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Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, PhD, MPH, Penn State University, 304 E. HHD, University Park, PA 16802, 814-865-1382, aou@psu.edu, B. Lee Green, PhD, MEd, Texas A&M University, 159 Read Bldg, MS 4243, College Station, TX 77843-4243, Lynn D. Woodhouse, M Ed, EdD, MPH, Professor and MPH Program Director, East Stroudsburg University, 242 Denike Building, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, and M. Elaine Auld, MPH, CHES, Society for Public Health Education, 750 First St, NE, Suite 910, Washington, DC 20002.

If community is central to the mission of health education and for eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities, what areas of research need further examination to close the gap in health and social inequalities? This question formed the basis for an invitational two-day summit of 85+ multidisciplinary researchers and practitioners in August 2005 in Alexandria, Virginia. Sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), the meeting built on significant reports on racial and ethnic health disparities issued during the last five years by focusing on the synthesis, translation and dissemination of the research in the community. This presentation will discuss the Summit organization, major presentations, and outcomes. Consensus-based recommendations will be presented for health education research in the areas of social context and culture, access to services and resources, data and information needs, policy, workforce, transdisciplinary strategies, health literacy, program evaluation, and new qualitative methodologies. Time will be included for audience dialogue about the research recommendations, as well as for input into SOPHE's plans for disseminating the research agenda to policy makers and community members and addressing the priority research areas.

Learning Objectives:

• Articulate the major recommendations for health education research in eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities, which resulted from the Society for Public Health Education invitational meeting in August 2005;
• Identify tools and resources available for translating and disseminating the research agenda to various stakeholders, including communities.
• Provide input and recommendations for refining the research agenda for eliminating health disparities and broadening its dissemination.

Keywords: Health Disparities, Health Education

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No