Workshop Session A
Friday 8/24/07

1:45-3:45 pm

Session & Room Location

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Session A- 6

Session A-7

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Session A- 10

Topic

Autoimmune Diseases/ Conditions

Obesity

Cancer Strategies

AoA

HIV/AIDS

Health Intervention Tools

Immigrant Health

Mental Health

Coalition Building

Community Empowerment (HRSA)

Moderator:

Jung, Lily

1 Speaker

“Beauty Does Lie: the Untold Story of Autoimmune Diseases” :Documentary  Courtney Smith, BA

1 Speaker

Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are Equal Opportunity Afflictions Sabrina Dudley Johnson, BSCJ, CLA, CLEO

1 Speaker

Sarcoidosis: Problems in Diagnosis & Treatment Glenda Fulton

Moderator:

Baker

Duiona

1 Speaker

Community Obesity Registry as a Means to Prevent Obesity Marie-Ange Tardieu, MD

1 Speaker

Foundational elements of weight loss Larry Tate

1 Speaker

Moving Women Forward

Jennifer Barr, RD, CDN

Moderator:

Bishop, Jennifer

2 Speakers

Cancer 101

A Cancer Education Training program

Katherine Briant, MPH, CHES,

Teresa Guthrie, RN, MSN

1 Speaker

How to Start Cancer Support Groups Celeste Whitewolf, JD

1 Speaker

Breast Health

Bingo

Ysabel Duron

Moderator:

Freeman, Dianne

Agency on Aging

Assisting Women to exercise their Choices for Independence: Retirement Planning,  Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement and the National Caucus and Center on the Black Aged

Dianne Freeman, Cindy Hounsell, JD

Wiser

Aundrenette Boddie,

Shital Shah MS,

Moderator:

Hazel Dean

1 Speaker

Low-Income Women of Color: Identifying Their Motivations and Beliefs in Fighting HIV in Their Communities Catherine Medina, PhD

2 Speakers

Challenges and Opportunities in HIV Prevention and Education for Young Women of Color in NYC

Claire Simon

Kareena Cleveland

Moderator:

Granthon, Miryam

1 Speaker

THRIVE: Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments Elizabeth D. Waiters, PhD

1 Speaker

Designing and Implementing Cultural Diversity and Competency Training Using a Train-the-Trainer Model Deborah Wilson, DSN, RN

2 Speakers

Prime Time Sister Circles: A gender specific, culturally relevant health intervention to decrease major risk factors in midlife African American women

Marilyn Gaston, MD, Gayle Porter, PhD

Moderator:

David, Michele

1 Speaker Health and Safety Issues Faced By Vietnamese Immigrant Nail Salon Workers

Julia Liou, MPH

3 Speakers

Coming together for action: addressing immigrant and refugee women’s health in Ohio

Judi Moseley, BA

Cora Munoz, Bounthanh Phommasathit, MS, Julia Arbini-Carbonell

Moderator:

Wong-Kim, Evaon

2 Speakers

A Quiet Crisis: Depression and Substance Abuse Among Rural African American Women Olga Osby, DSW

Safiya Omari, PhD

2 Speakers

Ain’t Gonna Let Those Blues  Hang Around: A

Strength-Based Program for Assessing and Treating Mental Health Issues among Clients and Staff Deborah Austin, PhD,

Estrellita Berry, MA

Moderator:

Hawks, Betty Lee

2 Speakers

Community Engagement at its Best: Developing a Multicultural Approach Coalition Building 

Ruth Perot, MAT

Suganya Sockalingam

2 Speakers

Coalition Building and the Health of Older Black Women: Voices from the Front Line

April Taylor, MPH

Loretta Dixon

Moderator:

Matoff-Stepp, Sabrina

Health Resources and Services Agency

Healthy women Can build Healthy communities Larissa Estes, MPH, Sabrina Matoff-Stepp, MA Reem Ghandour, MPA, Amanda J. Cash, MPH, DrPH