• The Status of Oral Health for Children and Youth
  Diane Benjamin, Outreach Director, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health
• Dental Health Screening and Fluoride Varnish Application.
  Dr. Amos Deinard, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.
• Minnesota’s Early Head Start Oral Health Campaign.
  Gayle Kelly, Director, Minnesota Head Start Association. Tracy Wilcox, Arrowhead Community Action.
• Developing an Oral Health Coalition in Ramsey County – the Bright Smiles Project.
  Sharon Oswald, Greater Twin Cities United Way.
• Improving Children’s Oral Health: Healthy Vending in Schools.
  Patricia Glasrud, Minnesota Dental Association.

• Food Insecurity and Hunger, A Preventable Public Health Problem
  Diane Benjamin, Outreach Director, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
• Building Food Security in North Minneapolis
  Angela Dawson, Director, Northside Food Project.
• Mapping Food Insecurity in Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Cathy Simmons, Project Director, Black Hawk County Food Security Study Group.

• The "Healthy Migrant" Effect
  Katherine Fennelly, PhD; Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
• Healing by Heart
  Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, MD, MA; Family Physician, Regions Family and Community Medicine Residency and West Side Community Health Center
• Improving the Health of Minnesota's Immigrants:  Recommendations from the Minnesota Commissioners' Task Force on Immigrant Health
  Patricia Walker, MD; Medical Director of the Center for International Health at Regions Hospital; Minnesota Department of Health Immigration Task Force Chairperson.
• UMOS Inc.  Hispanic and Migrant Cultural Competency
  Mary Ann Borman, PhD; Director of Health Promotion, UMOS Inc.

• Mental Health of CYSHNC
  Joän Patterson, PhD; Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
• Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Problems among CYSHCN
  Joän Patterson, PhD; Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
• School-Based Mental Health Consultative and Collaborative Series: The St. Cloud Model of Mental Health Triage and Mobile Wellness
  Michael D. Quesnell, PhD; Safe Schools/Healthy Students, St. Cloud
• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  Sarah Thorson; BSW, Minnesota Children with Special Health Care Needs, Minnesota Department of Health.
• Children’s Mental Health: Systems of Care
  Glenace E. Edwall, Psy.D., Ph.D., LP; Director, Children’s Mental Health Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services
• The Special Education Perspective
  Cindy Shevlin-Woodcock, Interagency/Mental Health Specialist,Minnesota Department of Education

Family Planning

• The Dynamics of Contraceptive Vigilance or Compliance
  Carolyne Swain, MS and Cathy Conway-Johnson, PhD, Midwestern Professional Research and Education Services, Inc. (Title X/Region V Family Planning Training Program)
• Family Planning: The Policies and Politics
  Amy K. Brugh, MPH, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota
• Pregnancy Intention
  Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, MCH Program, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

• Children's Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks
  Amy Lockheart, Minnesota Department of Health
• Children Living in a Perilous Environment
  William Toscano, Jr, PhD, Professor and Head, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• Children Living in a Perilous Environment--presented March 2, 2004
  William Toscano, Jr, PhD, Professor and Head, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• Preventing Pollution Protects Children
  Kathleen Schuler, MPH, Environmental Scientist, Children's Environmental Health Project for IATP
• Keeping Children Safe from Toxic Substances: Tools for Parents
  Marjorie Vigoren, BS, Solid Waste and Environmental Education Coordinator, City of Plymouth, MN

• Every Child Deserves a Health Start
  Patty Petite, M.Ed; Director of the Fond du Lac Reservation Head Start, Minnesota
• Children in TheirEarliest Years: Many Get a Poor Start
  Christopher Watson, MS MA
  Coordinator, Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota
• Early Childhood Development=Economic Development
  Rob Grunewald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

• Baby Steps (965KB)
  Barbara Huus, MS, BSN
  
• Childhood Poverty’s Impact on Health & Development (941KB)
  Charles N.Oberg, MD, MPH
  
• How are the Children? Five Action Areas to Promote Healthy Communities(63KB)
  Luanne Nyberg, Senior Policy Analyst
  Hennepin County
  Minh Ta, Legislative Director
  Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota
• The Effects of Poverty on Child Development(261KB)
  Arturo Sesma, Jr., Ph.D.
  Applied Devlopmental Researcher
  Search Institute

• Epidemiology of Asthma Among Children in the U.S. (89KB)
  Joän Patterson, Ph.D., Maternal and Child Health Program, University of Minnesota
• Childhood Asthma: Risk and Protective Factors (63KB)
  Paul Kubic, M.D.
• Healthy Learners Asthma Initiative: Helping kids to breathe, learn and play better...(14.7MB)
  Stephanie Bisson Belseth RN, MAN, LSN, CPNP
  Cecelia DuPlessis Erickson RN, LSN, MPH
  Char Jensen, RN, LSN, MA
  Sara Mullett RN, MPH
  Pat Skirka RN, LSN, MA
  Patricia Splett, PhD
• Asthma, children and welfare reform (101KB)
  Deborah Schlick and Rahel Tekle, Ramsey County Human Services
• Health Policy and Pediatric Asthma (112KB)
  Gail Brottman MD, Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

• Promoting Physical Activity with Pedometers. Does it work? (20.2MB)
  Rebecca Lindberg, MPH, RD, LD, Center for Health Promotion
• Highlights: Minnesota efforts to promote physical activity
  Chris Kimber, MS, RD, H/FI, Physical Activity Promotion Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Health.
• Physical activity, Environment and Policy: The link between physical inactivity, land use patterns, and transportation(416K) or larger version with pictures (20.7 MB)
  Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota.
• Epidemiology of Physical Activity and Inactivity
  Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology.

• Aligning Reproductive Health Policies with Reality and Research
  Nancy Nelson, Executive Director, MOAPPP Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
• ‘s Up: Peer Education In Action
  National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research Center
  Div. General Pediatrics & Adolescent Health
  University of Minnesota
• Minnesota Center for Research in Health Statistics
  A long-term partnership between the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health in developing advanced statistical methods which can be applied to high priority public health issues
• Who are the fathers of infants born to adolescents in Minnesota?
  Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Maternal and Child Health Program

• Depression and Suicide
  Candy Kragthorpe
• Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Children's Mental Health
  Joän Patterson
• The Importance of Promoting Mental Health in Early Childhood
  Amy R. Susman-Stillman
• Good Mental Health Care Evolves from Good Public Policies
  Joan Sykora

• An Epidemic with Staying Power: Underage Drinking
  Carol Falkowski
• Youth Substance Use Prevention -- A Focus on Protective Factors
  Laurie L. Meschke, Ph.D.and Joan Patterson, Ph.D.
• Reducing Youth Access to Alcohol
  Traci Toomey, Ph.D.
• Selecting and designing an Effective Prevention Program
  Carolyn Williams, PhD

• An Overview of Child Abuse
  Terrie Rose, Ph.D.
• Protective Factors, Resilience, and Child Abuse and Neglect
  Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW
• Child Abuse Preventions -- Programmatic Interventions
  Charles Oberg, M.D., MPH
• Child Maltreatment Among Children with Chronic Illnesses & Disabilities
  Joän M. Patterson, PhD and Barbara Kratz, MS, CPNP

• Maternal Nutrition and Pregnancy Outcome
  Judy Brown, Ph.D.
• Social Determinants of Gender Differences in Health in the U.S.
  Wendy Hellerstedt, Ph.D.
• Using Data to Guide the Development and Implementation of a State Cancer Screening Program
  Jane E. Korn, MD, MPH & Annette Bar-Cohnen, MA, MPH
• Living with a Shrouded Legacy The History of the American Eugenics Movement
  Greta Bauer, MPH

• Current state of childhood obesity in America
  GEMS presentation from Video Conference
  Nancy Sherwood, Ph.D.
• The risk factors associated with childhood obesity
  Dianne Neumark-Stzainer, Ph.D.
• Current policies and programs that address childhood obesity
  Mary Story, Ph.D. and Marsha Davis, Ph.D.

• Tobacco Use Among College Students
  From Video Conference
  Ed Ehlinger, MD, MPH
• School-Based Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention
  Cheryl Perry, PhD
• Policy Approaches to Reducing Adolescent Tobacco Use
  Jean Forster, PhD
• Risk Factors Associated with Adolescent Tobacco Use
  Kelli Komro, PhD