Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D.  - Keynote Lecturer - 9th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health - June 9-13, 2003
9th Annual SPHRIMH

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program for Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO)
Oscar A. Barbarin, III, Ph.D.  - Keynote Lecturer - 8th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health - June 17-21, 2002
8th Annual
SPHRIMH
   
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10th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health

Agenda

MONDAY, June 21, 2004 - Congressional Action on Health Disparities and Minority Health

01:30pm EDT

Introduction
Stephanie L. Crayton (Moderator) [bio]
Media Relations Manager, Office of Public Affairs and Marketing
UNC Health Care (website)

Congressional Minority Caucus Panel [suggested readings]
Hon. Frank Pallone [bio]
Member of Congress representing the 6th Congressional District of New Jersey; Vice Chair, Congressional Native American Caucus (CNAC) and Chair, Democratic Health Care Task Force.

Hon. Donna M. Christensen [bio]
Member of Congress representing the Virgin Islands; Chair, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Health Braintrust.

Hon. Hilda L. Solis [bio]
Member of Congress representing the 32nd District of California; Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)'s Task Force on Health

Hon. Madeleine Bordallo [bio][website]
Member of Congress representing Guam; Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Health Task Force.

Reactors
Bill Jenkins, Ph.D, M.P.H. [bio]
Research Professor of Public Health (link) and Associate Director, Research Center on Health Disparities, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A. [bio]
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Director, Native American Research and Training Center, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

Annice Eu-Shin Kim, M.P.H. [bio]
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fernando Wagner, Sc.D. [bio]
Deputy Director, Morgan-Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Morgan State University, Baltimore MD

   
02:50pm EDT Break (15 minutes)
 
03:05pm EDT

Congressional Minority Caucus Panel Contd.

   
04:25pm EDT Session ends
 
 

TUESDAY, June 22, 2004 - Origins of health disparities

01:30pm EDT

Health Disparities: Why We Need New Approaches
Bill Jenkins, Ph.D, M.P.H.
[bio]   [slides]    [video]
Associate Director, Research Center on Health Disparities, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Moderator: Vijaya K. Hogan, Dr.P.H., Director, Curriculum on Health Disparities, Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, UNC - Chapel Hill.

  Questions and discussion (15-20 minutes)
  Break (15 minutes)
 
03:05pm EDT

Is Health Care Entitlement a Solution to the Problem of Health Disparities for American Indians/Alaska Natives? [abstract]
Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A
[bio]   [slides]
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Director, Native American Research and Training Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Moderator: Ursula M. Tsosie, Graduate Student, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNC - Chapel Hill.

  Questions and discussion (15-20 minutes)
04:25pm EDT Session ends
 
 

WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2004 - Health disparities research methods

01:30pm EDT

Neighborhoods and Health Disparities [abstract]  [slides] (will be posted at about 12:30pm EDT)
Gilbert C. Gee, Ph.D.
[bio]
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Moderator: Whitney Robinson, Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNC - Chapel Hill.

  Questions and discussion (15-20 minutes)
04:25pm EDT Session ends
   
03:05pm EDT

Foundations for Sexual Minority Health [abstract]  [slides] (will be posted at about 12:30pm EDT)
Judith B. Bradford, Ph.D. [bio]
Associate Professor of Government and Public Affairs, Center for Public Policy and Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health; Director, Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Co-Director, the Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health, Boston MA

Moderator: Tasseli McKay, Graduate Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, UNC - Chapel Hill.

  Questions and discussion (15-20 minutes)
04:25pm EDT Session ends
 
 

THURSDAY, June 24, 2004 - Health disparities research – applications

01:30pm EDT

The Latino Mortality Paradox Revisited: Is Acculturation Bad for Your Health? [abstract]  [slides]
Ana F. Abraido-Lanza, Ph.D.[bio]
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY

Moderator: Danielle L. Spurlock, Graduate Student, City and Regional Planning, UNC - Chapel Hill.

  Questions and discussion (15-20 minutes)
  Break (15 minutes)
 
03:05pm EDT

Racial Disparities in Prescription Drug Utilization: An Analysis of Beta-Blocker and Statin Use Following Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction [abstract]  [slides]
Jerome Wilson, M.A, Ph.D
[bio]
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, and Associate Chairman of Research, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Moderator: Jorielle Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Center for Health Disparities Solutions and Drug Abuse Research Program, Morgan State University

  Questions and discussion (15-20 minutes)
04:25pm EDT Session ends
   

Links for participants:
 *  Abstracts, readings, learning objectives
 *  Agenda
 * 
Attending the conference at UNC-CH

 *  Credits and acknowledgements

 *  Find a viewing site near you
 *  Participant evaluation
 *  Suggested readings, abstracts, bibliography, citations, links

 *  Webcast of the Congressional Minority Caucus Panel

 Links for site facilitators:
  *  Register to be a satellite downlink site
  
*  Site facilitator information
  *  Attendance sheet for signing-in participants
  *  Color publicity flyer
  *  Site facilitator evaluation

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