USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium: SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM AGENDA
09:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Track 3: Innovative Prevention and Treatment Strategies Federally Funded Health Programs
Gila Room, Tucson Convention Center
BodyWorks: Preventing Adolescent Obesity
CAPT Susanne Pickering, MPH, MSOT, USPHS, Women's Health Coordinator, Office on Women's Health, Office of Public Health and Science
Presentation (pps, 3.27 MB)
This presentation will provide an overview of BodyWorks:: A Toolkit for Healthy Girls and Strong Women, which is an obesity prevention program designed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health (OWH). The goal of the program is to help parents and caregivers of adolescent girls improve eating and activity habits. BodyWorks was created after a two-year formative research phase that included focus groups around the country. Since March 2006, over 4,800 BodyWorks toolkits have been ordered and disseminated; 60 train-the-trainer sessions have taken place across the United States preparing 660 trainers to implement the program; and 30 parent and caregiver sessions have been completed reaching about 270 families. A national evaluation is underway exploring the impact of BodyWorks on parents and adolescent girls, and determining the most effective strategies for ensuring successful dissemination and implementation.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• List the BodyWorks program objectives, toolkit components, and target audiences
• Describe program dissemination strategies and how federal health-related materials can be disseminated to grassroots organizations
• Describe lessons learned in a train-the-trainer model of delivery
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Track 3: Innovative Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Federally Funded Health Programs
Gila Room, Tucson Convention Center
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness
LCDR Josefine Haynes-Battle, RN, BSN, MSN, USPHS, Government Project Officer, Native American Center for Excellence and the Alternate Government Project Officer, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Center for Excellence
Presentation (pps, 1.53 MB)
This presentation will acquaint the audience with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and how often it occurs, particularly in the older age cohorts. The service needs of infants, children, and teenagers, young and middle-aged adults living with FASD vary. The presenter will seek to describe gaps in care and identify unmet needs.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Discuss FASD terminology
• Differentiate between primary and secondary disability
• Discuss the need for improved systems of care for individuals with FASD
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Track 3: Innovative Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Federally Funded Health Programs
Gila Room, Tucson Convention Center
Bright Futures: Women's Health & Wellness
LT Morrisa Rice, USPHS, Public Health Analyst, Health Resources and Services, Office of Women's Health
Presentation (pps, 1.55 MB)
This presentation will provide an overview of The Bright Future for Women’s Health and Wellness (BFWHW) initiative, which is a project of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration’s, Office of Women's Health. The mission of BFWHW is to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a variety of evidence-based, culturally-competent consumer, provider, and community products that will increase women's awareness and use of preventive health strategies and services. All tools are wellness-focused, evidence-based, focus-group tested and easy to read and understand for each target audience. The family of BFWHW tools can help consumers, providers, and community-based organizations promote physical and emotional wellness and practice healthy lifestyles.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Explain at least two prevention strategies that use multidisciplinary approaches for addressing wellness issues facing communities
• Use the Bright Future tools to promote physical and emotional wellness and proactive health lifestyles
01:30 p.m. – 02:00 p.m. Track 3: Innovative Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Federally Funded Health Programs
Gila Room, Tucson Convention Center
Transition Health Care Programs
CAPT Beverly Dandridge, USPHS, Transformation Officer, Recruitment, Office of the Surgeon General, US Department of Health and Human Services
Presentation (pps, 195 KB)
This session will examine pre- and post-release health care services for inmates. The quality of healthcare provided to offenders “behind the wall” has been a public health concern for many years. The burden of illness in the growing national correctional system will have a tremendous impact on community public health care. Accreditation status received by many county, state, and federal facilities is a strategy for ensuring the quality of services provided to the inmates during their incarceration. However, data collection and analysis have revealed there is a disparity of health care service availability post release to these citizens. Health Care Data of Inmate Transition Programs will be illustrated including general inmate pre and post confinement medical conditions, the number and types of [national] transition programs, funding resources, and varied program management differentiating local, state, and federal programs. In addition, jurisdictions having implemented survival tactics/strategies and the documented improvements will be presented. The benefit of linking community health resources to correctional facilities to facilitate the transition process for the inmate and the community will be highlighted. In conclusion, a “Transition Health Care Model” will be presented as a recommendation for this national public health concern. Reducing the community barriers to linking healthcare services to inmates pre-release is critical for the maintenance of health promotion and disease prevention behaviors provided “behind the wall.”
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the disparity of health care service availability for released criminal offenders
• Describe the correctional health care “Transition Health Care Model”
02:00 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. Track 3: Innovative Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Federally Funded Health Programs
Gila Room, Tucson Convention Center
Controlling a Syphilis Outbreak on a Native American Reservation
CDR Kara Levri, MD, MPH, USPHS, Senior Staff Medical Officer, Tucson Area Indian Health Service
Presentation (pps, 3.48 MB)
This presentation will discuss the public health response to a recent outbreak of syphilis on a rural southwestern Native American reservation. The session will look at the treatment, screening, and educating of the at-risk population.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the effects of a syphilis outbreak on a rural Native American tribe
• Discuss the complexities of treating, screening, and educating during a sexually transmitted disease outbreak
• Describe the approach to and results of this effort to contain a disease outbreak
02:45 p.m. – 03:45 p.m. Track 3: Innovative Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Federally Funded Health Programs
Gila Room, Tucson Convention Center
Domestic Violence & Health Reform
Anna Marjavi, MD, Program Specialist, Family Violence Prevention Fund
This presentation will highlight key elements in improving hospital, clinic, or public health response to domestic violence. The session will describe a national project working in 20 American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The workshop features two model programs: Maliseets in Maine and Sand Point in Alaska. Domestic violence assessment, intervention and referral tools will be shared, as well as community organizing strategies and responses to sexual assault.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Discuss domestic violence and its connection to overall health and chronic care conditions
• Describe how domestic violence routine assessment, intervention and referral have been successfully integrated in two rural communities
• Describe several tools to begin domestic violence reform at other health facilities