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Summer Institute 2002
Strategies for Addressing Health Disparities


June 27-28, 2002, Saint Paul, MN

The goal of the Summer Institutes is to provide educational opportunities that are relevant, informative, and useful to public health practitioners about addressing health and social disparities affecting women, children, families, and communities.



June 27, 2002


Keynote address

"Cultural Competence: Can It Be Taught?" Barbara Sugland (Video; Audio; PowerPoint)

Plenary session: Social Conditions That Affect Health

Video of plenary session (both presentations)

"The Health Effects of Personal and Aggregate-Level Poverty" Wendy Hellerstedt (PowerPoint)

"A Call to Action: Advancing Health for All Through Social and Economic Change in Minnesota" Lee Kingsbury (PowerPoint)

Plenary Session: State and Local Racial Disparaties in Infant Mortality
John Oswald, moderator

"Infant Race at Birth and Death" Wendy Hellerstedt (PowerPoint)

"Falling Through the Cracks: An Analysis of Care Coordination for Low Income Pregnant Women in Henepin and Ramsey Counties" Cheryl Fogarty (PowerPoint; Handout)

"Community Perspectives & the R.E.A.C.H. Project" Melanie Peterson-Hickey (PowerPoint)


Breakout Sessions

"Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Youth: What Can Community Based Providers Do to Help?" Barbara Sugland (PowerPoint)

"Motivating Clients to Make Health Behavior Changes" Deborah Hennrikus and Joän Patterson (PowerPoint)

"Use of Geo-Coding in Public Health Research: The Role of Socioeconomic Position in Explaining Black-White Cross-Over Effects in Heart Disease Mortality" Rhonda Jones-Webb and Melanie Wall (Jones-Webb PowerPoint; Wall PowerPoint)


Breakout sessions

"Promoting Health from the Inside-Out: Health Realization for Personal, Client and System Well-Being" Cindy Claypatch

"Conducting Participatory Action Research: Lessons Learned from the Indian Family Stories Project" Ann Garwick and Sally Auger (PowerPoint)

"What If You Want to Ask and They Don't Want to Tell? Survey Research and Sensitive Topics" Todd Rockwood (pdf)

"Breast and Cervical Cancer Control in Minnesota" Carin Perkins and Gay Lynn Richards (Perkins PowerPoint; Richards PowerPoint)

June 28, 2002


Plenary Session

"Ethics, Equity, and Disparities: A Public Health Conundrum" Charles Oberg (Video; PowerPoint)

"Using a Community Participatory Approach to Plan, Implement, and Evaluate Public Health Programs" Marsha Davis (Video; PowerPoint)

Breakout Sessions

"Media, Communication and Health Disparities: What Do We Know, What Can We Do?" John R. Finnegan, Jr. (View Presentation)

"'s Up Program: Empowering Youth Through Peer Education" Jenny Oliphant and Lisa Turnham (PowerPoint)

"The Health Needs of Immigrants in Minnesota" Katherine Fennelly (PowerPoint)

"Obesity Prevention Programs for Native American and African American Children" Mary Story and Mary Smyth (PowerPoint)


Closing Session

Erica Fishman: Moderator
Presenters: Deborah Schlick, Minh Ta, Neva Walker, and Nancy Nelson

"Impact of Welfare Reform on Women, Children, and Families: What are the Missing Pieces?" (Video; PowerPoint)

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