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The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health
presents
NYU CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH HOSTS ITS 3RD ANNUAL ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH CONFERENCE: TAKE NOTICE, TAKE ACTION!
NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, Farkas Auditorium, New York, NY 10016
Conference Highlights
o Keynote speakers include Majorie Kagawa-Singer, PhD, RN, Associate Professor at UCLA School of Public Health and Marguerite Ro, DrPH, Deputy Director of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
o “Take Notice” Plenary panelists include Honorable John Liu, NYC City Council, Gilbert Gee, PhD, University of Michigan, Health Behavior & Health Education, Adam Gurvitch, MA, The New York Immigration Coalition, Butch de Castro, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, University of Washington School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial & Community Health
o “Take Action” Plenary panelists include Jeffrey Caballero, MPH, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Wilma Waithe, PhD, NYS Dept. of Health, Office of Minority Health, Benjamin Ileto, MD, Parkway Hospital, Samuel So, MD, Stanford School of Medicine, Asian Liver Center
Asian American Health Leadership Awards Ceremony & Reception
September 29, 2006
5:45pm – 7:00pm
NYU School of Medicine
550 First Avenue
Faculty Dining Room and Alumni Hall
New York, New York 10016
Emcees include Cindy Hsu from CBS News and Suki Terada Ports, founder of The Family Health Project
nyu.edu/csaah/conf2006.html
NYU CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH HOSTS ITS 3RD ANNUAL ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH CONFERENCE: TAKE NOTICE, TAKE ACTION!
Gem Daus, MA, POLICY DIRECTOR OF THE Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) TO BE PRESENTED WITH National Leadership Award
ASIAN OUTREACH CLINIC OF THE QUEENS CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER TO BE HONORED WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AWARD
PANEL PRESENTERS INCLUDE: Butch de Castro, PhD, University of Washington; Jeffrey Caballero, MPH, AAPCHO; Benjamin Ileto, MD, Parkway Hospital
OTHER PRESENTERS INCLUDE: Noilyn Abesamis, NYU center for the study of Asian American Health; Theresa Castillo, Hepatitis B Initiative – DC Metro Area; Felecitas dela Cruz, Azusa Pacific University; Rhodora Ursua, NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health
WHAT: The Center for the Study of Asian American Health at the NYU School of medicine is hosting its 3rd annual conference to discuss health issues affecting the Asian American communities. The conference will include oral, poster and roundtable presentations that reflect programs designed to enhance outreach and service delivery; strategies for developing action-oriented research; and research to ensure inclusion of Asian Americans in data collection and dissemination. The conference urges participants to take notice and take action upon health disparities in Asian American communities. The conference has several goals, including:
1. to increase awareness and bring together concerned community members, including advocates, clinical providers, direct service providers, researchers, students, grant-makers, the media, and policy makers
2. to broaden and strengthen participation in public and private community-campus collaborations and partnerships
3. to highlight existing efforts to increase participation in community-based participatory research
4. to highlight the continued need for increased ethnic-specific data collection and dissemination
5. to emphasize the importance and to identify opportunities to train culturally and linguistically competent health workers serving the diverse Asian American community; and
6. to share expertise, skills, and knowledge that will empower community-based organizations, academic institutions, and individuals to be an advocate at the local and national level
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, September 29 & 30, 2006
WHERE: Farkas Auditorium, Alumni Hall
New York University’s School of Medicine
550 First Avenue (Between 30th & 31st Sts.)
WHY: Asian Americans represent the fastest growing, yet one of the most poorly understood and neglected racial/ethnic minority groups in the nation. Contrary to the "model minority myth," a large segment of the Asian American population faces extreme social, linguistic, cultural, and economic barriers to health care. Hence, the large and growing numbers of this diverse community make it imperative for health professionals to understand and to be well trained to address the challenges that face Asian Americans.
WHO: The annual Asian American Health Conference seeks to foster a comfortable environment to coalesce advocates, health providers, researchers, students, and policy makers to engage in dialogue about lessons learned and best practices for addressing Asian American health disparities.
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