24^th Annual Minority Health Conference Planning Committee

Social Determinants of Health: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle

Minutes

September 26, 2001

Attendees

Chandra Ford – HBHE, Maceo Thomas – HBHE, Sacoby Wilson – ENVR, Aundra Shields – Dean’s Office, Rachel Davis – HBHE, Whitney Robinson – EPI, Karoline Moon – HPAA, Alicia Salvatore – HBHE, Annice Kim – HBHE & Lee Hartsell - HBHE

Item of Business	Status	Next Step	Responsibility Party
I. & II. Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements	Attendees introduced each other and identified which dept. they represented	None
Item of Business	Status	Next Step	Responsibility Party
III. Old Business 9/12/01 Meeting III. New Business A. Speakers Subcommittee Report B. Budget & Fund- Raising Subcommittee Reports C. Sessions	During the 9/12/01 meeting two additional sessions were identified – Obesity & Diabetes, and Cultural Views of Health. Five existing session identified: Native American Health Media influences on health Capacity Building Grantwriting Funding Issues Social Determinants of Health could be 1 or 2 sessions. Additional people are needed to help make telephone calls. The speaker committee is open to interested persons and meets every other Wednesday from 4-5pm in Rosenau’s 3^rd floor conference room. The subcommittee may meet more frequently as needed. Meeting time may be used to write letters etc. Barbara Chavious will contact Poverty Simulation contact at Baby Love Conference. Cost is about $250-300. Will need two sessions for the presentation. 75 people will be able to attend this session. Speakers confirmed to date include Kurt Ribisl – who will discuss ways in which tobacco companies market to communities of color. Jane Brown agreed to speak on media influences & minority adolescents. **SUB and Dean’s office has agreed to let us use office space to make phone calls for potential funding. The key will be in Maceo’s HBHE mailbox. Budget subcommittee reported that they are working on the solicitation letter. The letter will include incentives for donors such as table tents, donor logos on folders/binders etc. Upcoming Deadlines: 10/15 – OCE will mail out the solicitation letters 10/22 – OSA & OEA (cocktail hour) advertising during APHA 11/5 – begin calling donors and try to secure pledges by Thanksgiving MHC seeking new contacts, departments, and personal contacts for potential donors. Soliciting department heads for support of the conference. Also may contact Urban planning, geography, social medicine, anthropology, and Sonya Hanes Cultural Center, State Government for donations. Aundra Shields said the Dean’s Office will donate SPH folders Potential Conference schedule: Keynote 5 Morning sessions (concurrent) Lunch 5 Afternoon Sessions (concurrent) Break 5 Late Sessions (concurrent) Urban planning session needs to be split to include different areas such as transportation, safety, pollution, zoning, and development. Additional sessions identified were Men’s Health, Migrant Farming, Incarceration, Poverty Simulation, Education – looking at children, retention in higher education, education policies November 16 –deadline for speakers confirmation Sacoby & Alicia will work together on the migrant farming session	Identify speakers & refer them to the speakers subcommittee MHC committee & volunteers need to make phone calls to potential donors before October 10^th meetings. Barbara Chavious will give update on the poverty simulation session. Speakers committee will follow up. Seronda Jackson and Jabar Akbar are working on a draft of the letter by October 10^th. Alicia Salvatore will keep excel spreadsheet with updated contact information. MHC will make phone calls to potential donors for updated contact information. Donors can return calls to Aundra Shield’s office – 966-2499. We need to identify potential speakers	MHC Committee MHC Committee & volunteers Chavious C. Ford & S. Francis S. Jackson J. Akbar A. Salvatore MHC Committee A. Shields MHC Committee S. Wilson A. Salvatore
VII. Next meeting	Next meeting will be held on October 10, 2001 – Room 101 in Rosenau. *October 24^th meeting moved to the 31^st because of APHA	Subcommittee chairs will contact members for meetings All members should come with speaker recommendations and suggestions for additional sessions	Subcommittee Chairs MHC members