Event Title:

Organization:

  Health & Wellness

  Memphis

Start Date:

  11/19/2008

End Date:

  11/21/2008

Start Time:

  08:30 AM

End Time:

  12 Noon

Event Info: 

  13th Annual Health Summit of Minority Communities

“Shifting the Focus from Disease to Determinants”

Tentative Conference Agenda

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Poster Session and Exhibits Open
Noon – 2:30 p.m. Opening Luncheon and Panel Discussion
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Presentation on Cover Tennessee

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Plenary Session
“The Social Determinants of Health”
Speaker: Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, MA
Director, Louisville Metro Health Department
Founder, Center for Health Equity
Louisville, Kentucky

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion – “The Social Determinants of Health”
Moderator: Veronica L. Gunn, MD, MPH, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Tennessee
Department of Health
Panelists:
Nilda P. Peragallo, PhD, RN, Dean, School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of
Miami, Miami, Florida
Sean Joe, PhD, MSW, BA, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan,
Michigan
Reverend Dr. Ternae T. Jordan, Director, Stop the Madness, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Public Health
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of
Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Black Caucus Members Meeting

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Legislative Reception


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008

6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. Physical Fitness
7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Poster Session and Exhibits Open

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Presentation on the Black Barbershop Outreach Initiative
William “Bill” Releford, DPM, Founder of the Black Barbershop
Outreach Program and Assistant Professor at Charles R. Drew
University, Los Angeles, CA

8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Plenary Session
“Infant Mortality”
Speaker: Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and
Public Health, David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA, Department of Community Health Sciences,
UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Presentations on Priority Topics from Diverse Groups in Memphis/Shelby County

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break

“Health Challenges Facing Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in Tennessee”
Work Group Discussions
o Infant Mortality
o HIV/AIDS/STIs/TB
o Violence Prevention/Mental Health
o Obesity and Co-morbidities of Obesity

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Outline of Process, Goals, Objectives
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Group Discussion and Exercises
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch/View Poster Sessions & Exhibits
1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Group Discussion and Exercises (continued)
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Group Discussion and Exercises (continued)
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Documentary Viewings: Babyland and Unnatural Causes

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008

6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. Physical Fitness
7:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion - Topic: “Health Equity”

Master of Ceremony: Representative Joe Armstrong, 15th District, Knoxville
Chairman, Health Equity Commission

Panelists:
Rev. G. Scott Morris, MD, Church Health Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Zoila V. Sanchez, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, HRSA Minority Faculty Fellow,
University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
Fredia Outlaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chief Nurse & Assistant Commissioner, Special
Populations and Minority Services, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities, Nashville, Tennessee
Arlene Lester, DDS, Regional Minority Health Consultant, Public Health Service
Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia
Tim Frasca, MPH, Program Coordinator, Latino Commission of AIDS, New York, New
York

Questions and Answers from the Assembly
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Reports from Group Facilitators

11:30 a.m. – Noon Wrap Up & Next Steps
Veronica L. Gunn, MD, MPH, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer
Tennessee Department of Health

Location:

  Hilton Memphis

Room:

  minority health summit

Address:

  939 Ridge Lake Blvd.

Phone:

  901-684-6664

City:

  Memphis

State/Province:

  TN