Return to the Planning Committee Homepage24th Annual Minority Health Conference Planning Committee
Minutes from August 29, 2001
Attendees:Barbara Chavious - Cont. Ed, Chandra Ford - HEBE, Maceo Thomas - HEBE, Seronda Jackson - EPI, Jabar Akbar - NUTR, Sacoby Wilson - ENVR, Shelley Francis- MHCH, Aundra Shields - Deans Office, Yolanda Riggsbee - Cont. Ed, Kyna McCullough - EP,I Antoine Smith - HEBE, Kamilah Thomas - HEBE, Katrina Debnam - HEBE, Kacey Hanson - MHCH, Priya Satow - HEBE & Annice Kim - HEBE.
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Item of Business
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Status
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Next Step
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Responsibility Party
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I. & II. Welcome,Introductions, and Announcements
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Attendees introduced each other and identified which dept. they represented | ||
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III.Brief History of the Conference
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Barbara Chavious gave a brief history about the Minority Health Conference's origin. The Conference started over 24 years ago by students and was supported by the Dean's office. It was originally held in Rosenau and in recent years has been moved to the Friday Center due to increased participation. She also distributed flyers from previous conferences. | ||
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IV. Discussion of Committee Functions
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Maceo Thomas gave an introduction to subcommittees descriptions, responsibilities, and roles. Chandra Ford gave a summary of what the Social Determinants of Health |
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V. Old Business a. 8/8/01 Meeting highlights
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Shelley Francis gave highlights of the 8/8/01 meeting 1)All new members should be added to the MHC List serv24thannualmhc@listserv.unc.edu 2) Five sessions were identified and we are currently working on identifying potential speakers for the following topics:
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1)Members can add themselves via the website address 2) Identify potential speakers and secure speakers' contact info. 3)Shelley Francis contacted Leslie Randall regarding potential speakers and pertinent issues re: NAH (Native Amer. Health). Ms. Randall works at CDC in Native American Health and is a MHCH student. Shelley will also talk with Dr. Jane Brown in the School of Communication about pertinent media issues & minority health Everyone should be looking for potential speakers for our identified sessions |
1) MHC members
2) Chandra Ford MHC members
3) Shelley Francis MHC members
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b. Vote on Conference Title
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Committee members discussed nine potential working conference titles. The committee voted on a title. The new working "Social Determinants of Health: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle" |
The committee is open to small revisions to the title but not major revisions
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MHC members
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VI. New Business a. Sign up for committee
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The MHC opened the floor to signing up for subcommittees including chair positions.
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Subcommittee chairs will contact members for first meetings
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Committee Chairs
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c. Additional comments
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Annice Kim suggested having more discussion oriented interactive session, sSacoby Wilson suggested including a session on methods to treat ailments & cultural views of health care/issues |
Keep this in mind as we plan sessions Keep this in mind as we plan sessions
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VII. Next meeting
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Next meeting will be held on Sept. 12, 2001. | All members should come with speaker recommendations and suggestions for additional sessions | MHC members |
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