Translational Health Disparities Research Group: How One Nurse Practitioner Faculty Makes a difference Locally and Globally

Nurses have a long tradition of creating efficient and innovative ways to translate health promotion and prevention into practice among underserved and uninsurable communities.  As nurses, we must continue to show others these humanitarian efforts that we continue to partake in and even lead the way. In this presentation, we showcase how this member of our faculty research group leads the way in the creating a sustainable infrastructure to really make a difference to socio-economically disadvantaged communities locally and globally. LabakCare Organization was started in 2006, with the primary goal of improving the health of underserved communities locally and worldwide

 Learning from Labakcare Organization is important as we continue forth in leading the way to serve others much less fortunate than us.  The action-based community participatory methods used by LabakCare are paramount in translating the plethora of health disparities literature into practice. We need to understand how sustainable models form and operate. Thus, the founder of LabakCare will describe the planning, development and implementation of the work of LabakCare. In 2013 alone, multidisciplinary volunteers participated in a medical mission to Nigeria and multiple health fairs in Philadelphia’s poor neighborhoods.  Data will be presented on the number of people and services provided---all because of one NP leader and educator.

  Dissemination of how to translate health disparities research into health promotion and prevention practice such as LabakCare is an imperative to the next generation of nurses and to current faculty. Keeping alive our nursing passion through practice is a formula for excellence.