THE CENTER FOR CROSS-CULTURAL HEALTH
BI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Conference 2000 Summary: Emerging Issues in Cultural Competency: What We Are Learning
The Center for Cross-Cultural Health presents:
Thanks to all who participated in the 2002 conference.
To view the Conference 2002 summary click here
Presentation Links and Handouts:
This material is being posted to continue the information sharing and dialogue that began at our conference in November 2002. Keep in mind that this material posted on this page is for public information only. The handouts and presentations are posted by permission of the presenter and remain the property of the presenter. If you are interested in finding out more about any of the sessions or using any of the material, please call the CCCH at 612.379.3573 for the presenters' contact information.
| Thurs. Keynote Address: "Sharing the Vision for a Healthy Community: What it is, How to Create it" | Christopher Freeman Adams
The Adams Group, Denver, CO |
PowerPoint presentation |
| Thursday Breakout Sessions | ||
| 1. Youth as Teachers of Cultural Competence | Mae
Seely Sylvester, Laura Fillingame, and a Cultural Competence Teen Team
U of MN Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health |
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| 2. Understanding the Health Care System: A Multilingual Video Partnership | Ai
Vang, Children's Hospital
Carol Berg, UCare MN Mike Wassenaar, St. Paul Neighborhood Network |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| 3. Developing Program Evaluation Logic Model for Measuring Outcomes | Jeanne Nelson, Pathfinder Program, Multicultural Healthcare Alliance for Olmsted County | |
| 4. Providing Culturally Competent Disability Services to Children and Families | Karen
Larson-Hahn and Karen Frees
Courage Center |
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| 5. Hmong Shamanism in MN and Hmong Health Care Choices | Charles
Numrich, UCare MN
Dr. Phua Xiong, family practice practitioner, and Chu Yongyuan Wu, Hmong Circle of Peace |
Presentation Handout |
| 6a. Interventions to Increase Participation by Hispanic Persons with Diabetes in the ACCORD Trial at HCMC | Carrie Hildebrant, HCMC
Kathleen Marie Hall, Hennepin Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology Mohammed Tariq Fareed, Hennepin Center for Diabetes and Metabolism |
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| 6b. Diabetes Management Success in the Latino Population | Laraine Steel, Marica
Carlson, and Kim Schanilec
HCMC |
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| Fri. Keynote Address: Cross-Cultural Healing Practices and Honoring Diversity as an Opportunity | Angeles Arrien
Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research, Sausalito, CA |
www.angelesarrien.com |
| Friday Breakout Sessions | ||
| 7. Communities Caring for Torture and War Trauma Survivors: Strategies for Healing | Evelyn Lennon
Center for Victims of Torture |
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| 8. Cross-Cultural Supervision | David McGraw-Schuchman, Mary
Clare Baldus, and Steve Maxwell
CUHCC |
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| 9. Cultural Dimensions of End-of-Life Care | David Berg and Doretta Stark
Fairview University Medical Center |
Handouts:
Cultural
Heritage Exercise, Death
and Grief Across Cultures Bibliography, and Common
Terms in EOL Care
Other readings available at: www.lastacts.org. (click on resources, and then click on fact sheets.) The titles are: Care for the Spirit: The Role of Spirituality in End-of-Life Care; Improving Care for African Americans Near the End of Life; Children Also Die: Pain and Death in Children; and It's All About Talking: Starting Conversations About End-of-Life Issues. |
| 10. Identifying and Celebrating the Diversity within the African American Community | Patricia Coleman-Burns
U of MI, School of Nursing |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| 11. The Healing Community of Qigong | Loudi Rivamonte, CCCH
Darcie Barrett, Spring Forest Qigong Healer |
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| 12a. Disparities in Health Access: Voices from MN's Latino Community | Claudia Fuentes
HACER |
The Disparities in Health Access report can be downloaded from HACER's website on the publication page at www.hacer-mn.org |
| 12b. Successful Programs for Enrolling Latino Patients on to Public Programs | John Armstrong, HCMC | |
This conference was made possible through the generous support of our co-sponsors:
| Platinum Level |
| Otto Bremer Foundation |
| Gold Level |
| BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota Foundation |
| Silver Level |
| Center for Population Health |
| Hennepin County Medical Center |
| Metropolitan Health Plan |
| UCare Minnesota |
| Greater Twin Cites United Way |
| Bronze Level |
| Children's Hospitals and Clinics |
| HealthPartners |
| Hennepin Medical Society |
| The Medtronic Foundation |
| MDH, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health |
| Seven Bridges World Market |
| University of Minnesota, Academic Health Center |