Events http://vapha.org daily 1 2008-05-30T19:11:42Z Spice Up Your Prevention Program: Teaching Strategies and Activities for Engagement http://vapha.org/events/spice-up-your-prevention-program-teaching-strategies-and-activities-for-engagement Program facilitators often hear their students say “this program is boring!” And the natural response is to find appropriate ways “spice up” your program. However, as an educator you must balance making an activity fun while at the same time ensuring it is effective and salient. Key Learning Objectives:
  • Examine instructional techniques and activities to deliver prevention, cessation and intervention activities in ways that engage adolescent learners on multiple levels
  • Enhance the durability of the learning and increase the likelihood that what is experienced in the classroom will be transferred and applied to solve real world challenges
  • Share ideas and techniques with one another through discussion and demonstration
]]> No publisher Mary Kidd Workshop 2012-05-09T19:14:28Z Event Strengthening our Response for Improved Refugee Mental Health http://vapha.org/events/strengthening-our-response-for-improved-refugee-mental-health Although refugees benefit from protective factors such as spirituality and strong family support, they face enormous social and economic factors that expose them to higher levels of stress and disadvantage due to poverty, unemployment, lack of English proficiency, discrimination and the trauma associated with the immigrant experience. Although refugees benefit from protective factors such as spirituality and strong family support, they face enormous social and economic factors that expose them to higher levels of stress and disadvantage due to poverty, unemployment, lack of English proficiency, discrimination and the trauma associated with the immigrant experience. As many states become more diverse, it challenges providers in the mental health system to adopt culturally competent ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and address barriers to appropriate and timely mental health services.  DBHDS will host a free training for mental health providers, refugee staff, volunteers dedicated to exploring critical topics in refugee mental health.

Outcomes

  • To gain an understanding of the protective and risk factors for mental health issues that refugees bring with them when resettling in the US.
  • To understand the cultural nuances and their impact on stigma and mental health treatment for refugees in the US
  • How to build stronger working relationships culturally and linguistically diverse individual in mental health programs
  • Explore specific topics of concern for refugees in Virginia
  • Understand the importance of and strategies for language services for refugee individuals
]]> No publisher Mary Kidd Seminar 2012-05-09T19:31:24Z Event On the Road to Injury Prevention http://vapha.org/events/on-the-road-to-injury-prevention Presenters will highlight new innovations in injury prevention. Topics include ATV safety and using simulation training to improve teen driving. Presented by:

Mary Aitken, MD, MPH: Professor of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas College of Medicine and Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Brendan Campbell, MD, MPH: Medical Director, Director, Pediatric Trauma, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Moderator: Tasmeen Weik, DrPH: HRSA/MCHB/EMSC

For questions or comments regarding these webcast, please contact Tasmeen Weik at tweik@hrsa.gov .

]]> No publisher Mary Kidd Webinar 2012-05-09T19:04:46Z Event 2012 AUPHA Annual Meeting http://vapha.org/events/2012-aupha-annual-meeting The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) will take place May 31-June 3 in Minneapolis, MN. The annual meeting will bring together graduate and undergraduate faculty to share ideas and proven practices in educating future practitioners in healthcare management. The meeting features thought leaders who provoke new ideas and direction for health care management education. No publisher Mary Kidd Annual Meeting 2012-03-08T21:24:26Z Event Social Determinants of Health Disparities: Moving the Nation to Care about Social Justice http://vapha.org/events/social-determinants-of-health-disparities-moving-the-nation-to-care-about-social-justice 18th National Health Equity Research Webcast (formerly known as the Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health) Featuring:

  • Camara P. Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity, Division of Adult and Community Health, NCCDPHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Ronny A. Bell, Ph.D., M.S., Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Co-Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
  • Aida L.M. Giachello, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Moderator: Cedric Bright, M.D., F.A.C.P., Director, Office of Special Programs and Assistant Dean for Admissions, UNC School of Medicine and 112th President, National Medical Association

This free, interactive session will be broadcast with a live audience in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium at the UNC School of Social Work and can be viewed over the Internet (webcast). Questions will be taken from broadcast participants by email and toll-free telephone.

]]> No publisher Mary Kidd Webinar 2012-05-09T19:27:24Z Event Prevention Ethics http://vapha.org/events/prevention-ethics This course is designed to provide participants who work in the field of prevention with a specific standard of professional conduct. Key Learning Objectives:

  • Identify standards of conduct for prevention professionals
  • Set professional goals with the prevention ethics standards in mind
  • Utilize a method of decision-making for difficult ethical situations in prevention
]]> No publisher Mary Kidd Seminar 2012-05-09T19:16:22Z Event Sugary Drinks Summit http://vapha.org/events/sugary-drinks-summit Sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest No publisher Mary Kidd Forum 2012-03-08T21:40:03Z Event Latest Tobacco Use Trends http://vapha.org/events/facilitating-community-change-through-environmental-approaches-1 Tobacco use trends determine the type of prevention work and strategies that one utilizes in the community. Key Learning Objectives
• Study the trends of tobacco use in order to better influence the planning and coordination of community efforts to prevent the use and abuse of tobacco and other substances.
• Study and promote programs that have impacted and changed the trends of tobacco use.
• Identify and plan for future prevention activities to continue impacting the tobacco use trends in local communities.

]]> No publisher Mary Kidd Workshop 2012-05-09T19:20:00Z Event APHA Mid-Year Meeting, The New Public Health: Rewiring for the Future http://vapha.org/events/apha-mid-year-meeting-the-new-public-health-rewiring-for-the-future The public health system delivers essential services that protect the health of your community and brings enormous value to creating a healthy nation. If we are to address the economic and health-related costs of chronic and communicable disease and injuries, we must strengthen our nation’s investment in prevention and public health. But the public health system is confronting a crisis: declining budgets, more demands, an aging and shrinking workforce, changing skill sets, technology hurdles, integration of public health into primary care, lack of understanding of the role of public health by the public, opinion leaders and policy-makers and a myriad of other challenges.

Building on the success of our Midyear Meeting in June 2011, please join the American Public Health Association and our partners as we address these and other issues at The New Public Health – Rewiring for the Future June 26-28, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C. This Midyear Meeting will offer public health professionals, partners and stakeholders the opportunity to learn in an interactive environment from some of the leading experts within and outside of the field about how the public health system must position itself to address the changing needs and demands it confronts and seize the opportunities that await. It will equip attendees from federal, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations with the educational, policy and advocacy tools needed for keeping up with and anticipating the changes   

]]> No publisher Mary Kidd Annual Conference 2012-02-01T21:21:39Z Event Johns Hopkins Conference on Black Health in the Western Hemisphere http://vapha.org/events/johns-hopkins-conference-on-black-health-in-the-western-hemisphere The Center for Health Disparities Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has now opened registration for the International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora (ICHAD 2012). The conference will be held July 4-8 in Baltimore, MD. The theme of ICHAD 2012 is "The Great Scattering: Connecting the Dots between Slavery and Contemporary Health in the African Diaspora." No publisher Mary Kidd Annual Conference 2012-03-08T21:26:11Z Event National Conference on Tobacco or Health http://vapha.org/events/national-conference-on-tobacco-or-health The purpose of the National Conference on Tobacco or Health is to help improve and sustain the effectiveness and reach of tobacco control programs and activities in the United States. It will be held August 15-17. The event will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, and provide: No publisher Mary Kidd Annual Conference 2012-03-08T21:28:16Z Event 2012 Public Health Law Conference – Practical Approaches to Critical Challenges http://vapha.org/events/2012-public-health-law-conference-2013-practical-approaches-to-critical-challenges Sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and the Network for Public Health Law No publisher Mary Kidd Annual Conference 2012-03-08T21:38:31Z Event