Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities:

The Impact of Discrimination on Health Status

University Club – University of Pittsburgh

January 10 -- 11, 2002

Sponsored by

The Center for Minority Health

University of Pittsburgh

Graduate School of Public Health

and

School of Social Work

In Cooperation With

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office for Civil Rights

Region III, Philadelphia, PA

With Support From

The Maurice Falk Medical Fund

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Speaker

Internet Explore 6.0 presentation

Powerpoint slides

MP3 files

 

Introduction

RACISM IN MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Rodney G. Hood, MD                                                                                                            

 

Immediate Past President

National Medical Association

Careview Medical Group, Inc.

San Diego, CA

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/hood.htm

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/hood.ppt

 

Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, Ph.D.

 

Research Director on Social Determinants of Health

Division of Adult and Community Health

National Center for Chronic Disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Founding Director

Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Center

Association of Black Cardiologists

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/cjones.htm

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/cjones.ppt

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/cjones.mp3

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/cjonesding.mp3

 

Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D.

 

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, MD

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/laveist1.htm

 

Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD

 

Professor

Chair, Department of Family Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

 

Ken Thompson, MD

 

Soros Foundation Physician Advocate Fellow

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh

Director, Institute for Public Health and Psychiatry, WPIC

Director, Institute for Community Psychiatry

UPMC Health System

Pittsburgh, PA

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/thompson.mp3

 

UNDERSTANDING THE LAW

Paul F. Cushing

 

Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964

Title II, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Age Discrimination Act of 1964

Community Service Assurance Provisions of the Hill-Burton Act

Regional Manager

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office for Civil Rights, Region III, Philadelphia, PA

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/cushing.htm

 

THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM

Roosevelt Freeman

 

Regional Manager

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office for Civil Rights, Region IV, Atlanta, GA

11:15 – 11:30 Mel Causey, B.S.

President and CEO

Lemington Eldercare Services

Pittsburgh, PA

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/freeman.htm

 

 

Katherine D. Seelman, Ph.D.

Associate Dean and Professor

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

University of Pittsburgh

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/seelman.ppt

 

Eugene Tull, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology

Graduate School of Public Health

University of Pittsburgh

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/tull.mp3

 

EXPERIENCES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Imani Ma’at, Ed.D.

 

Director

REACH 2010 Demonstration Program

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Atlanta, GA

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/Ma'at.htm

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/Ma'at.mp3

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/Ma'atd.mp3

 

 

THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM

King County Study on Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Health Care

Michael Smyser, MPH

 

Epidemiology, Planning and Evaluation Unit

Public Health - Seattle & King County

Seattle, WA

Fulton County Behavioral Risk Survey

Adewale Troutman, M.D.

 

Director

Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/troutman.htm

 

Karen Mathews, Ph.D.

 

Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Psychology,

University of Pittsburgh

Director of the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center

EMERGING ISSUES

The Human Genome Project: Preventing Discrimination

Elizabeth (Betsy) Gettig, M.S, C.G.C

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Genetics

Graduate School of Public Health

University of Pittsburgh

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/gettig.htm

 

The Experience of Discrimination as a Cause for Health Disparities

David R. Williams, Ph.D.

 

Professor

Department of Sociology

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Internalized Racism and Mental Health: The Impact on Physical,

Mental, & Social Disparities in Health

Jerome Taylor, Ph.D

 

Executive Director

Center for Family Excellence

Pittsburgh, PA

 

From Environmental Racism to Environmental Justice

Harvey L. White, Ph.D.

 

Professor

Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

University of Pittsburgh

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Thursday/white.htm

 

Residential Segregation as a Fundamental Cause of Health Disparities

Chiquita Collins, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Research Associate of Population Research Center

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

 

Joyce Crawford Mitchell, Ph.D. (pending)

Associate Professor

School of Social Work

University of Pittsburgh

MULTIPLE BURDENS AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IMPACTING

THE HEALTH OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

 

Harriet A. Washington

Medical Editor and Writer

Senior Research Scholar

National Center for Bioethics in Healthcare Research

New York, NY

 

THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM

Brenda E. Lee

Executive Director

Mental Health Association

Pittsburgh, PA

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/lee.mp3

 

 

Cecilia Griffin Golden, Ph.D.

CEO

YWCA of Pittsburgh

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/thursday/golden.mp3

 

Evaluation

Community Partnership Reception

Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Location: Hosanna House Community Center

907 Wallace Ave.

Wilkinsburg, PA

ADVOCACY, SKILL BUILDING, COMMITMENT AND APPLICATION

Reflections on Day One

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Friday/opening.mp3

The Plan for Day Two

Stephen B. Thomas, Ph.D

Center for Minority Health

Paul Cushing

Office for Civil Rights, Region III

Research and recruitment

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Friday/research.mp3

Advocacy and Action

Civil Rights Session

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/Friday/civilrights.mp3

 

Fern W. Goodhart, MSPH, CHES

Director of Health Education

Rutgers University Health Services

New Brunswick, NJ

Moderator: Mattie Woods

Executive Director

Centers for Healthy Hearts and Souls

Pittsburgh, PA

Recorder: Gerald Barron

Allegheny County Health Department

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Skill Building and Application: A Commitment to Self-Assessment

The New York Experience

Michael Carter

Regional Manager

Office for Civil Rights, Region II, New York, NY

Technical Assistance: Tools to Identify and Address Disparities

Dorticia McNeil

Equal Opportunity Specialist

Office for Civil Rights, Region III, Philadelphia, PA

Moderator: Ian Rawson

President/CEO

Hospital Council of Western PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Recorder: Ebony Hughes, RN

Magee Women’s Hospital

UPMC Health System

Pittsburgh, PA

 

http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/mh2002/closing.mp3