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Western Massachusetts Health Action Forum
Who Should Attend?

Date: Thursday, September 13, 2001
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: The Log Cabin, Holyoke, MA
Directions: Click Here
Fee: $20
Register: Click Here

8:30
Registration (coffee and light refreshments) ... Exhibits open

9:30
Welcome & Introductions

Bertram A. Yaffe, Chair, NECON
Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Mass. Department of Public Health
The Honorable Jane Swift, Governor, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (invited)

10:00
Keynote Address: "Disparities in Health Indices: Race, Economic and Social Status"

William A. Darity, Ph.D., Professor of Public Health (Emeritus), School of Public Health, UMass Amherst

10:45
A Call to Action

Panelists will discuss key Western MA health issues: Access to Care, Adolescent Health, HIV/Hepatitis, Substance Abuse and Asthma

Xenia Rosado Merced, Manager, Community Outreach Department, Holyoke Hospital
Joseph Boone, Coordinator, Springfield Adolescent Health Project
Jeffrey Scavron, M.D., Medical Director, Brightwood Health Center
Linda Small, Executive Director, Children's Health Program, Great Barrington, MA

Moderator: TBA

11:30
Getting An Action Orientation

Panelists will address "how to's" of community based and regional action to prevent and eliminate Western MA health disparities

Bobbie Orsi, B.S., R.N., CDE, Community Education & Outreach, Berkshire Medical Center
Honorable Ellen Story, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Maria Morales Loebl, Executive Director, Spanish American Union, Inc.
Sonia Bouvier, Prevention Specialist, Lower Pioneer Valley Resource Library, MA Prevention Ctr.

Moderator: Dr. Frank Robinson, Executive Director, Partners for a Healthier Community

1:45
Keynote: "Making the 'Action - Vision' Connection"

Helen Caulton-Harris, M.A., M.Ed., Director of Health & Human Services, City of Springfield

2:30
Action Planning Sessions
(on registration form, please select one to attend)

• Access to Care
• Adolescent Health
• HIV/Hepatitis
• Substance Abuse
• Asthma

4:00
Adjournment

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