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African American Women and Breast Cancer - A Unique Approach to Mammography Utilization |
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| E5 |
Cross-Cultural & Diversity Inclusiveness Training of Health and Human Service Providers: A Comprehensive and Participatory Approach |
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| Crystal D. Brown Community Executive, Health Initiatives |
Karen D’Angelo MSW
Grace Damio MS RD
Stacey Brown PhD |
| You have been assigned to do “outreach” within the African American community, specifically around the areas of breast or prostate cancer. Learn what tools to use and tailor our program to fit the needs of your community. “An Invitation to Good Health” is a process that has been successful in the Western Massachusetts area, by encouraging men and women to have regular cancer screenings. This workshop will feature testimonials and hands on activities. |
This workshop offers the opportunity for gaining the knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to diversity and inclusiveness, as well as obtaining an overview of a comprehensive approach to cross-cultural education. Participants will take part in the didactic and experiential exercises used in the Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos. Those exercises will include Exploring Our Heritage the concept that diversity begins with oneself; Stereotyping Activity exploring specific stereotypes that one has internalized; and, The Drawbridge exploring the concept of “blaming the victim”. A resource list will be provided.
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| E2 |
Doctors, Lawyers and Students: Collaborative Advocacy for Patients |
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| E6 |
From Theory to Practice: Developing and Implementing A Unified Health Equity Agenda |
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Sonia Rodrigues BA
Patricia Flanagan MD |
Nashira Baril MPH
Meghan Patterson MPH
Courtney Boen MPH
Marycarmen Kunicki MA
Erline Achille BA |
| The Rhode Island Medical-Legal Partnership for Children (RIMLPC) and Project HEALTH, at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, partnered to address non-medical obstacles to health as they are discovered in medical settings and to incorporate families’ resources and legal needs into the standard of quality pediatric health care. Through collaborative advocacy, MLPC and Project HEALTH work together to support and enhance the hospital’s belief that patients should receive convenient and comprehensive patient and family-centered care close to home. In this workshop, participants will learn: the elements of collaborative advocacy; the history of the collaborative model at Hasbro Children’s Hospital; how RIMLPC and Project HEALTH and health care providers have developed and implemented a patient-centered team approach; and how to bring this effective model to their communities. |
This workshop includes a panel presentation by the Center for Health Equity and Social Justice that will share the Boston Public Health Commission’s health equity agenda as a model for public health agencies to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. Areas to be covered include an examination for the impact of racism on the social determinants of health; the guiding principles of engaging communities in implementing strategies, policies and collecting data; and, unique tools and measures for evaluating health equity strategies. The panel will outline the Commission’s efforts focusing on strategies that address racism, involve residents, collect data, build capacity of community institutions and effect policy change.
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| E3 |
Health Literacy and More - A Comprehensive Health Program in a Community-Based Agency |
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| E7 |
No Tooth Left Behind…Addressing Disparities in Oral Health |
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Nancy Fritz MA
Rita Silva Diploma-Secudario de Fernao Mendes Pinto
Barbara Piccirilli Al-Sabek MEd |
Lynn Bethel RDH, MPH
Lauren Smith MD, MPH
Aidee Nieto Herman DMD, MSCD |
| This workshop describes a program that has been implemented at The Genesis Center in Rhode Island. The session will be divided into three parts—one section will provide information regarding the problem of health literacy in the United States. A second presentation will focus on providing educational speakers for the center and the methods used to establish and execute a referral system for health care in the community. The third section will focus on a curriculum for health education in ESOL classes. The presentation will include short videos of students who have participated in various aspects of The Genesis Center Program.
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This workshop addresses the impact of oral health disease on the general health of the adult population with a focus on low income and racial and ethnic minority groups. Access to oral health care issues as well as information on current workforce initiatives to encourage minorities into the dental profession to provide culturally competent treatment services will be discussed. Problems as well as solutions for children’s oral health disparities will be outlined as will an overview of recent policy changes that have expanded access to preventive services for high-risk populations. The presentation will conclude with a review of the impact various efforts have had on decreasing disparities and improving the oral health of high-risk children.
This is a two-part workshop combined with: |
| E4 |
Minority Youth Overrepresentation in Juvenile Justice Services |
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| E7 |
Oral Health Disparities: Partnerships for Change |
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Lynn Clowes MA
Bobbie Denise Bagley BSN, RN, MPH
Emily MacRae BA |
Hugh Silk MD |
This workshop focuses on the complex issue of reducing disproportionate minority youth contacts within the juvenile justice services. The strategies to be utilized in this effort are varied and complicated. Often the law enforcement entities that are dealing with minorities do not understand that some policies, procedures and definitions lead to a situation of institutional racism and devaluation of people. The three presenters who have been working in New Hampshire and Massachusetts will provide an overview of their best practices and promising models for reducing the numbers of at-risk minority youth from entering the juvenile justice system.
This is a two-part workshop combined with: |
This workshop provides an overview of the Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative, created in 1999. The purpose of the Initiative is to increase access to oral health services for those without access; to serve as a role model for replication across the state/nation to increase oral health services to the underserved; and to form a collaboration of physicians, dentists, child educators/schools and other community entities to improve oral health care to targeted populations. This presentation provides an overview of the oral health services and the methods of providing those services as well as advice for establishing an oral health program. |
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Early Interventions for Youth with Disabilities and Substance Use Disorders: Transitioning To Adulthood |
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| Ruby V. Neville AA, BS, MSW |
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| This presentation will provide statistics and information relative to issues and treatment needs of Latino and African American youth to deter them from increasing an already swollen penal system of African American and Latino populations. The presentation will speak on some successful programs and will provide the benefits in screening and treating this population to deter entry into the penal system. |
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