Justice
Advancing Health Equity, Working for JUSTICE in All Communities
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Welcome to the 2011 CityMatCH Conference website where you can find photos, conference PowerPoint presentations, and more exciting highlights! For over 20 years, CityMatCH has been hosting an annual conference of Urban Maternal and Child Health programs and leaders. Our conferences are known for their cutting-edge maternal and child health content, in-depth skills-building sessions, and great professional camaraderie.
The goal of this year's conference was to shed light on a variety of areas of justice that most directly impact MCH, and to challenge participants to think critically about their role in actively advancing justice and health equity.
This year's conference focused on the theme of JUSTICE in all communities.
Why Justice? As a nation, we have made significant progress toward achieving justice for all. However, injustices are still seen in many areas and for in many populations. Where injustice prevails, inequities in health and well-being persist and deepen. The 2011 conference shed light on a variety of areas of justice that most directly impact MCH, and challenged participants to think critically about their role in actively advancing justice and health equity.
What Kinds of Justice? The conference considered data, programs and policies in the areas of:
- SOCIAL JUSTICE. The World Health Organization defines health as “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." i Health begins beyond the doors of the clinic and inequities in health start elsewhere, as well. Addressing equity means addressing the structural and systemic inequalities that create disparities in health. It means fighting for social justice, not just insuring access to care for all.
- REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE. “Reproductive justice exists when all people have the social, political, and economic power and resources to make healthy decisions about their gender, bodies, sexuality, and families for ourselves and our communities.” ii It links the concept of disparity to the concept of inequity.
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. The University of Michigan states, "[Environmental justice is] the right to a safe, healthy, productive, and sustainable environment for all, where ‘environment’ is considered in its totality to include the ecological (biological), physical (natural and built), social, political, aesthetic, and economic environments. Environmental justice refers to the conditions in which such a right can be freely exercised, whereby individual and group identities, needs, and dignities are preserved, fulfilled, and respected in a way that provides for self-actualization and personal and community empowerment." It goes on to state that, "Providing environmental justice includes a guarantee of equal access to relief and meaningful community participation with government and industry decision-makers.” iii
- ECONOMIC JUSTICE. In the documentary series Unnatural Causes we learn, "The wealthiest people have the most access to power, resources and opportunity–and thus the best health. Those on the bottom are faced with more stressors–unpaid bills, jobs that don’t pay enough, unsafe living conditions, exposure to environmental hazards, lack of control over work and schedule, worries over children–and the fewest resources available to help them cope." ivAn economically-just society is one in which all people have equal opportunity and equal access to the resources and opportunities that impact their health.
- RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. “Restorative justice is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of victims, offenders, as well as the involved community, instead of satisfying abstract legal principles or punishing the offender.” v In this model, crime is viewed as an offense against the community – including victim and offender – rather than against the state.
Continuing education credit/contact hours have been approved for the 2011 CityMatCH Conference and are FREE OF CHARGE in 2011!
The deadline to apply for continuing education credit for the 2011 CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference is October 31st, 2011. If you are interested in receiving credit for having attended this year’s conference, please click here.
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CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and CityMatCH.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME ®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 23.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. -
Continuing Education designated for Non-Physicians: Non-physicians will receive a certificate of participation.
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CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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IACET CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 2.6 ANSI/IACET CEU's for this program.
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CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 23 Category I CECH in health education. CDC provider number GA0082.
Financial Disclosure Statement
CDC, our planners, and our presenters wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the following exceptions:
Grace Boda wishes to disclose that she a consultant for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Contra Costa Health Department.
Marita Fridjhon wishes to disclose that she is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CRR Global, Inc.
Tina Podlodowski wishes to disclose that she is the Vice-President for Porter Novelli.
Vernon A. Wall wishes to disclose that he works as an independent consultant.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CityMatCH has not received any commercial support for this activity.
CDC has not received any commercial support for this activity.
September 16, 2011 - Friday- 8:00 AM -
- 5:00 PM
- CityMatCH Board of Directors’ Meeting
- 8:00 AM -
- 12:00 PM
- CityLeaders Workshop (closed session)
- 8:00 AM -
- 5:00 PM
- Data Skills Training
Description:
Epidemiologists, evaluators, data analysts, and researchers who study social determinants and equity in maternal and child health, strive for their work to make a positive difference in the lives of women, children and families. But what are the pathways from research to progressive policy and program change? Knowledge Translation (KT) refers to a wide range of frameworks, practices, and tools for increasing the relevance and influence of research in guiding health policy and practices. This one-day workshop will provide an introduction to leading-edge KT strategies that have been tailored for health equity research and practice, and will highlight the principles of effective knowledge translation, including the complexities of KT for social determinants of health issues.
- 8:00 AM -
- 12:00 PM
Service Learning
Service Learning was first introduced at the 2009 Conference as a tool to provide CityMatCH conference attendees opportunities for critical and reflective thinking in the context of hands-on work. This year, we will partner with the Neighborhood Vision Project (NVP), a collaborative community service initiative that mobilizes youth from various neighborhoods to design, implement, and work together on community service projects in each others' neighborhoods. Tailored for CityMatCH Conference participants, this service experience offers a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the San Francisco community while attending Conference.
- 1:00 PM -
- 5:00 PM
- Pre-Conference Workshops
DownloadSpeaker:
Jason Reece, MCRP, BA
The Kirwan Institute
Moritz College of Law
The Ohio State University
Description:
The Kirwan Institute at the Ohio State University describes opportunity mapping as "a research tool used to understand the dynamics of “opportunity” within metropolitan areas. The purpose of opportunity mapping is to illustrate where opportunity rich communities exist (and assess who has access to these communities) and to understand what needs to be remedied in opportunity poor communities. Opportunity mapping builds upon the rich history of using neighborhood based information and mapping to understand the challenges impacting our neighborhoods." Jason Reece, Senior Researcher with the Kirwan Institute, will explain the opportunity mapping process and walk participants through several examples. By the end of the workshop, participants will have new tools for understanding how to use mapping as a part of their health equity and social justice promotion portfolio.
Description:
A wealth of data relevant to maternal and child health is available from national surveys. In this session, participants will learn about several national surveillance systems designed to better understand maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy, and the physical and emotional health of children and youth. During the workshop, presenters will introduce several national surveillance system surveys; discuss the availability of data at the local and/or tribal level; review the strengths and limitations of the surveillance system data; and discuss how these data can be used to inform MCH practice and policy.
- 6:00 AM -
- 7:00 AM
- Poster Set Up
- 7:00 AM -
- 8:00 AM
- Registration and Exhibitor's Breakfast
- 7:15 AM -
- 7:45 AM
- CityMatCH 101
- 8:00 AM -
- 8:30 AM
- 2011 CityMatCH Conference Welcome
- 8:30 AM -
- 9:30 AM
- Plenary 1 - Working for Justice: Key Concepts
Founding Faculty, Social Justice Training Institute
Director of Educational Programs & Publications
American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
Download the Presentation
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Description:
What exactly is social justice? What is a socially just community? What are the characteristics of a community committed to social justice? We, as MCH professionals striving to address inequities and fight against injustice, must be able to confidently answer these questions. Join speaker Vernon Wall, founder of the Social Justice Training Institute, on an interactive journey leading toward deeper understanding of social justice, and examine your readiness to take social justice practices to the next level in your community.
- 9:45 AM -
- 10:45 AM
- Sessions A - Examples from the Field
- The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: Leading the Way
to Improving the Quality and Safety of Peripartum Health
(Diana Ramos, MD, MPH) - The Missing Link: The Value of Medical-Legal Partnership in a Healthy
Start Program (Shannon Mace, JD, MPH) - Unlocking the Prenatal Care Door: A Community Approach (Katrina
Buehrer-Salas, Nancy Calvo, MPH, and Nancy Forrest, MBA)
- Applying the Life Course Perspective to a Public Health Department’s
Work Through Internal Capacity Building and a Multi-Sector
Community Collaborative (Bina Patel Shrimali, MPH
and Christina (Kiko) Malin, MPH, MSW) - Building Economic Security Today (BEST): Results of a Life Course
Perspective-based Asset Development Pilot Project at
Contra Costa County WIC (Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH) - Promising Practices in Adolescent Preconception Health: Integrating
Life Course Theory into Local Health Department Adolescent
Preconception Health Programs - Nashville, Tennessee, 2011
(Monica Murphy, MPH)
- Adopting the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Process for Prevention
of Perinatal HIV Transmission (Rosemary Fournier, BSN, RN) - Using the FIMR/HIV Methodology to Assess Missed Opportunities for
Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission in an Urban Community
(Carolyn Burr, EdD, MS, MS, BSN, RN) - Experiences with the FIMR/HIV prevention Methodology in New Orleans:
Perspectives from a Title V Director (Amy Zapata, MPH)
- A Model for Successful Coalition-building: The Text4baby Program
(Kathleen Murphy, BA) - Communicating Effectively About Vaccines - What Are Moms Saying Now?
(Kathy Talkington, MPAff, and Tina Podlodowski, BS) - Social Immersive Media and Maternal and Child Health: Increasing
Knowledge with Interactive Tools (Charito Buskirk, MPH
and Mary Weber, MSN, RN, NEA-BC)
- 11:00 AM -
- 12:15 PM
- Youth Speaks Poetry and Luncheon
Description:
Founded in 1996, Youth Speaks is the leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs in the country. Youth Speaks believes that having knowledge, practice, and confidence in the written and spoken word is essential to self-empowerment, and creates opportunities for empowering the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists. Youth Speaks challenges youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of social change. By making the connection between poetry, spoken word, youth development, and civic engagement, Youth Speaks hopes to shift negative perceptions of youth; combat illiteracy, alienation, and silence; and create a global movement of brave new voices.
- 12:30 PM -
- 2:00 PM
- Breakouts B - Skills-Building Sessions
Description:
We know that economic and environmental disparities impact the lives of women, children and families, but struggle to know exactly what to do, how to do it, and how to sustain it. Juliet Ellis, former director of Urban Habitat, has a rich background in economic and community development, neighborhood planning, and workforce development. Don’t miss this important session as she presents practical examples of how we can pull together diverse agencies, organizations, and individuals, and work toward closing the gaps in income, opportunity, economic and environmental security, and health.
Description:
How does one measure the impact of the criminal justice system upon communities? How can society repair the harm done to victims, communities, and offenders that occurs when a crime is committed? In this session, presenters will discuss the alternative/complementary paradigm of Restorative Justice (also known as community justice). In this model, crime is viewed as an offense against the community – including victim and offender – rather than against the state. This session will describe how the California Community Justice Project (CCJP) of Alameda County strives to increase awareness and use of local practices consistent with community justice principles. Key presenters California Superior Court Judge Gail Bereola and Dr. Fania E. Davis have been visionary leaders at the forefront of the restorative justice movement. Dr. Davis, Civil Rights Attorney and Executive Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, will focus on the contemporary U.S. restorative justice movement and racism. Judge Bereola will share her experience and perspectives as she convened the initial Restorative Justice Task Force and provided impetus and leadership toward the development and implementation of the Alameda County Restorative Juvenile Justice Strategic Plan 2009-2011.
Description:
This session will demonstrate ways in which urban communities and MCH programs can use data to drive programs and policies to improve health and address inequality. Dr. Betts, founding director of the Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action (CBANA), will discuss ways in which research and community-based problem-solving can address issues around housing, neighborhoods, and community development in urban neighborhoods, where low-income women and their families experience the brunt of housing hardship and diminished support services.
Description:
Reproductive justice, which links the concepts of disparity and inequity, exists when all people have the social, political and economic power and resources to make healthy decisions about their gender, bodies, sexuality, and families. Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice’s (ACRJ's) Strong Families Initiative seeks to expand the definition of "family" to support families of all kinds. The focus of Strong Families is on families who have the least amount of resources and are most under attack: families of color, low-income families, immigrant families, LGBT families and single parent families. As families in the U.S. struggle, low-income women, women of color and their children experience the greatest burden. Strong families are families in which every member has the opportunity to thrive. This session will highlight the 10-Year Initiative, anchored by the reproductive justice sector, and will explain how ACRJ is bringing together leaders and organizations from immigrant rights, labor, education, climate justice, LGBT, racial justice, and criminal justice to move forward a progressive agenda with families at the center. Learn ways in which you can promote reproductive justice and a Strong Families agenda in your community.
- 2:15 PM -
- 3:45 PM
- Breakouts C - Skills-Building Sessions (repeated session)
Description:
We know that economic and environmental disparities impact the lives of women, children and families, but struggle to know exactly what to do, how to do it, and how to sustain it. Juliet Ellis, former director of Urban Habitat, has a rich background in economic and community development, neighborhood planning, and workforce development. Don’t miss this important session as she presents practical examples of how we can pull together diverse agencies, organizations, and individuals, and work toward closing the gaps in income, opportunity, economic and environmental security, and health.
Description:
How does one measure the impact of the criminal justice system upon communities? How can society repair the harm done to victims, communities, and offenders that occurs when a crime is committed? In this session, presenters will discuss the alternative/complementary paradigm of Restorative Justice (also known as community justice). In this model, crime is viewed as an offense against the community – including victim and offender – rather than against the state. This session will describe how the California Community Justice Project (CCJP) of Alameda County strives to increase awareness and use of local practices consistent with community justice principles. Key presenters California Superior Court Judge Gail Bereola and Dr. Fania E. Davis have been visionary leaders at the forefront of the restorative justice movement. Dr. Davis, Civil Rights Attorney and Executive Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, will focus on the contemporary U.S. restorative justice movement and racism. Judge Bereola will share her experience and perspectives as she convened the initial Restorative Justice Task Force and provided impetus and leadership toward the development and implementation of the Alameda County Restorative Juvenile Justice Strategic Plan 2009-2011.
Description:
Evidence is increasing that social and environmental inequalities cause poor health, not just poor health care. This means that even if we could provide health care for everyone, we could not make everyone healthy. Rhode Island has begun to operationalize a Health Equity framework using a life course development approach and integration of investments at the state and local level. The visual tool for this approach is their “Equity Pyramid” adapted from the “health impact pyramid” developed by Dr. Thomas Frieden. Another part of this effort is the “RI DataHUB,” an infrastructure that crosses agency boundaries and puts information from federal, state, and local programs together and into the hands of policy makers. The presenters will discuss Rhode Island’s long-term commitment to improving health equity, the partnerships required, their process, accomplishments, and plans for the future. They will propose some concrete ways that health departments can work with other agencies (such as education and social services departments) to reduce costs to society and improve the health of the people they serve by investing at lower levels of the Pyramid.
Description:
Reproductive justice, which links the concepts of disparity and inequity, exists when all people have the social, political and economic power and resources to make healthy decisions about their gender, bodies, sexuality, and families. Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice’s (ACRJ's) Strong Families Initiative seeks to expand the definition of "family" to support families of all kinds. The focus of Strong Families is on families who have the least amount of resources and are most under attack: families of color, low-income families, immigrant families, LGBT families and single parent families. As families in the U.S. struggle, low-income women, women of color and their children experience the greatest burden. Strong families are families in which every member has the opportunity to thrive. This session will highlight the 10-Year Initiative, anchored by the reproductive justice sector, and will explain how ACRJ is bringing together leaders and organizations from immigrant rights, labor, education, climate justice, LGBT, racial justice, and criminal justice to move forward a progressive agenda with families at the center. Learn ways in which you can promote reproductive justice and a Strong Families agenda in your community.
- 4:00 PM -
- 5:00 PM
- Plenary 2 - Working for Justice: Improving Our Urban Communities – Why Place and Race Matter
Description:
Challenges facing urban communities have been well researched and documented. Many successful strategies and solutions have been developed, evaluated and replicated. Despite all of this effort and increased understanding, real improvements in urban communities are not being seen on the scale we know to be possible. Making significant impact in urban communities will require the mobilization of decision makers, and the weaving together of resources from all sectors. This plenary, presented by Mary Lee, Associate Director of Policy Link and co-author of Why Place and Race Matter, will explore some of the leading innovations and movements happening nationwide to improve U.S. urban areas.
- 6:00 PM -
- 9:00 PM
- Friends of CityMatCH Dinner
* Unfamiliar with the term? Bollywood references the Indian film industry -- literally Bombay+Hollywood. Bollywood dance is "a synthesis of formal and folk Indian traditional music and dance traditions, with the infusion of Western techniques,” according to our friends at Wikipedia.
- 7:00 AM -
- 8:00 AM
- Breakfast and Regional Roundtables
- 8:15 AM -
- 9:45 AM
- Breakouts D - Skills-Building Session
Health professionals engaged in community work often need to evaluate interventions they develop or deliver, but most do not have the resources or expertise to gather and report outcomes satisfactorily. Many projects lose their way in evaluation when moving from goals and objectives to the data needed to monitor progress. Good data analysis does not begin with a computer and sophisticated techniques; it begins with adequate data and a clear grasp of the important questions. This session will focus on asking good questions and facilitating the transition from a logic model or research questions to an evaluation plan, including data collection strategies and tools. The presenters will discuss data quality, the utility of simple analysis, and ways to use data to support a project’s goals and objectives.
Description:
Promoting and improving health among African Americans is best achieved by interventions that build capacity in the community, and that strengthen, empower, and sustain healthy lifestyles among African Americans. What can be done to help reconfigure health and social services to meet the needs of African Americans in the U.S.? In this session, Corliss McKeever, MSW, President and Chief Executive Officer of the African American Health Coalition, Inc. (AAHC) will provide an overview of the data on health disparities, and talk about where we need to go from here. How do we move from simply having the data, to actions that will involve our communities at multiple levels? What steps can we take that will achieve the greatest impact?
Description:
This session will explore the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010, featuring the proposed changes to public health insurance and community health centers, and the potential implications for public health. The presenter will describe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010 legislation which has set forth incremental and increasing changes, discuss the practical realities of implementation and the importance of evidence-based approaches, involve participants in a conversation about related opportunities and challenges, and discuss what should be the primary responsibility of public health.
Women with Disabilities Health Equity Coalition
Portland State University
Portland, OR
Inspiration Playground (by Kori Wilford)
Disability Across the Life Course (by Noelle Wiggins)
Description:
The National Preconception Health Consumer Work Group is developing a national, multi-organizational social marketing plan. In this session, Elizabeth Mitchell, CDC Liaison to the Consumer Work Group, will discuss the Consumer Workgroup’s call to action; discuss social marketing as a vehicle for action; describe phases of a social marketing plan; and highlight the status of the Consumer Workgroup’s social marketing plan activities by phase. Session participants will engage in discussion around the social marketing plan, implementation opportunities, and product needs.
- 10:00 AM -
- 11:00 AM
- Session E – Examples from the Field
- Contraceptive Preferences of Women Presenting for Abortion
(Lauren Lessard, MPH) - Preconception Care Integration within Family Planning Services:
Exploring the Client and Provider Experience (Claudine Offer, MPH) - Racial Disparities in Unplanned Pregnancies and Why Women Don’t
Use Birth Control. Results from the 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby
Project (LAMB) (Chandra Higgins, MPH)
- Home Distribution of Hormonal Contraceptives by Public Health Nurses
(Alan Melnick, MD, MPH, Jayne Kauzloric, MN, RN,
Marni Storey, MN, RN, and Teresa Gipson, MD, MPH) - Integrating Community-Based Doula Support into Home Visiting
Programs: A Critical Step Toward Reproductive Justice
(Jeretha McKinley, BA and Rachel Abramson, MS, RN, IBCLC) - Paving the Way for a Coordinated System of Home Visiting Services
in Alameda County: An Evaluation of County Population Needs,
Existing Programs, and Opportunities for Enhancement of Services
(Janet Brown, MSc)
- A Paradigm Shift in Prenatal Care: Implementing Centering Pregnancy
in a large Multi-site FQHC (Peg Dublin, MPH, BSN, RN) - Incorporating Preconception/Interconception Care into Los Angeles
County’s Medicaid Prenatal Program (Diana Ramos, MD, MPH) - Pregnancy Partners; A Patient Navigator Solution to Improve Access
to Early Prenatal Care
(Marni Storey, MS, BSN, RN and Melanie Payne, MPH)
- A Comprehensive Training Program for Grassroots Community Leaders
to Forge Social and Reproductive Justice in South Carolina
(Julie Smithwick-Leone, MSW, LMSW and Mariangeles Borghini, BSW) - The Coming of the Blessing - A Successful Cross-Cultural Initiative
(Carol Arnold, PhD, MS, RN and Denise Aragon, AA, CDA) - The Role of Advocacy in Promoting Reproductive Health Equity and
Social Justice in the Latino Population: A Qualitative
Approach to Understanding Barriers and Solutions
(Lucy Willms, MSW, LMSW and Margarita Franco Hernandez, BA)
- 11:00 AM -
- 12:30 PM
- CityMatCH Awards Luncheon
- 12:45 PM -
- 1:45 PM
- Session F – Examples from the Field
- Food to Families (F2F): Engaging Multi-sector Partners in a Life Course
Approach to Community Transformation in Alameda County
(Jessica Cullen Luginbuhl, MPH and Maria-Elena Young, MPH) - From Gangs to Growing Healthy Food: Environmental Justice through
Urban Gardens (Jennifer Wieczorek, MPH) - Impact of Healthy Start Home Visiting Model on Reduction of
Perinatal Health Disparities in Allegheny County, PA:
Evaluation of Seven-Year Major Perinatal Outcomes
(Raynard Washington, MPH)
- Addressing the Social-Emotional Needs of Young Children: Building
Capacity for Mental Health Consultation in Early Childhood Settings
(Julie Driscoll, MSW and Katherine Quinn, MA) - ClubMom: A Non-traditional Model of Health Education for African
American Women at Risk for Adverse Birth Outcomes
(Dana Cruz Santana, MSW, MPH, CHES and Kay Adams, MPH) - Perintal Mood Disorders: A Critical Need for Intervention
(Grace Harris, MA and Karen Clemmer, MN, BSN, RN)
- A Pilot Project to Increase Breastfeeding Rates Among Medicaid
Women in Los Angeles County
(Diana Ramos, MD, MPH and Otilia Elszy, BSN, RN) - Illinois Breastfeeding Blueprint: Moving from Data to Strategic
Action for Change (Rachel Abramson, MS, RN, IBCLC) - Public Health Breastfeeding Policy Initiative:
The Los Angeles Experience
( Christine Gibson, BA, BSN, RN, CLE and Karen Peters, MBA, RD, IBCLC)
- Making Reproductive Life Planning a Reality in Delaware: Teen and
Adult Life Plans (Alisa Olshefsky, MPH and
Susan Noyes, MSN, RN) - Using Perinatal Periods of Risk Analysis to Guide Community
Based Participatory Research (Saba Masho, MD, MPH, DrPH) - When Data Throws a Curve Ball; How to Avoid Striking Out
(Rita Beam, MS, BSN, RN)
- Be Fruitful and Multiply, or Not! Achieving Reproductive Justice
for High Risk Target Populations through Faith-based Partnerships
with Family Planning Providers (Claudine Offer, MPH) - Institutionalizing Reproductive Life Planning in California's
Title X Funded Health Centers
(Kathryn Horsley, DrPH, MPH and Claudine Offer, MPH) - Teen Listening Tours: Talking to Teens about Adolescent Pregnancy
and How to Prevent It (Carol Brady, MA and Erin Petrie, BA)
- 2:00 PM -
- 2:15 PM
- Exercise Break (Recess)
Description
Possibly the most important component of moving a justice agenda forward is determining and using the right language. We know the needs of vulnerable populations are great and must be addressed, yet as a field, we have struggled for years to find compelling, effective, and persuasive messages that resonate across politics, ideals, disciplines, and systems. This plenary session and the following facilitated discussion, will identify the best language for speaking effectively about justice, as well as a framework and examples–that you create with other conference participants–to use as you continue conversations at home.
- 3:30 PM -
- 5:30 PM
- Explore and Navigate
- 5:30 PM -
- 7:00 PM
- New Connections Reception and Poster Presentations
Not "JUST" your average networking reception
Join your MCH colleagues for good food and interesting conversation! While you enjoy the refreshments, continue your conference learning by exploring the Examples from the Field poster exhibits. You will also be inspired by all of the innovative programs participating in the reverse site visit. Local organizations and programs focused on promoting justice and health equity will share their best practices with you--we know that you will get some great ideas from them for your own work! Finally, take a moment to give back to the MCH field by participating in the silent auction which supports the CityMatCH Emerging Leaders Scholarship Fund.
- 7:30 AM -
- 8:30 AM
- Breakfast
- 8:30 AM -
- 10:00 AM
- Breakouts G - Skills-Building Sessions
Description:
When you think of public health ethics, is health equity the first thing that comes to mind? As a public health professional, when you think about addressing racism and its impacts on health, does it strike you as an ethical obligation? This session will feature Meghan Patterson, Co-Director of the Center for Health Equity in Boston, and a leader in the Boston Public Health Commission's work to address racism and promote health equity. Patterson will explain how Boston has approached these efforts not as something extra to do, but as something that is at the very core of their public health work. This session will inspire you with new ideas, and challenge you to think about leadership competencies and public health ethics in new ways.
Description:
This session will focus on some of the most important concepts of leadership including characteristics of effective leaders; assessing how we think and see things; critical thinking and decision making; and evaluating our own leadership style. The presenter will lead participants through various exercises that will address these concepts and will provide strategies to help participants remember and internalize what they learn. Real life stories, interactive discussion, and several types of training activities will be used.
- 10:15 AM -
- 11:45 AM
- Plenary 4 and Magda Peck Leadership Symposium - Working for Justice: Leadership Makes the Difference
Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Homeless Prenatal Program
Description:
Each year, the Magda Peck Leadership Symposium strives to stimulate ideas among conference participants, inspire our collective work, and help us to engage our communities in shaping a healthier future. This year will be no exception. CityMatCH is pleased to partner with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJ) Community Health Leaders program. Together, we are sponsoring several emerging and mid-level public health leaders to attend the conference, and share their work and passion for justice. These Community Health Leaders have been recognized by RWJ for their outstanding commitment to address some of the nation’s most intractable health problems in their neighborhoods and communities. Their courage, creativity, and commitment to face and overcome incredible odds to improve the health and quality of life for women, children, and families are sure to inspire.
- 11:45 AM -
- 12:00 PM
- Conference Closing
- 12:00 PM -
- 3:00 PM
- CityLeaders (closed session)
2011 CityMatCH Conference Welcome
Plenary 1
Working for Justice: Key Concepts
Plenary 2
Working for Justice: Improving Our Urban Communities - Why Place and Race Matter
Plenary 3 and Faciliated Discussion
Working for Justice: Framing Our Message
Part 1 | Part 2
Plenary 4 (Madga Peck Leadership Symposium)
Working for Justice: Leadership Makes the Difference
- National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths
- Oregon Health & Science University, Child & Adolescent Health
- RealityWorks
