Diversity RX: NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY HEALTH CARE


	Fourth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Integrating Community Needs into the National Health Agenda September 28-October 1, 2004, Washington, DC Hilton Washington, Washington DC

Workshops | A | B | C | D | E |

A Concurrent Sessions

Workshop A-1: Employers tackle health disparities

Courtney Rees Program Associate, National Business Group on Health (Washington, DC)

Jill Berger Vice President, Health & Welfare Plan Management and Design, Marriott (Washington, DC)

Audrietta Izlar Benefits Specialist, Verizon Communications (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Workshop A-2: Evaluating the implementation of CLAS in clinics and health plans

Stergios Roussos, PhD, MPH Research Assistant Professor, Center for Behavioral Epidemiology & Community Health, San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, and David Campa, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Golden Valley Health Centers (Merced, California)

Gamini Gunawardane, PhD, JD Director, Legal & Regulatory Affairs and CLAS, Care 1st Health Plan (Alhambra, California)

Workshop A-3: Cultural competence in the context of addressing language barriers: issues for interpreters and managers

Amy Wade Recruiter and Interpreter Evaluator, Language Line Services (Green Cove Springs, Florida)

Boris Kalanj, MSW Director, Interpreter Services and Cultural Care, Children's Hospital and Clinics, and

Elsa Batica Cross Cultural Health Development and Training Manager, Children's Hospital and Clinics (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Workshop A-4: Addressing racism and discrimination in health care

Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD Associate Professor, Division of Gender-Based Epidemiology, University of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland)

Maxine L. Golub, MPH Senior Vice President for Planning and Development, Institute for Urban Family Health (New York, New York)

Tom Perez, JD Council Member, District 5, Montgomery County (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Moderator: Humberto R. Brown Director, New Constituency Development/ Health Disparities Initiatives, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, SUNY Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York)

Workshop A-5: Improving the diversity of the healthcare workforce: from supply to demand

Brian Smedley, PhD Senior Program Officer, Institute of Medicine (Washington, DC)

Hector Flores, MD Residency Co-Director, Family Practice Residency Program, and Jeffrey M. Ring, PhD Director of Behavioral Sciences, Family Practice Residency Program, White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)

Workshop A-6: Health literacy: innovations in practice and policy

Susan C. Scrimshaw, PhD Dean, School of Public Health; Professor, Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Sharon Denise Allison-Ottey, MD CEO, COSHAR Medical Inc, COSHAR Foundation (Lanham, Maryland)

Kenny Kwong, CSW Health Education Special Projects Manager, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (New York, New York)

Moderator: Joel Rosenquist, MPA Manager, Health Literacy & Health Policy, Pfizer Inc, PPG (New York, New York)

Workshop A-7: Cultural competence and organizational change: the experience of two multi-system health care organizations

Linda K. Matti, MSN Administrator, Multicultural Education, Mayo Clinic (Rochester Minnesota)

Karen Burns White Assistant Director for Minority Initiatives, and Sharon Perryman, BSN, MHA, RN Diversity Nurse Executive Fellow, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (Boston Massachusetts)

Workshop A-8: Cultural competence for new public health priorities: emergency preparedness for diverse populations

Patricia Simino Boyce Director, Emerging Initiatives, Primary Care Development Corporation (New York, New York) (invited)

Chandrika Divi, MPH Associate Project Director, Center for Patient Safety Research, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) (Chicago, Illinois)

Moderator/Discussant: Dennis P. Andrulis, PhD, MPH Research Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn, New York)

*Resource Materials available for this presenter. See white pages in this section.

	Fourth National Conference is presented by State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

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