National Women's Health Week

National Women's Health Week - Be the Brightest GEM - Health Fair and Community Fun Day featuring the InterActive Walk-through AmeriHeart on May 19, 2012 from Noon to 4 PM at George Wythe HS . Please help us spread the word and collect a host of vendors our visitors can interact with as they learn to lead healthier lives. See attached Flyer and Brochure.

Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center Summit

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center Summit, a premier event that will bring together leading telehealth resources, experts and programs throughout the mid-Atlantic region and the nation. This innovative conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 15th and 16th, 2012 at the University of Virginia's renowned Darden School of Business. During these two days there will be opportunities to hear from national leaders on telehealth policy and resources, to explore a broad range of innovative new technologies and approaches to telehealth, to formulate strategies to remove barriers to application and to collaborate with experts in a broad number of areas.

View the event agenda here - http://www.matrc.org/#agenda2
To register click here - http://cmetracker.net/UVACME/doSelectForm

Mid-Atlantic Integrated Care Conference

Register for Upcoming Workshops

Like all of CancerCare’s services, our workshops are completely free of charge — no phone charges apply. However, pre-registration is required to secure your place on the call. To register for a workshop, please select from the list below and fill in your contact information.

If you have any questions, please email CancerCare’s Education Department at connect@cancercare.org.

5 free workshops provided by Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth

Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) through the Virginia Department of Health is offering 5 Facilitating Community Change Through Environmental Approaches workshops. This one day workshop designed for various target audiences will introduce participants to the use of environmental approaches as a strategy to create community change and improve public health in the areas of obesity, tobacco, alcohol and other drug prevention.

The following link provides a flyer with additional information:

Environmental Change Training Flyer



You can register for these workshops by clicking on one of the following links:

Regional Training Registration Page



www.vfhy.org/training



If you have already registered to attend a VFHY workshop this year, please select the "already registered" link. You will be prompted to type in your name, email address and confirmation number. If you don't remember your confirmation number a link will be available to click on have it sent to you to complete the registration process.

If you have not registered for any workshops this year, click on the "register now" link on the registration page.

If you have problems registering, contact Charlie McLaughlin at (804) 786-2279 orcmclaughlin@vfhy.org.

“Helping Families Navigate the Human Service System”

We are pleased to announce that the Office of Child and Family Services within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is sponsoring a 3 hour workshop for family members. The three hours include signing in, obtaining handouts, and the training session. This workshop entitled, “Helping Families Navigate the Human Service System” is designed to provide strategies for family members in obtaining appropriate services for a child in need of mental health services, and support for the caregiver.

Raising a child is always a balancing act of love and discipline, patience and guidance. When the child has challenging behaviors or a mental health diagnosis, it can feel like an overwhelming task. Addressing the behavioral health needs of children and their families is more important than ever. Many family members have problems with accessing services because of financial constraints and a lack of information about the system.

Persons attending this workshop will explore strategies on how to build on their own strengths and communication skills in obtaining the needed assistance. This informative workshop will provide family members with information on such topics as how to become an equal partner on the treatment team, how to help the treatment provider understand exactly what the problems are, and how parents can take care of themselves while their child is involved in treatment. They also will be able to hear what is working for other families that are in similar situations.

The training will be held on June 2nd from 5:30-8:30 at the Virginia Tech Richmond Center located at 2810 N. Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23294. Evening refreshments will be served.

It will be facilitated by Carol Obrochta who is a national family trainer with over 25 years of experience in developing child and family support programs and conducting training sessions.

This event is free of charge but space is limited and registration is required. It is open to the first 25 registrants. To register, obtain directions, or have other questions answered; please contact Malcolm King with DBHDS at 804-371-4604 or via email at malcolm.king@dbhds.virginia.gov. I invite you to forward this announcement to other persons that you feel would benefit from the workshop.

Working With LGBTQ Youth 1010

presented by
ROSMY-Institute for Equality

in partnership with

Virginia Home for Boys and Girls

and

Virginia Department of Behavioral Health
and Developmental Services

When: April 13, 2011

9am - 4pm

Where: VHBG

8716 W. Broad St.

Richmond, VA 23294

804.270.6566

$30 per person

To Register click http://tinyurl.com/47dk79k

• Learn the basics such as accurate and respectful terminology and the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity.
• Get practical experience navigating difficult dialogues such as how to ask "The question," the importance of asking, and how to determine when it is appropriate.
• Additionally, you will receive 10 easy tips for being an advocate for LGVTQ youth.

ROSMY's training has won the Fitz-Turner Award from the Virginia Education Association for outstanding leadership in promoting positive inter group relations.

Complimentary Webinar Series

You have cited communication as a top priority in delivering quality care. But have you considered that healthcare communication extends far beyond words?

NV AHEC has developed a webinar series that addresses low health literacy, as it relates to linguistic and cultural barriers. This five part webinar series focuses on educating healthcare professionals on how to effectively communicate with LEP patients.

You may choose from the various topics or elect to participate in the whole series - at no cost to you!

Webinar Topics
Health Literacy
Building a Lingtuistically and Cultrually Competent Workforce
Health Care in Cross Cultural Perspective
Interpreting in Health and Community Settings
Cultural Competency in Health Care

REGISTER ONLINE!
Space is limited, reserve your seat today!

Office of Minority Health & Public Health Policy To Conduct Health Equity Seminar

The Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy will be conducting a half-day continuing education seminar on health equity on June 18 from 9 am to 1 pm at VCU. The VCU-sponsored seminar will provide an overview of the health equity framework, review and engage students in a discussion using the "Unnatural Causes" video, and provide an overview of cultural competency/humility and the community-based participatory approach to promoting health equity. Speakers for the seminar will be Dr. Michael Royster, Karen Reed and Susan Triggs. If you are interested in attending the seminar, get supervisory approval and then register on Train at https://va.train.org/DesktopShell.aspx.

Mental Health, Acculturation, and Cancer Screening among Hispanics

Wednesday, June 2
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Massachusetts General Hospital
Trustees Conference Room (Bulfinch 225A)

Please join the Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) at MGH for our next Keeping Current Seminar as we focus on mental health, acculturation, and cancer screening among Hispanics. Hispanics are the fastest growing minority in the United States.  In this community, cancer is the leading cause of death.  High rates of anxiety and depression, due in part to the acculturation process, can affect the likelihood of cancer screening.

In this seminar, Lina Pabon-Nau, MD, MPH, the current Aetna Foundation Health Care Disparities Fellow with the Disparities Solutions Center, will discuss her current work looking at anxiety and depression and how they affect cancer screening in Hispanics of different levels of acculturation.  A question and answer period for the audience will follow the presentation.  The Keeping Current Seminar Series, which was launched in 2006, features informative presentations from experts in the field on health disparities; context, perspectives, and opinions from key health care stakeholders; and opportunity for discussion for all participants and attendees.

This event is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served. RSVP to DisparitiesSolutions@partners.org and indicate the event name.

Register and learn more...

2010 Health Equity CME Program - Health Equity: From Framework to Practice

Friday, May 14, 2010
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Inova Fairfax Hospital

According to a 2009 study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, between 2003 and 2006 the combined direct and indirect costs of health inequalities and premature death in the United States were $1.24 trillion.

Come join us as we explore the health equity framework, examine health disparities in Virginia, review a snapshot of cultural competence in Inova Health System and address what you, the provider, can do in practice.

This event is intended for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, residents, students, fellows and other allied health care professionals in all specialties.

Attendees will receive 3.75 CME hours for completing the course. There is no fee for attending.

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How to Communicate Effectively When Working with Interpreters

How to Communicate Effectively When Working with Interpreters (Free Workshop)
Friday March 19, 2010
8:30am*-11am

Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services**
10299 Woodman Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060

When you and your client/patient don't speak the same language, providing quality care is almost impossible without the help of someone to interpret. Many organizations today turn to a variety of people to bridge the language gap, from untrained bilingual staff to professional medical interpreters. However, there's a knack to working with even the best interpreter. This workshop is designed to assist participants to work more effectively with interpreters when dealing with clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Learn more >

* There will be light refreshments from 8:30 - 9:00am

** Colaborando Juntos workshops are FREE and OPEN to anyone interested in skill building for service providers. Service providers from Social Services, Public Health, Mental Health, Developmental Services, students, and private sector employees are welcome to attend.

American Cancer Society Teleconference

When: Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 at 2:00 pm Eastern
Where: Log in here on Friday
Dial-in: 1-877-228-3600; passcode 420215

The American Cancer Society invites you to join a special conference call with Dr. Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer at the American Cancer Society and Linda Blount, National Vice President, Health Disparities. They are hosting a discussion on one of the health community’s most pressing issues – health equity in America – and we need your help to build the audience.

We’ll be holding the call for bloggers and other interested social media activists to discuss the impact of health disparities on our society and how we as social media activists can work together to improve the health outcomes of people living in underserved communities.

Health equity is a serious issue -- the facts don’t lie. Hispanic women have twice the mortality rate for cervical cancer as white women; uninsured patients are 1.5 times more likely to die of their colorectal cancer as privately insured patients; poor women will be diagnosed with late stage breast cancer twice as often as upper income women; and, a recent study showed that a significant number of Korean American women are not familiar with the Pap test. These are serious issues, and you need to know all the facts in order to act.

We want to give you the latest info, answer your questions, and give you the tools to go out into your community and empower others to save lives too. Please let me know if you can attend this call, and if you have suggestions of people who might be interested in attending- I know you have powerful networks! We want a big crowd for this call so that we can garner as much attention as possible to help raise awareness of the importance of building health equity.

VCU Department of Epidemiology and Community Health Seminars

Public Health Forums 2010 are posted on the department website. Check them out and make plans to attend!

Introductory Workshop for Nonprofit Board Members (January 28)

The Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence is offering an introductory workshop for individuals interested in or new to nonprofit board service. The workshop will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Community Foundation's offices (Suite 110, 7501 Boulders View Drive, Richmond, VA 23225). The workshop facilitator is Katie Campbell.

Building Blocks for Nonprofit Board Members - An Introduction is a three hour workshop which focuses on the following topics:

• Introduction to Nonprofits
• Nonprofit Governance
• Top Ten Board Responsibilities (Determine Mission and Purpose, Build Foundation, Relationship with the Executive Director, Strategic Planning, Ensure Legal and Ethical Integrity, Ensure Fiscal Responsibility, Assure Quality, Recruit and Assess Board, Serve as Community Ambassadors, Build Organizational Capacity)
• What Should I Expect
• Getting Started

The intended workshop audience is - individuals who have never served on a nonprofit Board, are considering joining a nonprofit Board, or recently became a Board member for the first time.

Workshop participants will also be eligible to participate in BoardLink which facilitates matches individuals with board/committee positions in local nonprofits.

The cost for attending this workshop is $25/individual and includes light refreshments and all materials. Please make checks payable to the Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence or register online at www.pnerichmond.org.

Places are limited, so register early! Please note the Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence is unable to offer a refund unless the workshop is canceled. If you are unable to attend the workshop, someone from your organization is welcome to take your seat.

Please contact Marium Ahmad-Kazmi via email mahmad-kazmi@pnerichmond.org or via phone (804) 330-7400 ext 108, or visit the Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence’s website, www.pnerichmond.org for additional information.

Health Care Reform: Implications for Advancing Health Equity

November 13, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Sanger Hall, Room 2-020
Guest Speaker: Kalahn Taylor-Clark, PhD, MPH

You don't want to miss this lecture! Kalahn Taylor-Clark, PhD, MPH, of the prestigious Brookings Institute will give a talk on healthcare reform and health equity. Her lecture is scheduled for November 13, 2009, Sanger Hall, Room 2-020 from noon to 1 p.m.

Dr. Taylor-Clark, Research Director at the Brookings Institute, leads the Racial/Ethnic Health Care Equity Initiative. This initiative is part of an effort to improve the quality and accessibility of race/ethnicity data in the health care sector.

Prior to joining Brookings, Dr. Taylor-Clark was a lecturer at Tufts University, where she taught "Women and Health" and "The Politics of Health Disparities." Previously, Dr. Taylor-Clark held a position as a researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health’s Project on Biological Security and the Public. Her areas of research include public health communication in politically and socially marginalized populations and minority voting on health care.

She earned her doctorate degree in Health Policy and Political Analysis from Harvard University, where she was recently a W.K. Kellogg Health Scholar.

This event is sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health in partnership with the Center on Health Disparities.

Health Disparities Brown Bag Lecture: "Understanding Health Disparities and Health Equity"

Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 12-12:50 p.m.

Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St., Room 104/105

Saba Masho, PhD, will examine the differences in the burden of disease between socio-demographically defined groups of people. She will shed light on how disparities can lead to morbidity and mortality. This event is sponsored by the Department of Epidemology and Community Health, and the Center on Health Disparities.

Starting a Nonprofit in Virginia

4:00 - 6:15 p.m.
3600 West Broad Street
3rd Floor (Suite 395)
Richmond, VA

Presented by the Community Tax Law Project

This workshop will present an overview of items to consider before deciding whether to pursue nonprofit status, including

• Definition of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations
• State and federal legal requirements
• Maintaining tax-exempt status
• The benefits and costs of tax-exempt nonprofit status
• How to find out if there are other local organizations doing what yours proposes to do

Cost: $25 materials fee

Registration deadline: Thursday, October 8, 2009

For more information, contact The Community Tax Law Project at (804)358-5855 or info@ctlp.org

This workshop will be conducted by Roxanne Grossman, CTLP Staff Attorney

The Community Tax Law Project (CTLP) is a 501 (c)(3) Virginia corporation founded in 1992. CTLP assists eligible organizations in Greater Richmond and Central Virginia with nonprofit start-up matters.

Worry-Free Advocacy: Understanding the Rules of Nonprofit Advocacy & Election-Related Activity

Early Registration: $40, REGISTER NOW AND SAVE!

Thursday, September 24, 2009 | 8:30 - 2:30pm

Appomattox Regional Library System

209 E Cawson Street

Hopewell, VA 23860

Special guest instructors from Alliance for Justice, the national leader in providing informative and entertaining trainings on the rules of advocacy for nonprofit organizations. During this one-day workshop for nonprofit managers, staff, and volunteers; our attorney-trainers will teach you the rules so that you can answer questions such as:

• What is the definition of lobbying and how is it different from advocacy?
• How much can our 501(c)3 lobby?
• What are the disclosure and registration requirements for lobbying in VA?

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