March 11, 2008 (Day 2)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
(8:30 am - 9:00 am)
Speaker:
- Garth Graham – Office of Minority Health, DHHS
PLENARY SESSIONS
Bridging the Gap in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Disparities (9:30 - 10:15 am)
Speakers:
This
session will highlight and discuss the status of AAPI health and
specifically the strategies health care providers can utilize to reduce
health disparity areas for AAPIs.
Empowering Our Communities (3:15 - 4:30 pm)
Speakers:
- Teresita Batayola – International Community Health Services (download presentation 1.56 MB)
- Kauila Clark – Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
- Emmanuel Kintu – Kalihi-Palama Health Center (download presentation 24.9 KB)
This
session will highlight AAPI communities’ past, current, and future
efforts in ensuring that we continue to empower and cultivate healthy
AAPI communities for generations.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
(10:30 am - 12:00 pm)
Building Capacity in Chronic/Infectious Healthcare through Strategic Partnerships
Speakers:
- William Hsu – Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
- ManChui Leung – Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (download presentation 593.09 KB)
- Henry Pollack – New York University Medical Center (download presentation 1.18 MB)
- Thomas Tsang – Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (download presentation 692.99 KB)
AAPIs are disproportionately affected by a broad range of diseases including hepatitis B,diabetes, and HIV. This session will provide an overview of the affect of these diseases on the AAPI community, highlight best practices to address these issues, and identify strategies to foster successful partnerships in building organizational capacity in hepatitis B, and HIV prevention, treatment and care.
Emergency
Preparedness: Addressing the Cultural and Linguistic Needs of
Individuals with Limited English Proficiency in Disaster Response
Speakers:
- Juliet Choi – American Red Cross (presentation unavailable)
- Elsie Lee – Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (download presentation 874.02 KB)
- Nora O’Brien – California Primary Care Association (download presentation 1.18 MB)
The
challenges of meeting the health care needs of AAPIs or individuals
with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) are often magnified during
disaster response. This session will provide background and
recommendations how emergency responders should address the cultural
and linguistic needs of individuals with LEP, highlight best practices
and strategies for successfully reaching LEP growing populations in a
major disaster, and discuss national, state, and local advocacy efforts
related to emergency preparedness and the response planning process for
meeting the needs of their LEP patients and communities following
natural and man-made disasters.
Getting out the Vote
Speakers:
- Pabitra Benjamin- APIA Vote (presentation unavailable)
- Vida Benavides- APIA Vote
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders can play a very important role in shaping and altering the political landscape in the upcoming presidential election. In order to do so however, more AAPIs must register and be encouraged to vote in this year’s elections. This session will describe resources available through APIA Vote, discuss exciting organizational programs, and discuss strategies to encourage AAPI voter participation in local communities.
(1:30 - 3:00 pm)
Beyond These Walls: Cultivating Healthy Communities Outside of the Community Health Center
Speakers:
Community
health centers can play a critical role in mobilizing the AAPI
populations it serves against the disproportionate amount of
environmental health hazards that are common to medically underserved
areas (MUAs). This session highlights how three distinct programs have
used individual empowerment, community education, and advocacy to
counteract environmental risks found throughout the community. Speakers
in this session will discuss their successful community-based
projects/activities that have led to improved health and quality of
life for the AAPI population in and outside of the primary care setting.
Seeing Beyond the Trees: Considerations and Benefits in Conducting Research and Evaluation with Community Health Centers
Speakers:
- Kenny Kwong – Hunter College School of Social Work, City University of New York (download presentation 331.25 KB)
- Mayumi Willgerodt – University of Washington, Department of Family and Child Nursing (download presentation 218.21 KB)
- Elizabeth Fien- Waimanalo Health Center
This
session is intended for Community Health Center staff who have never
conducted research, but are interested in learning what it takes to
begin a research project. Session speakers will discuss the benefits of
research for health centers in the short/long-term, describe what is
necessary for health centers to know before embarking on research, and
share examples of successful community-research partnerships, health
center research resources, and lessons learned.
Opportunity Agenda
Speakers:
This session will provide an overview of new reports, tools and projects that will help health professionals and community advocates promote health equity and discuss how to help ensure that equity and health care access go hand-in-hand. The session will highlight a new report on state-level policies that promote health equity, review a web-based mapping project that allows users to see how community-level factors affect the health of people of color, and discuss an interactive story archive project that underscores the health care inequities in minority communities.
(10:30 am - 12:00 pm Part I)/(1:30 - 3:00 pm Part II)
Writing a Successful Community Based Participatory Research Proposal
Speakers:
This
workshop comprises two sessions. It is primarily designed for CHC staff
who have conducted minimal research and would like to further increase
capacity. Topics of discussion focus on successful research proposal
examples, model community-research partnerships, and the step-by-step
proposal development process. Common obstacles, including how to
approach an Institutional Review Board (IRB), and mistakes to avoid
during the writing process will be addressed. Expectations for grant
writing, research resources, and lessons learned will also be shared.
