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April 25, 2012

How is HRSA's Combating Autism Act Funding Impacting States, Families, and Health Professionals?

Webinar Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET

This is a basic overview of the Combating Autism Act programs in HRSA/MCHB to fund training programs for professionals; state demonstration grants; and research grants and networks. All are welcome!

Moderator:

  • Robyn Schulhof, MA, Senior Public Health Analyst, HRSA, MCHB

Presenters:

  • Laura Kavanagh, MPP, Director, Division of Research, Training and Education, HRSA, MCHB
  • LCDR Deidre Washington-Jones, MPH, CHES, Senior Public Health Analyst, HRSA, MCHB
  • Hae Young Park, MS, Senior Public Health Analyst, HRSA, MCHB

For more information and registration, please visit the event web site.

May 9, 2012

Reaching Your Audience through Effective Health Communication

Webinar Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT

This free webinar, offered by the National Healthy Tomorrows Technical Assistance Resource Center, is intended to educate attendees about the characteristics of effective health messages, cost-effective ways to create clear and compelling health communication materials, and how technology and social media can help increase audience reach and engagement.

Presenter:

  • Heather Pierce, M.P.H.
    Director of Strategic Communications, Palladian Partners, Inc.

For more information and registration, please visit the event web site. Exit Disclaimer

July 30 - August 1, 2012

2012 Summer Institute in Adolescent Health
Equal Access, Equal Say: Achieving Health Equity for All Young People

Location:
Minnesota Department of Health
Snelling Office Park Building
St. Paul, MN

Change – the one word that best epitomizes adolescence – changing bodies, changing schools, changing friends. While change is essential for healthy transitions to adulthood, it can also increase vulnerability. For young people, inequitable conditions in families, schools, and communities can lead to dramatically differing pathways to adulthood, some healthier than others. Inequities in social determinants of health abound – socio-economic status, housing, physical environment, food security, neighborhood safety, social support, health care services, transportation, and working conditions, to name a few.

What helps all young people achieve their highest level of health? Assuring optimal health for all requires equalizing the conditions for health – life-skills, access to quality services, educational attainment, readiness for gainful employment, and opportunities to participate as citizens. This means that we must pay attention to creating services and programs that are accessible, acceptable, appropriate, and effective.

During the 2012 Summer Institute in Adolescent Health, consider the myriad of social, political, educational, environmental and economic conditions that underlie disparities in health. Visit settings that are successfully addressing avoidable inequalities that impact adolescents. Talk with young people and their program leaders along with health providers and educators who have walked the talk of health equity in just, creative, and empowering ways. Learn strategies for assuring supportive environments, sustaining authentic relationships, and providing services that are responsive to the uniqueness of each young person. Gain new skills to effectively advocate for health equity for all young people.

This course is sponsored by:
Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health, University of Minnesota
Coordinated School Health, Safe and Healthy Learners, Minnesota Department of Education
Healthy Youth Development-Prevention Research Center, Medical School, University of Minnesota
Maternal and Child Health Section, Minnesota Department of Health
Teenwise Minnesota

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