21st Annual Minority Health Conference

21st Annual Minority Health Conference
Raising Resilient Children: How Communities of Color Respond to the Challenge

February 19, 1999
The William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center, Chapel Hill, NC

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

As of February 11, the Minority Health Conference is full, and we can no longer take registrations. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list for the conference, please send email to oce@unc.edu or call the Office of Continuing Education at 919-966-4032.

Overview

Healthy and resilient children are those who can withstand and overcome the obstacles and stresses that arise in day-to-day life. Challenges to the health of U.S. children involve a wide range of sociocultural, political, and economic factors, including low socioeconomic status and high-risk environments. For example, almost half of all childhood deaths are caused by unintentional injuries. Death and disability in children can be reduced through education for both children and their caregivers, improved access to health and social services, and the implementation of policies that protect the health and well-being of U.S. children.

The 1999 Minority Health Conference will be devoted to discussing the question: How can we, as communities of color, respond to the challenge of raising resilient children? The Conference goals are the following:

Identify public health challenges U.S. communities of color confront when trying to raise resilient children.
Understand the comorbidity of issues that affect children for the purposes of implementing a multidisciplinary approach during program planning and when conducting research.
Present interventions, policies and research that address the health problems affecting U.S. children living in communities of color.

8:00 am	Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00	Introductions and Welcome Lamont Bryant, MS, Co-President, Minority Student Caucus, Doctoral Student, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sonya Goode, Co-President, Minority Student Caucus, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill William L. Roper, MD, MPH, Dean, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Dr. Roper's welcome) A. Dennis McBride, MPH, MD, Assistant Secretary of Health and State Health Director, NC Department of Health and Human Services Rashmi Agarwal, Conference Chair, Master's Student, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:30	1st Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, Director and Associate Professor, Institute for Minority Health Research, The Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (pdf of Powerpoint slides) Presider: Victor Schoenbach, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Schoenbach remarks) Co-presider: Matthew Garvin, Master's Student, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:30	Poster Sessions and Break
10:45	Concurrent Sessions
	A1	Access to Healthcare (Prenatal Care) / Health Insurance, Culturally Competent Health and Social Services, Welfare Reform, TANF, WIC, CHIP Richard Aronson, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Maternal and Child Health, Wisconsin Division of Public Health Patricia McManus, PhD, RN, Executive Director, Black Health Coalition for Wisconsin Jeanette O'Conner, Child Health Implementation Project Coordinator, Children's Defense Fund Presider: Julie Cheh, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Stanley Allen, III, Undergraduate Student, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	A2	HIV/AIDS Tracey Adams, Community Outreach and Promotion Manager, CDC National AIDS Hotline, American Social Health Association Lance Dronkers, Coordinator, Young People's Project, Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS Presider: Rashmi Agarwal, Master's Student, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: M. Ahinee Amamoo, Master's Student, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	A3	Teen Pregnancy, Sexual Behavior, Reproductive Health Annette Carrington, CHES, Health Education Specialist, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, Durham County Health Department Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., PhD, University of Chicago Annette Carrington, Durham County Health Department Presider: Tonya Stancil, MS, Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Seronda A. Jackson, Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	A4	Educating Children Through Creative Expression Patrick Akinbola, PhD, Coordinator, Office of Surveillance, Research and Evaluation, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Missouri Department of Health Paddy Bowman, MA, Coordinator, National Task Force on Folk Arts in Education, Alexandria, VA Presider: Thaddeus Thompson, PT, Master's Student, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Sonya Goode, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	A5	Family Structure Issues Specifically Addressing Parenting Skills, Single Households, Trauma Due to Death/Divorce Rachel Stevens, EdD, RN, Clinical Professor and Director, Center for Public Health Practice, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Spirituality as Resilience in Families Coping with Pediatric HIV and Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome Tonya Armstrong, PhD, Developmental Epidemiology Program, Duke University Medical Center, Minority Health Project, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Presider: Bronwyn Glenn, Master's Student, Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Kevin Harrell, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12:00 pm	Lunch (pre-registration required)
1:30	Panel Discussion Educational Approaches to Raising Resilient Children from Cultural Perspectives Evelyn Machtinger, MSW, Training and Instructional Coordinator, Motherread. Inc., Raleigh, NC Cecilia Moore, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH Pearl Shelby, Literacy South, Durham, NC Presider: Sohini Sengupta, MPH, Doctoral Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Felicia Solomon, Master's Student, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:30	Poster Sessions and Break
3:30	Concurrent Sessions
	B1	Self-Image, Ethnic Identity, Race Relations Ernest Johnson, PhD, Author, Psychologist and Director, Rites of Passage, Raleigh, NC Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President, National Hispanic Medical Association, Washington, DC Presider: Guy McCloud, Master's Student, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Kyna McCullough, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	B2	Factors Affecting Psychosocial Well-being in Children Rev. Rosa Caraballo, Founder and Executive Director, Bruised Reed Ministry of New York Presider: Anita Chandra, Master's Student, Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Rebecca Gordon, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	B3	Violence: Child Abuse, Child Maltreatment, Violent Crimes by Kids, Neighborhood Violence Kenneth Riley, President, MADD DADS, Los Angeles, CA Nurturing Healthy Intimacy Skills with Oneself and Others Gail Handysides, RN, MS, MA, Health Services Credential Program Advisor, San Diego State University Presider: Teresa Brown, MSW, Master's Student, Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Vanya Jones, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	B4	Nutrition and Physical Activity Patrick Akinbola, PhD, Coordinator, Office of Surveillance, Research and Evaluation, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Missouri Department of Health Suzette Goldmon, MS, Associate Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Education, NC Cooperative Extension Service Presider: Yvonne Ferguson, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Sung Choi, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	B5	Substance Abuse: Alcohol, Smoking and Drugs Sandra Headen, Research Associate, Pathways to Freedom, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jennifer Rounds-Bryant, MA, PhD, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., Raleigh, NC Presider: Dionne Godette, MS, Doctoral Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Co-presider: Elliott Brown, Doctoral Student, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:15	Conference Wrap-up William T. Small, Jr., MSPH, Associate Dean and Senior Advisor for Multicultural Affairs, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:30 - 6:00	Reception Honoring William T. Small, Jr.

Cosponsors
The University of North Carolina, General Administration
The University of North Carolina, Office of the Chancellor
The University of North Carolina, Office of the Vice Provost for Health Affairs
The University of North Carolina, Public Health Foundation, Inc.
NC Central University, Department of Health Education
DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company

If you find that you are unable to attend, please call 919-966-4032 to cancel and allow another person to attend. Substitutions from the same agency are allowed at any time with prior notification of the registrar (oce@unc.edu or 919-966-4032).

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21st Annual Minority Health Conference Raising Resilient Children: How Communities of Color Respond to the Challenge

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21st Annual Minority Health Conference
Raising Resilient Children: How Communities of Color Respond to the Challenge