¡Salud! Addressing Latino Health Challenges

Program Agenda

Monday, July 29th, 2002

10 a.m.-1 p.m. – Late/Walk-in Registration
1:30 p.m.-3 – Welcome

Helen Mills, Associate Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, UGA
Rebecca Mullis, Head of Department of Foods and Nutrition, UGA
Frank Ros, Director, Corporate Latin Affairs, The Coca Cola Company Atlanta (Invited)
"Governors Committee on Hispanic Affairs"

Keynote Address
Latino Health in the US: A Growing Challenge - Dr. Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, Professor of Clinical Public Health, Columbia University

Break

3:30 – 5 – Seminar Sessions

"Latino Substance Abuse"

Ramon Acosta, Regional Project Coordinator, US Mexico Border health Association- Reducing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disparities among Latinas

Pierluigi Mancini, Executive Director, Clinic for Education, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction, Inc.- Culturally Competent Prevention Programs for Latino Youth

“Latino Children’s Health”

Kathryn Jeffers, Nurse Manager, Laurens County Health Department- Language Links to Healthier Babies

Ana Soler, Multicultural Program Coordinator, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta- Childhood Obesity Prevention

“Partnerships for Better Latino Health”

Becky Croft, Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator, North Georgia Health District- Operation Swimming Pool

Sharon Gibson, Community Liaison, College of Family and Consumer Sciences- Ellenton Clinic: A South Georgia Community Addressing Latino Health Needs

Renee Dotson, Gilmer County Extension Coordinator, UGA- Stretching Out to Make a Difference in the Latino Community

6:30-8:30 – Dinner and entertainment (UGA Salsa Band and Salsa Dancers)
Sponsored by: Coca Cola

Conference's featured Salsa dancers are from UGA Contact Dance. For more information, visit their website at www.unstrictlyballroom.org

Tuesday, July 30th, 2002

8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. – “CDC Diabetes Prevention & Control Models to Reach Hispanic Americans”

Nilka Rios-Burrows, M.P.H. - Burden of Diabetes & Obesity among Hispanics

David Montañez, Public Health Advisor - REACH 2010 Model - Reaching the Community with the Diabetes Prevention Message

Ron Stoddard, Sr. Public Health Advisor - Diabetes La Comunidad en Accion Training Model

Dawn Satterfield, R.N., C.D.E., Ph.D. - Community Health Workers: Bridging Worlds, Brokering Self Management Education

11 - 11:15 – Break

11:15-12:45 p.m. – Seminar sessions

“NIH National Cancer Institute”
1. Margo Michaels - Cancer Survivorship Issues for Latinos
2. Anne Lubenow - The Consumer Health Profile Project

“Latino Workforce Issues and Injury Prevention”

Marilyn Veléz, Compliance Assistance Specialist, US Department of Labor- How OSHA Can Help Working Latinos

Jennifer Edwards, Commonwealth Fund- The Role of Insurance in Reducing Access and Barriers and Quality of Care Disparities among Hispanic Population

Dr. Leon L. Haley, Jr.-Latinos in the ER: Why they end up here

Ana Soler- Developing and Implementing Injury Prevention

Programs in the Latino Community

“Latino Communication Mediums”

Glenda Umaña, Anchor, CNN en Español- Reaching the Latinos through the Media (CNN en Español)

Dirk Schroeder, Executive Vice President, DrTango, Inc.- Leveraging the Internet and Hispanic Health

Judith Martinez-Sadri, Director of PR and Marketing, AtlantaLatino.com- The Launch of Atlanta Latino Newspaper

Brendaly Rodriguez- Social Marketing and Health Communication Evaluation Principles

12:45-1:45 – NIH Sponsored Lunch and Major presenter

Dr. Yvonne Maddox, Acting Deputy Director, NIH -Latino Children’s Health

2-3:30 – “NIH Panel” Pedro Morales, Acting Assistant Director for Outreach and Recruitment, Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management, National Institutes of Health - Moderator

Janice E. Kelly, National Library of Medicine
Ana Anders, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Dinora Dominquez, Clinical Patient Recruitment Program
Ernest Marquez, National Institute on Mental Health

3:30-4 – Break

4-5:30 – Breakout Sessions

“NIH Programs”

Matilde Alvarado, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute- Energizing Local Communities for Heart Health

Saul Malozawski, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases- Recent Developments in Diabetes Prevention: Resources for a Healthy Hispanic Community

Brent Berlin and Elois Ann Berlin, Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UGA-Conventional, Complimentary, Traditional and Integrative Medicine: The use in the Latino community

“Developing Latino Cultural Competence”

Eleazar Lara, Vice President, Health Product Development, DrTango, Inc. -Dietary Concerns and Needs of Hispanics

Dr. Rick Trowbridge, Vice President, Health Promotion, DrTango, Inc. - Hispanics and Obesity

Ana Soler- Assessing the Needs of the Latino Community

Wednesday, July 31st

8:00 a.m. – Continental breakfast

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Jennifer N. Edwards, Dr. P.H., Commonwealth Fund - The Role of Insurance in reducing Access and Barriers and Quality of Care Desparities among Hispanic Population

Consuelo M. Beck-Sague, M.D., C.D.C. - Latina Reproductive Health and Infectious Diseases: Confronting the Crises

Margarita (Margie) Irizarry - Delacruz, C.D.C. - Model Program to Decrease Illness Associated with Unpasteurized Milk Products in Pregnant Hispanic Women (Futura Mam`a)

9:30-10:30 a.m. – Greg Bautista-Plactica Method Workshop

Brendaly Rodriguez - Researchers and Evaluators as Human Instruments: Ethical, Epistemological and Methodological Considerations

Orlando L. Martinez, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice and Antonio Frenandez, Managing Director, Georgia Behavioral Healthcare - Mental Health Issues for Latino Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

10:30-11 – Break

11- 12:30 – Issue Reporting sessions

Issue 1- “Latino Mental Health and Substance Abuse”
Moderator: Pierluigi Mancini

Issue 2- “Latino Children’s Health”
Moderator: Ann Soler

Issue 3- “Latino Workplace/Workforce Health”
Moderator: Marilyn Veléz

Issue 4 – “Culturally Competent Latino Health Promotion Programs”
Moderator: Lizia Auger

Issue 5 - “Effective Latino Communication Channels”
Moderator: Dirk Schroeder

Issue 6 – “What Are the Best Ways to Reach Latinos?”
Moderator: Clara Olaya

12:45-1:45 p.m. – Lunch, Awards, and wrap up

Speaker: Lorraine Lopez, author of "Soy LA Avon Lady and Other Stories"

3:00 p.m. – Official end of conference