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Summer Institute 2003
Strategies for Addressing Health Disparities


June 26-27, 2003, 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 26, 2003


Keynote address

"Building Community Through Asset-Based Leadership" Craig Lewis (PowerPoint)

View extra handouts from Craig Lewis: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

"Using an Asset-Based Approach to Community Development" Gloria Lewis (PowerPoint)


Plenary session: panel discussion

"Can We Wait Until They Get to School?" Joän Patterson, moderator (View Presentation)

"Early Environmental Deprivation and Brain Development" Susan Parker

"Promoting Infant Attachment Among High Risk Mothers" Terrie Rose

"Attachment Theory and Research" by Bryon Engeland and Martha Erickson

"Economic Impact of Early Childhood Programs" Art Rolnick (Read Article)

"Public Support for Early Childhood Programs" Nora Slawick (Handout 1; Handout 2)


Plenary session: panel discussion

"Living La Vida Sana (Living the Healthy Life)" (View Presentation)

"The Health Effects of Personal and Aggregate-Level Poverty" Mary Jo Avendaño de Bealka

"A Call to Action: Advancing Health for All Through Social and Economic Change in Minnesota" Maria Padilla

Breakout sessions

"Health Realization: Highway to Healthy Communities" Shawna Hedlund and Cindy Claypatch (View Presentation)

"Social Marketing Basics for Public Health" John Finnegan (View Presentation)

"Using Evidence-Based Strategies to Address Disparities in Teen Pregnancy" Rebecca Fee and Lisa Turnham (View Presentation)

"Improving Asthma Care for American Indian Children" Ann Garwick and Sally Auger (View Presentation)


Breakout sessions

"Maps Are Fun! Practical Applications of GIS Technology" Diane Benjamin (View Presentation)

"Policy as an Intervention Strategy" Jean Forster (View Presentation)

"Health Care for Somalis in Minnesota" Nathaly Herrel & Qamar Ibrahim (View Presentation)

"Interested in Making a Difference? Getting a MPH - Master in Public Health Degree" Erica Fishman, Debra Olson, Michelle Chiezah, and Joan Pasiuk (Website)




June 27, 2003


Plenary session

"New Strategies, New Times: Improving the Health Status of Mothers and their Children in the 21st Century" Karen Kelley-Ariwoola (View Presentation)

"An Introduction to the Effects of Generational Poverty within our Social, Economic, and Political Structures" Jodi Pfarr


Breakout sessions

"From Northeastern Minnesota to Chicago: Does Ethnicity, Race, and Urban Living Matter? A Preventive Intervention Targeting Youth Alcohol Use" Kelli Komro (View Presentation)

"Why Can't We Just Tell Them to Change? Using Motivational Interviewing to Promote Healthy Behaviors" Joän Patterson (View Presentation)

More information on Motivational Interviewing:
www.motivationalinterview.org

Complete bibliography:
www.motivationalinterview.org/library/biblio.html

"Perinatal Periods of Risk Model: An Examination of Infant Mortality Disparities in the Twin Cities" Abby Sidebottom (View Presentation)

"Ethnic Diversity in Greater Minnesota" Jack Geller

Closing session

"How Are the Children? Five Areas of Activism for Healthy Communities" Luanne Nyberg (View Presentation)

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