Arab Health Summit
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Created at: 2021-04-12 15:51:56
Engagement Information
- Started on
- 2020-11-08
- Ended on
- 2020-11-10
- Primary type of engagement
- Research / Scholarship / Creative Works
- Secondary type of engagement
- Civic Engagement/Community Service
- Tertiary type of engagement
- Sponsorship
- Brief description of the program
- Title and focus of the 2020 Summit: Advancing Health Equity for Women................ "ACCESS established a one-of-a-kind scientific forum that has since served as a major platform for academic and public health leaders, health & mental health professionals as well as policy makers to share best practices as well as strategic solutions to improve health on a global scale and build research capacity." .............Source: https://www.accesscommunity.org/arabhealthsummit
- Focus areas of this engagement
- Community Building
- Arts / Culture
- Health / Mental Health Inclusion / Access
- Inclusion / Access
- Other
- Other: please describe
- Health education
- Community needs and community participation in assessing those needs.
- "Arab Americans are not a federally recognized minority which makes it extremely challenging to collect data and do nationwide research on our community."..............Source: https://www.accesscommunity.org/arabhealthsummit......Need for collection of health data within the paradigm of cultural norms, in order to research and address specific health concerns for the Arab American community.
Resource Utilization
Number of Students and others Participating
Other University Resources
- Space utilization
- Meeting/ Conference space