2021 Annual Conference of New Jersey Public Health Association
Updated (9/12/21)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Implications in Vulnerable Populations and Public Health Practice
October 8, 2021, 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Goal:
To provide an opportunity for the NJ public health professionals to present papers related to field research on practice-based solutions pertinent to public health issues for vulnerable populations.
Objectives:
To explore public health issues including inequities, and disparities in vulnerable populations.
Conference Venue: Webinar
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Capacity: up to 500 participants
Registration Fee: NJPHA Members register Free, Non-members $15 and Students $5
Conference Agenda
10:00 – 10:05 Opening Remarks:
Donald Weinbaum, MBA, President of NJPHA
10:05 – 10:30 Keynote Presentation
Jose Ramon Fernandez – Pena, MD, MPA, President of APHA (view slides)
10:30 – 11:00 Panel 1: Paper Presentations: Health Policy, Planning and Outcome
Moderator: Sreelekha Prakash, MD, MPH
Presenters:
- COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on the Exercise of Religion
Ryan Houser, MS, EMPS, NRMET, Georgetown University’s Global Health Initiative & O’Neil Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington D.C. (view slides)
- Understanding HPV Vaccine Uptake Health Equity Challenges in Newark, New Jersey
Sara Subbanna BA; Sheryl Bedno, MD, DrPH, FACPM (view slides)
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- Structure & Future of NJ Local Boards of Health: Impact on Municipal Policy and Health Outcome
Sylvia Twersky, Ph.D., MPH and Melanie McDermott, PhD (view slides)
The College of New Jersey
11:00 – 11: 40 Panel 2: Vaccine Hesitancy, Community Outreach & Strategy
Moderator: Sreelekha Prakash, MD, MPH
Presenters:
- Lessons from the Field: Increasing COVID Vaccination Status Among Seniors
Candice Davenport, BSN, RN, MPH, MCHES, H.O. and Taliah Jeffers, Maplewood Health Department and Cathy Rowe, DrPH, NJ Advocates for Aging Well (view slides)
- Community Partners Vaccine Coordination & Delivery Program
Monica Lallo, Ed.D. MPA, MPM, Vice President (view slides)
Acenda Integrated Health, NJ
- Public Health, Vulnerable Population and Vaccine Hesitancy
Denise Rizzolo, Ph.D., PA-C, Megan Avallone, MS, RN and Ellen Shelley, DNP, MSN, NE-BC, CPHQ, CCM, Westfield Regional Health Department, NJ (view slides)
- Vaccine Hesitancy Among Minority Groups
Arianna Ceballos and Nichaunna Johnson, Senior Public Health Students, The College of New Jersey (view slides)
11:40 – 11: 55 Breakout sessions: Questions & Answers
11: 55 – 12:00 Closing Remarks
Lisa A. Harrison-Gulla, MPH, MAE, HO, REHS
NJPHA President-Elect
2.0 Public Health and CHES/MCHES credits will be provided for this program
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