Genesee County Health Department
Better Life Through Better Health


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Contact Person: Suzanne Cupal, Epidemiologist

Phone: 810-768-7970

We are pleased to make available the webcasts for Dr. Camara Jones and the Green and Healthy Homes initiatives, free of charge thanks to the Michigan Public Health Training Center:

Dr. Camara Jones: https://practice.sph.umich.edu/mphtc/site.php?module=courses_one_online_course&id=450

Green and Healthy Homes Initiative: https://practice.sph.umich.edu/mphtc/site.php?module=courses_one_online_course&id=451

Also, we are pleased to post the PowerPoint presentations used in the Public Health Week Conference on April 3, 2012 below.
 

8:30-9:00 am

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Mark Valacak, MPH

Health Officer

Genesee County Health Department

9:00-10:00 am

Michigan Department of Community Health-Community Based Public Health Priorities: Childhood Obesity Prevention

Shannon Carney Oleksyk, MS, RD

Childhood Obesity Prevention Team Lead

Michigan Department of Community Health

Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition & Physical Activity Section  

10:00-10:50am

Morning Break Out Sessions

 

Motivational Interviewing

 

 

Community Based Public Health:

Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center  Interventions

 

PowerPoint 1 - Phyllis Meadows

PowerPoint 2 - Cassandra Brooks

PowerPoint 3 - Pete Hutchison

Lynn Massey, MSW

University of Michigan

 

Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN

Associate Dean for Practice and Clinical Professor University of Michigan School of Public Health

Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, PhD

Associate Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education

Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health

University of Michigan

Pete Hutchison,

Program Director

Youth Empowerment Solutions for Positive Youth Development (YES)

11:00-11:50 am

Morning Break Out Sessions

Food Safety: A Community Perspective

 

 

 

 

Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

 

PowerPoint 1 - Beth Bingham

PowerPoint 2 - David Solis

Lisa Hainstock, RS

Food Safety Specialist

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

 

David Solis, MED

Program Manager City of Flint/Genesee County Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

Beth Bingham, Director

Communications and Strategic Development, Coalition to End childhood Lead Poisoning & Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

12:30 -1:30pm

Keynote Speaker - Achieving Health Equity

Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD Researcher on Social Determinants of Health and Equity in the Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office

Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention

1:30 -2:20pm

Afternoon Break Out Sessions

 

Race and Culture

 

Food Policy Councils

Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD

 

Diane Golzynski , PhD, RD

Nutrition Consultant/State Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinator

Michigan Department of Community Health

Jane Whitacre, MPA

Director,  Michigan Food Policy Council 

2:30-3:30 pm

Afternoon Break Out Sessions

Policy Advocacy: Communities Working In Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

Worksite Wellness: A Roundtable Discussion 

 

 

Kent Key, MPH

Deputy Director

Health Awareness Center

Sonya Grant-White

Policy Advocacy Trainer

Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center

 

Marcia Franks, Genesee County Health Department’s “GCfit”

Kirk Smith, MHSA

Greater Flint Health Coalition “Commit 2 Fit”

Randy Jones, HealthPlus of Michigan

Becky Foerster, Diplomat Pharmacy

Theresa Landis, MA, M-Healthy

Sandy Meszaros, UAW-GM LifeSteps Program

3:45-4:45 pm

Funder Summit

Lynn Larkin, Program Officer, Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Linda Jo Doctor, Program Officer, Food, Health & Well-Being and Michigan Teams, Kellogg Foundation

Phyllis Meadows, Senior Fellow, Kresge Foundation

Raquel Thueme, Program Director, Ruth Mott Foundation

4:45-5:00 pm

Presentation of the Bronze Bow Tie Award to Kathi Horton, President Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Kay Doerr,

Genesee County Board of Health

 

Closing Remarks

 

Mark Valacak, MPH

Health Officer

Genesee County Health Department