Conference Information
Conference Schedule
Workshops:
Public Health in Action: Seeding the Pipeline
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| F1 |
Through Our Eyes: Youth Visualize the Future: A Photovoice Project |
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| F5 |
Connecticut Health Equity Initiative |
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Marlene Berg, MUP
Teen Panel Members |
Sharon Mierzwa MPH, RD, BS
Jennifer Kertanis MPH, BS
Angie Funaiole MS, BS
Ianita Zlateva MPH, BSW, RN
Deanna D’Amore BA, currently in MPH program- UCONN |
| A group of teens representing communities that are disproportionately affected by health disparities, along with their teachers and a researcher from the Institute for Community Research in Hartford, Connecticut will describe their experiences and bring their voices to the disparities dialogue. The teens used Photovoice to explore health disparities that were identified in the Unnatural Causes Video. They will explain how they used photography, writing, reflection and social action to explore and document how disparities are understood by youth, to learn about career options in public health, and to promote action strategies to enhance their own, their peers’, and their community’s well being. |
This workshop will highlight the communications, capacity building, tools, and engagement process taking place at the local community level to produce policy and environmental changes to achieve health equity. The presenters will discuss their areas of expertise, including an Overview of the CADH Health Equity Index Initiative, communications and focus group findings, quantitative and qualitative tools for the community, building capacity within local health departments to address health inequities and community engagement to produce action and policy change.
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Bring Diversity to Nursing |
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Competent Language Access 24/7 in Clinical Settings: Key Mechanisms Established by the Massachusetts DPH. |
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Karen Devereaux Melillo PhD, ANP-BC, FAANP
Lisa M. Abdallah PhD, RN
Jacqueline S. Dowling PhD, RN
Margaret Knight PhD, APRN, BC
Mary Findeisen PhD, RN, RRT |
James Destine MA |
| The purpose of this panel presentation is to present the Bring Diversity to Nursing (BDN) project as it relates to Youth & Career Development, “Seeding the Pipeline” for the future healthcare workforce. BDN is a novel program developed by the University of Massachusetts Lowell nurse faculty to inform, recruit, retain and graduate minority and disadvantaged students. The aim of this program is to increase the diversity of the workforce via a multi-pronged approach to recruit and graduate diverse nurses who are successful at passing the state board examination. Program activities include pre-entry initiatives for elementary, middle and high school students as well as retention initiatives for students enrolled in the UML nursing program. Additionally, the presentation will include the successes and challenges of this novel approach along with future goals for its sustainability. |
The presentation will explore the legal foundation for language access; present findings based on data reported by hospitals during Federal FY2006; discuss methods of providing interpreter services and variations in quality; number of interpreting sessions conducted statewide, by region, and community type; percentage of interpreting sessions conducted in hospital emergency rooms, identify hospitals with highest number of interpreting sessions, and show languages that hospitals encountered most frequently and how they ranked; outline MDPH work with Massachusetts health care system to ensure compliance with language access mandates; and offer a conclusion and recommendations for further enhancement to language access.
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Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention in Collaborating Low-Income Communities |
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The Disability Disparity |
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Patricia A. Nolan MD, MPH
Carol Hall-Walker MPA |
Deborah Garneau BA, MA
Kate McCarthy-Barnett EdD |
| This session will include two presentations that will describe methodology and findings of a community assessment using two tools, the Active Neighborhood Assessment, developed to examine physical activity promoters and barriers in a neighborhood, and the Health Assessment Interview, based on the BRFSS telephone survey and modified by RI Public Health Institute for in-person interviews. Presenters will emphasize lessons learned in developing and conducting the surveys. And will include descriptions of the work of community-based organizations to promote heart disease and stroke prevention measures in their communities using community assessment findings. A panel of community-based partners in the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention project will share experiences, high-lighting risk factors that impact health status with a special focus on reducing and eliminating health disparities.
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This workshop will address the broader definition of disparity and highlight the need to incorporate disability within a comprehensive strategy to achieve equity. The Rhode Island Department of Health, Health Disparity & Access to Care Team embarked on a project to incorporate people with special needs and disabilities into the elimination of disparities emphasis. The workshop will share strategies, provide resources, and discuss the benefits of comprehensively addressing disparities elimination.
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PIP-RITA: A Pathway to Success for Teen Mothers and Their Children |
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Deborah Perry BA
Deborah Smith RN
Reza Clifton BA |
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Parenting in Progress is an alternative education program for teen mothers of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds living in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. It provides teen mothers with academic training, life skills workshops, parenting tips, and job preparation support. This workshop will discuss critical services necessary to ensure the best outcomes for teen parents and their children. Emphasis will be on developmentally appropriate childcare, prenatal care and family planning services, preventative health care for infants and young children, school to work activities, job training and continuing education. Emphasis will also be placed on programming that is culturally and linguistically appropriate, and supports the YWCA mission to eliminate racism and empower women.
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