Access: Policy Issues for Persons with Disabilities

o What is at Stake for Web Users with Disabilities?

o What is Disability?

o What Drives the Development of Public Policy for Ease of Use?

· Current State of Play and Impediments to Progress

o Availability

o Affordability

o Accessible Content on the Web

· An Important Gap in Knowledge

· Current Work to Address Impediments and Future Prospects

o UNCRPD Country Reports on Ease of Use

o ITU Accessibility Resolution 175

o Accessible ICT Standards and Procurement

o United States Accessible Web Legislative and Regulatory Activities

o Public/Private Partnerships Impacting Web Ease of Use Policies

· Organizational Actors: Their Roles and Responsibilities

· Good/Democratic Governance

· Context

· Millennium 20

· New ICTs, Freedom and Equality

· Role of the New ICTs in Democratic Governance

· Challenges Ahead

· Concluding Remarks

· Agriculture

· Agricultural Potential

· Agricultural Experience

· The ICT Challenge

· ICTs and Learning

· Key Actors

Health

· The Web

· Health on the Internet

o Internet Uses and Services

o Access to Health Information

o e-LEARNING

o Self-Medication and e-Pharmacies

o Telemedicine1

o Mobile Health

o Electronic Health Records

o Patient Education and Safety

o Quality of Health Information on the Internet

· eHealth challenges

· Conclusion

· Education

· Challenging Educational Norms: Wisdom from the Web?

· Context: Educational Content and Communication in Development Practice

· Applications: the Web of the Possible

o Using the Web in Support of Unconnected Learners

· Educational Content

o Education and Communication

· Globalizing and Localizing Education

· A Web Awaiting Exploration

Commerce and Trade

· What ICTs Can Do for Different Types of Enterprises

· ICT Use in the Evolving ICT Landscape

· Impacts of ICT Use by Enterprises

· Opportunities in the ICT Producing Sector

· Some Implications for Policy

· Finance

· Current Understanding and Evidence

o M-transfers: evidence from M-PESA

o M-transfers: other country evidence

o M-payments and account-based services

· Impediments to Progress

· Current Work by Organizational Actors to Ameliorate Impediments

· Important Gaps in Knowledge

· Recommendations and Promising Areas of Future Work

· Gender

· Origins of the Concern for Gender Issues in the Internet and Information Society in Developing Countries

· How can ICTs Serve Women and Development?

· New Developments

o Combining mobile with the Web: more access, more information, more interactivity

· Prospects and Promising Areas of Future Work

o Low-cost phones

· Positive, proactive programs for women and the Web

· Language and Content

· Current State of Play

· Impediments to Progress

· Current Work to Ameliorate Impediments

· Important Gaps in Knowledge

· Future Prospects and Promising Areas of Future Work

· Organizational Actors: Their Roles and Responsibilities

· Elements of Cultural Expression

· The Cultural Advent of the Internet

· Issues in Internet Adoption

· The Internet in Cultural Use

· Internet Culture

o Massive Multi-player Online Games- MMOGs

o Movies

o Sports

o Music

o Sex

o Rise of open source and open technology

o Fusion of cultures

· What the Developing World Offers to the Internet

· Recommendations

o Access

o Cultural Restrictions on Women

o Literacy and Education

o Free Software and Open Source Technology

o Mobile Technology

o Openness, Democracy and Good Governance

o The Internet as a Human Right

· Life, Living, the Internet

· Conclusion

· Development and Growth

· Current Trends and Directions

· Chapter Summaries

· References

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