CEHDL Seminar Series

Health Equity Index Initiative

By:
Baker Salsbury, MPH, MSW, MHSA
Director of Ledge Light Health District,
and
Sharon Mierzwa, MPH, RD
CADH Health Equity Project Director

Thursday, December 18th
1:00 PM
Hispanic Health Council Auditorium
175 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06106

Contact joanc@hispanichealth.com for details

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Race, Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Disease

By:
Tené Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health

Friday, December 12, 2008
12:00 noon
University of Connecticut Student Union
Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center,
Room 437, 2110 Hillside Rd., Storrs, CT

Contact Khara Leon for details.

Mammography Screening Challenges in Underserved Populations

By
Beth A. Jones
Associate Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Epidemology & Public Health

Friday, November 21, 2008 12:00 noon
UConn Student Union, Room 304C
2110 Hillside Rd. Storrs, CT

Contact Lisa Phillips for details.

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Click here to view the slide presentation (pdf)

Health Disparities Among Latinos: An Exciting and Rewarding Field of Study

By
Dr. Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Professor & Director, CEHDL

Monday, May 19, 2008 12–1 pm
217 Koons Hall

Presented by:
Department of Allied Health Sciences Seminar Series

Dementia and Family Caregiving in Mexican Americans: Lessons from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging

By
Ladson Hinton, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA

Thursday, May 8, 2008, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Academic Research Building
Conf. Rm. EG-052

Co-Sponsored by CEHDL

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Diabetes Workshops (in Spanish)

Sponsored by the Hispanic Health Council, Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos (CEHDL), and the Hartford Public Library

The first two workshops deal with diabetes prevention, risk factors, symptoms, and its complications as well as how to follow a healthy diet, tips for food preparation and using the food label to choose healthier foods.

During the third workshop, we will have a cooking demonstration, and
general health and diabetes-related web-sites will be shown at our last meeting.

Thursdays, May 8, 15, 22, 29th, 6:30–8:00 pm

Seminar Room 2nd floor
Learning Lab 2nd floor (for May 29th only)
500 Main Street
Hartford, CT

If you require special accommodations to participate in a program,
please contact Access Assistance at 695-6372, two weeks prior to the program

Click to view the flyer in English or in Spanish. (pdf)

Racism & Diabetes Outcomes

By
Julie Wagner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences & Community Health, University of Connecticut Health Center

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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Bottles to Breasts to Baby-Friendly and Beyond!

By
Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine & Director, The Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center

Thursday, March 27, 2008, 1:00 p.m.

Co-sponsored by: Hartford Hospital

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Psychological Health Impacts of Social Injustice - Public Policy and Mental Health Implications of Immigration: Local, State, and Federal Perspectives

By
Margarita Alegría, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School & Director, Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Cambridge Health Alliance

Friday, March 7, 2008, 12:00 noon