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Ninth Annual HBCU/Hispanic
Health Services Research Conference
Improving Health Outcomes and
Health Disparities: Research and Intervention Perspectives
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Date: December 6, 2007
Host: Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sponsors:
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
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National HBCU Research Network
for Health Services and Health Disparities
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University of the District of
Columbia School of Nursing
Cost:
No Charge, Registration requested for
planning purposes
CEUs: Yes
Time: 8 am - 5 pm
REGISTRATION: Submit by
Friday, November 16, 2007
CONTACT PERSON: Ms. Angela Pittman, 504-816-4717,
Fax: 504-816-4861
EMAIL:
apittman@Dillard.edu
Click here
to register online
Printable
registration form for fax
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Theme
Improving Health Outcomes
and Health Disparities: Research and Intervention Perspectives
Objectives
The objectives
of the conference are to: 1) disseminate research findings about
health disparities and health outcomes, 2) address critical issues
in health disparities that threaten the health of African Americans
and Hispanic Americans, 3) discuss strategies to minimize the
differences in health status among these populations, 4) describe
approaches to decrease barriers to care in these communities, and 5)
discuss successful interventions for decreasing health disparities
among these communities.
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Benefits
Participation in this conference will benefit individuals through
increased knowledge about health disparities and effective
strategies for reducing health disparities and health care costs.
Participants will also have the opportunity to network with
individuals who have similar interests. The luncheon speaker will
present information about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the
city of New Orleans.
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Featured Speakers
Wanda J. Borges, PhD, New Mexico State University; José
Luis Calderón, MD, Nova Southeastern University; Vivian
Carter, PhD, Tuskegee University; Jose Castro, MD,
University of Miami; Monique Chireau, MD, Duke University;
Dharma E. Cortes, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston;
Katherine Flores, MD, University of California, San Francisco;
Phyllis Morgan, PhD, Fayetteville State University,
Eleanor Walker, PhD, RN, Bowie State University; and Luncheon
Speaker: Kevin U. Stephens, MD, JD, New Orleans Department of
Health.
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