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2014 Social Justice Symposium

2014 Social Justice Symposium - Health Equality: From Policy to Action

The 8th Annual Social Justice Symposium at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is designed to engage students, faculty, health professionals, and community members in dialogue to cultivate awareness and encourage action in the pursuit of equal justice for all people in every aspect of our society. The event is entirely student-driven with support from the Zuckerman College of Public Health and other sponsors.

Attendees are welcome on a first come first serve basis

Date:
March 28, 2014
Time:
8:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Keynote Presentation:
UA Medial Center, Duval Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724
Breakout Presentations, Closing Panel, and Lunch:
UA Zuckerman College of Public Health, 1295 N Martin Ave., Drachman Hall, Tucson, AZ 85724
Admission:
Free and open to the public. Lunch is included with registration.
Keynote Speaker:
Rep. Eric Meyer, M.D., Arizona House of Representatives, District 28, Member, Committees on Health and Education

More details to come

Conference Agenda

 

Breakout Presentation

 

Time Activity Location
8:15 am

Registration and Breakfast

Duval Auditorium (UAMC)
9:00 am

Opening Remarks

Introduction by Co-Chairs Jean Chang & Jaycie Gibney

Dr. Iman Hakim, Dean, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Duval Auditorium (UAMC)
9:15 - 10:00 am

Keynote Presentation

Representative, Eric Meyer, M.D.

Duval Auditorium (UAMC)
10:10 - 10:35 am

Drachman Hall

(See Breakout Presentation Schedule)

10:35 - 11:00 am

Breakout Presentation

11:00 - 11:25 am

Breakout Presentation

11:25 - 11:50 am

Breakout Presentation

12:00 -12:50 pm

Closing Panel

Moderator: Elva De La Torre

Panelists: Mignone C. Guy, PhD, Abraham Deng Ater, MPH, Dr. Peter Rhee, and Michael McDonald

Drachman Hall, Room A114
1:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch

Walkway of Wellness

(Breezeway outside Drachman Hall)

Keynote Address

Eric MeyerRep. Eric Meyer, MD: Arizona House of Representatives, Democrat, Member of Committees on Health and Education, District 28.

"Poverty, Healthcare and a Path for Change -- A Call to Action"

Dr. Meyer has a medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. His postgraduate training was in the specialty of emergency medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University. He practiced at Providence Medical Center, eventually becoming Director of that department. He has strong beliefs about children’s health and education and on access to quality and affordable health care. He has worked on many different bills regarding medicine, health, safety, and education. His successes have included passing Medicaid expansion, increasing funding for education, restoring funding for Child Protective Services, and many more. He is running for his fourth term in the Arizona House of Representatives.

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Breakout Presentation Schedule

Breakout Sessions held in Drachman Hall

Room A114 “Leveraging Social Determinants of Health”

10:10 am - 10:35 am

“Nutrition Education and Food Security for Newly Arrived Refugees”

Presenters: Jocelyne Hein and Heather Dreifuss

10:35 am - 11:00 am

“Conducting Research in the Colonias of El Paso County and Developing Policy for Underserved Populations”

Presenter: Anthony Lechuga, Jr.

11:00 am - 11:25 am

“Guatemala/Mexico Border Health Service Learning Institute 2014”

Presenters: Alanna Chloe Meltzer, Yvonne Bueno, and Ian Philabaum

11:25 am - 11:50 am Prepare for Discussion Panel

Room A112 “Intersection of Health & Education”

10:10 am - 10:35 am

"Increase Education - Increase Happiness: A Study On How Educating Disadvantaged Children Can Affect a Community's Happiness and Quality of Life"

Presenters: Julia Johnson and Keely Rees

10:35 am - 11:00 am

"A Life Skills Program to Increase General Self-Efficacy, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Social Support for Low-Income Latina Mothers Living in Tucson's South Side"

Presenter: Elizabeth A Salerno

11:00 am - 11:25 am

"Santa Cruz Adolescent Wellness Network: Policy action through cross-sector partnership"

Presenter: Cassalyn David, MPH

11:25 am - 11:50 am

"Exchanging a wheelchair or crutches for a prosthesis"

Presenters: Amir Rombod Rahimian, Sarah Sumii, and Holly Olszewski

Room A123/125 “Evidence-Informed Policy & Practice”

10:10 am - 10:35 am

"Arnold v. Sarn: Three Decades of Mental Health Services in Maricopa County"

Presenter: Kelli M. Donley, MPH

10:35 am - 11:00 am

"Injustice in Elder Medicine: Comfort Care or Chemical Restraint

Presenter: Linda Kincaid, MPH

11:00 am - 11:25 am

"Living with HIV: Policies as Barriers to Service"

Presenters: Jessica Lum, Marica Martinic, and Shannon Smith

11:25 am - 11:50 am Transistion to room A114

Room A116 “Achieving Social Equality Through Program Intervention”

10:10 am - 10:35 am

"REACH Su Comunidad: Community-led Strategies Promoting Health Equality for Latino Communities"

Presenters: Martha Moore-Monroy, Chelsea Kuiper, Susan Kunz, and Floribella Redondo

10:35 am - 11:00 am

"Fostering Equality in Juvenile Justice: The Pima County Disproportionate Minority Contact Intervention Model Project"

Presenters: Kevin Koegel, MPH and Natalie Carrillo, MPP

11:00 am - 11:25 am

"A YPAR Approach to creating youth-led community action plans to improve health outcomes for American Indian youth living on a reservation in Southern Arizona"

Presenter: Luis Valdez

11:25 am - 11:50 am

"Women Who Lose Their Children: Consideration of Health Consequences and Participatory Action Research Solutions"

Presenters: Rosi Andrade, Ph.D. and Corrie Brinley, MSW

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Closing Panelists

Moderator

Elva De La Torre

Elva De La TorreElva De La Torre has worked in education and training and for over 15 years, and is dedicated to integrating social justice and activism in her work. Her passion for social justice sparked when she served in the Peace Corps as a Health Education Volunteer and Coordinator in Paraguay. Her work with Peace Corps subsequently carried through the next eight years, where she worked as the Training Director in Belize and Suriname. She currently manages Adult Education Programs with Pima Community College. Previously she worked as a Training Specialist with the Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA), where she oversaw training requirements for new staff in the behavioral health system in Pima County. Elva has also worked with the Primavera Foundation as their Women’s Services Manager and with the Pima County Juvenile Court’s CASA Advocate Program. She holds a BA in Communication from California State University, Fullerton. Elva serves on the Board of Directors of Tucson Meet Yourself. She volunteers with The Loft Theater and has a weekly music show on 91.3 KXCI called The Wire Service. She currently works as Assistant Manager of Adult Education with the Adult Education program at Pima Community College.

Panelists and Discussants

Abraham Deng Ater, MPH

Araham Deng Ater. MPHAbraham Deng Ater was among a large group of young boys, known as the “Lost Boys,” who fled Sudan in 1987 when it was torn by civil war, traveling in large groups from Sudan to Ethiopia, then to a refugee camp in Kenya. In the spring of 2001, Abraham was among the fortunate ones to receive refugee status and was resettled in Tucson. He received his B.S. in Health Sciences degree with a major in Physiology from the University of Arizona, and upon his graduation in May of 2006, he was awarded the Physiology Department's Wildcat Award for having the persistence to succeed in the face of great adversity. Abraham proudly became a U.S. citizen in December of 2006 and received his Masters of Public Health degree in 2010. In 2008, Abraham worked with two other UA alumni to establish a foundation, the Deng Ater Foundation – Lost Boys Schools for Sudan, raising money to build three schools in his native Sudan. Recently, Abraham has published a memoir entitled: “My Lost Childhood -- A Story of My Long Journey through the Horror,” which catalogues the immeasurable suffering he endured in his early childhood. He is currently serving in a Fellowship with the CDC in Atlanta, GA.

Peter M. Rhee, MD, MPH; Chief, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Burn and Emergency Surgery, UAMC

Peter M. Rhee, MD, MPHA retired U.S. Navy Captain and former Director of the University of Southern California’s Navy Trauma Training Center, Dr. Rhee has unparalleled experience in trauma training and is currently serving as the Chief of Trauma, Critical Care, Burn and Emergency Surgery, as well as Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona. In addition, Dr. Rhee is Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Surgery at the U of A and holds the Martin Gluck Endowed Chair. Dr. Rhee received his B.S. in Health Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, his M.D. from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, a M.P.H. in Health Services from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a diploma in the medical care of catastrophes. After leading a training program for military doctors at the University of Southern California, Dr. Rhee moved to Tucson in 2007 and gained national recognition for his role in helping the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting. His research interests include hemorrhagic shock, suspended animation to treat trauma, and advanced medical devices that aid in communication and documentation.

Michael McDonald; CEO, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Michael McDonaldFor nearly a decade, Michael McDonald served as Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Tucson before joining the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona as CEO. He received his B.A. in English Education from the University of Arizona in 1986 and a master’s degree in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1997. In addition to his previous and current appointments, Mr. McDonald has also worked with organizations such as the Burr-Brown Corporation, The Nature Conservancy, and Native Seeds/SEARCH. He continues to serve on nonprofit boards within the community and teaches a master’s level nonprofit management course at the U of A.

Mignonne Guy, PhD; Mayo Clinic

Mignonne Guy, PhDMignonne C. Guy, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona; secondarily, she holds a collaborative position as an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Arizona Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research (UA HOPE Center) and as an Adjunct Faculty in the School for the Science of Healthcare Delivery at Arizona State University. Dr. Guy’s work at the Mayo Clinic includes conducting small to large-scale health disparities research studies involving multiple stakeholders as well as applying the principles and practices of community engaged research in chronic disease prevention (e.g., cancer, diabetes). She is currently a principal or co-investigator on several research projects focusing on tailored interventions to increase cancer preventive services in multi-ethnic and underserved populations. Her research focuses on: 1) understanding the social determinants of health and equity, and 2) improving access to and utilization of health care services in underserved populations. In addition to being a leading researcher in implementation and dissemination of evidence-based practices that improve the quality of care and clinical outcomes in vulnerable populations, she is a former NIH/NCMHD scholar and has actively participated as an invited guest speaker on the topic of health equity for local and national media outlets.

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How to Get to Drachman Hall

Drachman Hall at the College of Public Health is located south of the UA Medical Center on the campus of the Arizona Health Sciences Center. The address is 1295 N. Martin Ave. in Tucson.

By Car:
Parking is available in the UA Medical Center parking garage (1501 N. Campbell Ave.) or the Highland Avenue Parking Garage (on East Helen St. between Highland Ave. and Vine Ave.). Metered parking is available in the lot to the East of Drachman Hall. The rate is .25 cents per 10 minutes.
By Cat-Tran:
Take the Purple or Teal route to the Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC).
By Bicycle:
There are plenty of spots for bicycles around Drachman Hall.

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