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Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

2007 Health Disparities Conference and Public Health Forum

April 23 and 24

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

PowerPoint presentations are available for those speakers who provided their slides for dissemination at the conference.  Some speakers requested that their presentations NOT be disseminated beyond the conference.  If you wish to utilize or disseminate the information in a presentation, you MUST obtain approval from the author.   

Available presentations for April 23 & 24, 2007 are listed below.  Click on the title of each presentation to access a PDFThis is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader version of the slides. 

April 23, 2007 Cultural Competency:  An Agenda for Ending Health Disparities in Maryland

 

Health Disparities Research This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Eleanor A. Walker, PhD, RN, Professor of Nursing, Bowie State University

 

Bridging the Gap:  Health Disparities and Health Information Technology This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Camilla Hull Brown, Principal and Founder, Strategies for Tomorrow, Inc.
  • Russell Davis, DPA, MAPT, President, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc.

 

Health Disparities and Cultural Competency:  A Federal Perspective This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Tanya Pagan Raggio Ashley, MD, MPH, FAAP, Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities and Chief Medical Officer, HRSA

 

Minority Organizations Promote Cultural Competency This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Graciela Jaschek, Latino Health Initiative of Montgomery County
  • Herminia Nudo, RN, MSN, Katipunan, Filipino-American Association of Maryland, Inc.
  • Guy Wells, Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs
  • Karen Banfield Evans, Park Heights Community Health Alliance

 

Understanding and Assessing the Role of Culture in the Delivery of Mental Health Services to Minority Populations This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Iris G. Reeves, MSW, Coordinator, Multicultural Issues, Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration
  • Thomas E. Arthur, M Ed, MA, Thomas E. Arthur & Associates

 

Meeting the Challenge: Creating a Longitudinal Cultural Competency Curriculum This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Richard Tanenbaum, PhD, Principal Investigator, Uniformed Services University Center for Health Disparities Research and Education
  • Lauren Hill, PhD, Director, Minority Health and Health Disparity Education

 

April 24, 2007 – Workforce and Cultural Diversity:  A Public Health Forum

 

Diversifying Medical Education (Click on presenter’s name to view presentation)

 

Keynote Address - Cultural Competency Training: Best and Promising Practices This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Robert C. Like, MD, MS, Professor and Director, Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

 

Patient-Centered Care and Health Disparities This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

 

Race Relationships and Healthcare Disparities: Let’s Talk about It This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Lisa A Cooper, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

Cultural Competency Training: The Challenge and Promise of Physician Participation This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Carmen Tyler Winston, MHSA, BSN, BA, Vice President, Quality Improvement Programs, Delmarva Foundation

 

A Health Professional’s Practical Guide to Cultural Competent Care This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • Guadalupe Pacheco, MSW, Special Assistant to the Director, DHHS – Office of Minority Health

 

HELP!  Does Anyone Speak Spanish? Legal Requirements and Best Practices for Interpreting in Health Care (Click on presenter’s name to view presentation)         

 

 

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