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National Cancer Institute National Community Cancer Centers Program |
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| A5 |
Undoing Racism – The Power to Make Change |
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Devon Latney BA, MS
Camille A. Servodidio RN, BSN, MPH, CRNO, OCN, CCRP
Valerie Gallo BS, MPH
Karen Weingrod BA, MA
Sherri Storms BSN, RN-BC |
Brenda Lett MS, MS
Thandi Tshabangu-Soko MCMH, MCED, MPH
Catherine Allard BA |
| Using the framework of Innovations in Partnership, the panel will identify outreach programs that are successful in Greater Hartford’s pilot project to address disparities in cancer care; the methodology of developing innovative partnerships, and share the results of a focus group held to explore certain apprehensions minorities share in regards to enrolling in clinical trials. |
CLOSED: This workshop will use examples from health, education and criminal justice systems to provide an analysis of racism. We will identify institutions and systems that perpetuate discrimination, engage in an overview of personal development, explore the role perceptions and learning styles in our understanding of this issue, and use psychodrama (dramatic presentation) to share “true stories” about white privilege and discrimination based on race. |
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Raising Awareness and Making Change through Public-Private Partnerships: Learned from a Statewide Community Health Worker Advisory Council in Massachusetts |
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| A6 |
Transforming the Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data |
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Gail Hirsch MEd, CCE
Stephanie Anthony JD, MPH |
Bruce Cohen PhD |
| This workshop will review the role the Council played in advancing efforts to build a sustainable Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce, and the processes of stakeholder negotiations, consensus-building, collaboration, workforce diversity, cultural competence, and policy activity. The Council’s diversity presented opportunities and challenges for advancing the goal of creating a sustainable CHW workforce that will be explored at the workshop. |
Learn about the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (MDPH) new standards of data collection for race, ethnicity, and language that can be used in multiple settings and data collection environments. It is designed to be consistent with revised Federal standards, promote self-reporting, allow for identification of multiple races and ethnicity, while providing detailed data to examine disparities and better target public health interventions. MDPH has developed a training component to maximize quality of collected information.
This is a two-part workshop combined with: |
| A3 |
The Community Pollution Threshold Model as a Land-Use Planning Tool to Mitigate Environmental Health Disparities |
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| A6 |
Effecting Organizational Change in Documenting and Reporting Health Disparities - Lessons Learned from The Connecticut Health Disparities Project |
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| Shereitte C. Stokes, IV MPH, MIAD |
Margaret M. Hynes PhD, MPH
Ava N. Nepaul MA, MPH
Alison Stratton MA, PhD |
| This presentation will examine the use of the Community Pollution Threshold Model (CPTM) in two disadvantaged communities, the data collected and its relevance. This tool is based on scientific literature that indicates that minorities and other socio-demographically disadvantaged persons are more likely to be exposed to disproportionate concentrations of environmental pollutants. CPTM has been proposed as a user-friendly strategy to mitigate existing and/or prevent future environmental health disparities in these communities. |
This two-year project was a public-private partnership to improve statewide infrastructure for documenting and addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. Project staff will: discuss specific tasks accomplished within the four project goals; identify lessons learned by this partnership; and specify project elements that can be models for enhancing statewide infrastructure and organizational change related to monitoring and reporting health disparities. |
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RI Refugee Health Program: Initiatives Towards the Well-Being of Refugees |
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| A7 |
Traumatic Brain Injury: An Unrecognized Minority Health Disparity |
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| Maria-Luisa Vallejo MA, MPH |
Sylvia Gafford-Alexander MSW |
This presentation will discuss Rhode Island’s refugee populations and the program’s goals; trace the long road refugees took to come to this country and steps they learned after arrival. We will discuss public health issues and implications refugees face and what the Program and collaborators are doing to mitigate roadblocks refugees find when they arrive in their “new home”.
This is a two-part workshop combined with: |
This workshop presents information about causes and outcomes of traumatic brain injury in ethnic/cultural minority communities. It explores community responses to traumatic brain injury and offers a method for including ethnic/cultural minorities in program planning, thereby changing the course of the program planning process. |
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Working With The Community For Change |
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Bobbie Denise Bagley RN, BSN, MPH
Foqia Ijaz MS |
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| During this workshop a power point presentation will be used to show how a community took a proactive approach and was mobilized to address system changes to reduce social and cultural barriers. The presenters will take participants through the process in an engaging manner and have them address how this can be done in their communities. |
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