Health summit to be held at Stony Brook Southampton

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The second annual Suffolk County Minority Health Summit will be held on Saturday, November 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the campus Stony Brook Southampton.

The interactive forum on minority health is meant to engage eastern Long Island communities where access to vital health care resources may be limited. It will be hosted by the Suffolk County Minority Health Action Coalition, the Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research at Stony Brook University, and Literacy Suffolk Inc. It will include the entire coalition, representation from community based and health organizations and faith-based institutions. Participants will be asked to contribute their expertise and recommendations for improved health initiatives.

Community members trained under the National Institutes of Health Public Trust Initiative Grant, titled Community Alliance for Research Empowering Social Change (CARES), will be honored at the summit. The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research and Literacy Suffolk are the only Long Island recipients of the Partnership in Research grant. The two organizations work directly with communities throughout Suffolk County to develop effective strategies and interventions that address health disparities and health literacy.

Suffolk County residents who have identified significant health or social problems—including lack of access to cancer screening, growing incidence of HIV/AIDS and increased gang violence—participated in a 12-week training program as CARES fellows. CARES fellows and Stony Brook University researchers have developed collaborative projects, some of which is set to explore culturally appropriate solutions to Suffolk County’s unique and complex health problems.

All community members and organizations interested in improving health outcomes of Suffolk County residents, enhancing community knowledge of relevant health issues, including how to use research as a tool to better understand health disparities, and developing culturally appropriate interventions are invited to attend.

For more information, call (631) 444-1625, or e-mail cphhpr@gmail.com.