Womenshealth.gov archive content is not current information, is not being updated, and may contain broken links. If you need an alternative means of access to any information please contact us. Let us know the nature of your accessibility problem, the Web address of the required information, and your contact information.

For current information, visit womenshealth.gov.

SESSION II: COMMUNITY-BASED PRACTICES AND INTERVENTION
Friday, August 24, 2007 4:00-6:00 PM

Name		Title	Affiliations
Janine M. Legg, MBA	Building Healthy Communities in Environmental Justice Areas-Women’s Health Issues in the Environmental Justice County of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania		HHC Services, Inc., Lancaster, PA
Phyllis Jones;	“Peer-Driven Interventions (Promotores) To Diminish Disparities in Access to HIV Prevention Services”	MS, Program Officer	National AIDS Fund Washington, DC
Brendolyn Bailey-Burch	“Girls Holla Back! II: A Family Affair. An Intergenerational Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention for African-American Females”	MS, Principal Investigator/Research Associate	University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine Institute of Mental Health St. Louis, MO
Bhavna Sivanand	“CPSP Nutrition Training: A Stategy to Improve Perinatal Nutrition in Underserved Communities”	BS, Student Intern University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Los Angeles County Department of Health Los Angeles, CA
Erika Dorsett RN,MSN	“Emerging Practices in Perinatal Substance Abuse Addressing Lack of Resources and Community Involvement in Rural Communities”	Clinical Coordinator	Healthy Start, Inc.Pittsburgh, PA
Monica C. Skewes	“Lessons from a Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Targeted to Hispanic Female College Students”	PhD, Research Associate	The Research Institute on Addictions, University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY
Ursuline Singleton	“An Innovative WIC Breastfeeding Project Targets Hispanic Mothers and Families”	MPH, RD, Nutritionist,	USDA/ Food and Nutrition Services, WIC Program Alexandria, VA
Victoria Grey Owl	“Indigenous Women Tackling Health Disparities in the Northern Plains”	BS, MA, PhD, Researcher III, American Indian Health Research Program	Black Hills State University American Indian Health Research Program Spearfish, SD
Rhea Boyd	A Review of Environmental Contributors to Precocious Puberty	BA, Student Intern	Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Jessie Hood	Strategies to Implement Preconception Health and Health Care for every woman	MPH, Public health Advisor,	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

womenshealth.gov
Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los E.E.U.U. Este sitio web es mantenido y pertenece a la Oficina para la Salud de la Mujer dentro la Oficina del Subsecretario de Salud en el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los E.E.U.U.
200 Independence Avenue • Washington DC 20201