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Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Sixth Annual Maryland Minority Health Disparities Conference

 

Conference Materials and Handouts


Presentations are available for those speakers who provided their slides for dissemination at the conference.  If you wish to utilize or disseminate the information in a presentation, you MUST obtain approval from the author.  Available presentations and handouts from the conference are listed below. 

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Conference Packet 

Handout Title:  Maryland General Assembly, Selected Minority Health Legislation 2000-2009 This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Date:  May 2009

 

Handout Title:  Selected Data Charts – Economics, Race/Ethnicity, and Health in Maryland This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Date:  May 2009

 

Handout Title:  National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2008  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Date:  May 2009

 

Handout Title:  Health Literacy Fact Sheets  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

Date:

 

Handout Title:  The Medical Home – Position Statement  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Association of American medical Colleges

Date:  March 2008

 

Handout Title:  Community Health Worker National Workforce Study  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

Date:  March 2007

 

Handout Title:  Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; A Business Case Update for Employers 

Author:  Trahan, L. & Williamson, P. – National Business Group on Health, Center for Prevention and Health Services

Date:  February 2009

 

Handout Title:  Evaluating the Economic Causes and Consequences of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Suthers, K. – American Public Health Association

Date:  November 2008

 

Handout Title:  Health Care Reform:  Critical to Closing the Gap for Communities of Color

Author:  Families USA, Minority Health Initiatives

Date:  March 2009

 

 

Conference Speakers/Presenters

 

*      Health Literacy Panel

 

Presentation Title:  Health Literacy Health Disparities  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  William A. Smith, PhD, Special Advisor on Innovative Management

 

Presentation Title:  Reducing Health Disparities through Health Literacy  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  Bonnie Braun, PhD, Director, Herschel S. Horowitch Center for Health Literacy, School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park

 

Presentation Title:  Cultural Competency and Health Literacy  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park

 

*      Community-Based Health Disparities Intervention Panel

 

Presentation Title:  The Value of Community-Based Participatory Research  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  Kim Syndor, PhD, Behavioral Health Sciences, Morgan State University

 

 

*      Patient-Centered Medical Home Panel

 

Presentation Title:  Patient-Centered Medical Homes:  Addressing Health Disparities  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  Jonathan VanGeest, PhD, Health Policy & Management, Morgan State University

 

Presentation Title:  Patient Centered Health Home:  A Federally Qualified Health Center Strategy  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  Miguel McInnis, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers

 

Presentation Title:  What is the Patient-Centered Medical Home?   This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  Yvette Rooks, MD, CAQ, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine

 

Presentation Title:  Health IT in the Patient-Centered Medical Home  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Presenter:  David Sharp, PhD, Maryland Health Care Commission, Center for Health Information Technology

 

           

Additional Handouts

 

Handout Title:  National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Date:  May 2008

 

Handout Title:  Selected Health Disparities Publications  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Date:  May 2009

 

Handout Title: Federal Minority Health Legislation  This is a .PDF document.  Adobe Acrobat Reader download version 4.0 or higher is required to view PDF files.

Author:  Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Date:  May 2009   

 

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