Welcome and Opening Keynote A Healthier America:  One Community at a Time
Carmen Rita Nevarez, MD, MPH

Video

D102:  Path to Cultural Competency - Latino Culture
Carmen E. DeRusha, MA

Video

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HL104:  LEAP Year Planning
Judy Whorton, RN, BS, MA

We plan for weddings, the birth of a child, going off to college, and retirement.  Before a crisis occurs, we should consider LEAP Year Planning.  LEAP Year Planning involves the Loving acts of discussing and planning our expectations regarding Advance Directives and our Plan of Care later in life.

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HL106:  Promises and Perils of Estimating Return on Investment
Robert M. Saywell, PhD, MPH; Terrell W. Zollinger,  DrPH

Public health program directors, as well as funders, need to know the cost of achieving expected outcomes.  For example, what are the program costs for every person who gets a mammogram or who stops smoking?  This session will discuss how this type of return on investment is determined, what information is needed, how the results are interpreted, and how they can be used for administrative decisions.  The limitations will be discussed.

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D106:  Health Literacy -- A Call to Action
Kathryn Lauten, PhD

Video

Health Literacy is believed to play an essential role in the ability of individuals to effectively manage their own health care. Yet, a report by the Institute of Medicine acknowledges that 90 million Americans with low literacy probably also have low health literacy, and that even individuals with adequate health literacy face challenges in the complex demands of health care contexts.

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HL103:  Your Local Health Department:  A Day in the Life
Melissa Dexter, MA; Patricia Thomas; Joshua William; David Keller, MD

In Indiana, 93 local health departments provide many essential public health services to our citizens. Do you ever wonder who conducts the inspection at your favorite restaurant? Have you thought about who has access to your birth certificate? Please join us for a panel discussion with local health department staff to learn more about the daily challenges and successes of your local health department.

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PL106:  Quality Improvement and You
Sarah Strawbridge, BS, CHES; Brittany Knick,  MPH

Participants will understand what quality improvement is, why it is important, and how to use it. Experiential learning activities will increase participants’ skill in how to incorporate quality improvement tools and techniques into their practice. Furthermore, the ten Essential Public Health Services will be shared. Explanation will be provided on how quality improvement and the ten Essential Public Health Services relate to national public health accreditation. Finally, participants will understand their role in Indiana’s public health system.

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P103:  Getting By With a Lot of Help From My Friends
Elizabeth (Beth) Morris, LCSW

Broad-based community partnerships are essential in achieving many of the public health goals we are all striving for.  Bartholomew County has had a Healthy Communities Initiative in place since the early 1990's with active representation from local government, schools, Chamber of Commerce, the hospital, local foundations, businesses, and others.  This session will share the lessons learned in recruiting and retaining key community stakeholders to move our work forward.

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HC108:  What is Food Protection and Why it Matters
Travis Goodman, BS

This presentation describes food protection as encompassing food safety, food quality, and food defense.  It outlines some of the demographic challenges of improving food protection and how new technology will enable us to better protect the food supply going into the 21st century.

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P105:  Refugee Farms:  Providing a Culturally Uplifting and Human Rights Project that Promotes Food Security and Community Integration
Maria D. Beltran-Figueroa, Carol Waterman

A brief history of refugee resettlement in Indianapolis will be discussed.  The discussion will include the different refugee groups and their background and how the refugee projects came about.

309

D103:  Indiana Healthy Weight Initiative: Improving the Health of Our State Through Policy and Environmental Change
Ellen Whitt, JD, Marcie Memmer

This session will give an overview of the development of the Indiana Healthy Weight Initiative and its emphasis on policy and environmental change aimed at population level impact on overweight/obesity prevalence in Indiana.  We will look at examples of related state level policies that have been enacted legislatively in Indiana (small employer wellness tax credit, Coordinated School Health Advisory Council mandate, lactation support in the workplace) and the challenges to fully implementing these policies and evaluating their health impact.  We will also examine strategies for achieving statewide reach through policy and environmental change at the organizational and community level.

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PL104:  It Takes a Village to Fight TB
Sarah Burkholder, RN, MPH; Christine Feaster,  RM(NRCM), M(ASCP) CM; Lixia Liu, PhD; Shelley Matheson, BS

To fight TB, it takes collective efforts among the TB controllers, laboratorians, physicians, nurses and public health workers.  This concept will be presented to the session participants as a tabletop exercise.  We will break the audience up into groups and then give each group a "job".  For instance, one group will be the TB controllers, one will be the PH nurses, one will be ISDH Labs, etc.  Then scenerios will be provided/read, and the groups will role play and discuss.

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HL105:  Unintentional Injuries in Indiana, A Risk for All
Gregory Steele, DrPH, MPH; Joe O'Neil,  MD, MPH

Video

Description of the magnitude, risks, and at risk populations for the leading types of unintentional injuries occurring in Indiana.

405

PL102:  Legal Do’s and Don’ts in Public Health Advocacy and Education
Heather McCabe, MSW, JD;
Eric R. Wright, PhD

This interactive workshop will explore the legal and ethical expectations for public health professionals around advocacy and educating policymakers as well as the public.  Participants will learn about the formal legal rules governing the distinction between advocacy and education and discuss some of the special ethical considerations in engaging in public health advocacy.  Following a brief overview of the basic legal standards, participants will discuss case studies and engage in role plays designed to facilitate discussion of key principles and ethical concerns.

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D100:  Organizational Cultural Competency Trainings
Mwangi James Murage, MPH

The presentation will provide findings on a statewide cultural competency trainings assessment on organizations providing services to youth and families in the mental health, education, juvenile justice and  and child welfare systems. Focusing on the importance of cultural competency to organizations' success, the presentation will highlight aspects of making cultural competency known when seen; thus resulting to real benefits.

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PY100:  Community Health Collaboration:  Results of Cooperative Efforts of a Private Pediatric Practice and Community  Organizations
James J Laughlin, MD

Video

This presentation will give an overview of collaborative projects in the Bloomington community between a private pediatric group, local hospital, community school system, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, and other agencies to coordinate health related issues for children.

306

PD100:  Effective Use of PowerPoint
Lorie Shuck

In this session, participants will identify how PowerPoint presentations can be enhanced and discover best practices when designing a presentation.

308

P114:   The BHI Story and Community Health Improvement Council Model
Les Zwirn, Mary McKee

Better Healthcare for Indiana--a new non-partisan, non-profit organization--aims to provide what is missing to help communities organize for better health and healthcare: a state-level champion and catalyst to help local leadership teams learn, organize, and act to slow medical spending, while improving health and quality. Such change will only occur if collaboration, not competition, prevails. This new mind-set will require doctors, clinics, pharmacies, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, drug and device makers, employers, schools, local government, public health, and community leaders to break down their silos and join together to put patient and community health interests at the top of their agendas.

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PD106:  Using a Social Marketing Approach in Public Health Practice
Jane Ellery, PhD

This session will help you begin to focus on your "consumers" as being key to new solutions rather than the problem you are trying to fix.  After all, consumers are the experts when it comes to their life circumstances.  "Thinking Like a Marketer" as you envision, develop, implement, and evaluate initiatives that encourage healthy living may change the way you practice!

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HC104:  Indiana Board of Animal Health’s Role in One Health
Marianne Ash, DVM, MVPH, DACVPM

Video

This presentation will discuss the important role of our veterinary community, and more specifically the Indiana Board of Animal Health, in surveillance, detection and management of disease at the interface between human and animal health.

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HL108: Antibiotic Resisteance—Emergence and Prevention
Rae Schnapp, Stephen J. Jay, M, MaryAnn Sullivan, State Representative

Video

The emergence of antibiotic resistance will be discussed with an emphasis on MRSA and the potential for emergence from livestock.  We will include discussion of techniques for minimizing the emergence of antibiotic resistance.

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Peer Reviewed Session
*100:  Youth Created Health Promotion Messages--How to Engage Youth
Mary Lay

*101: Youth Gambling: An Emerging Concern for a Healthier America
Janet Jacobs

The Indiana Problem Gambling Awareness Program held its second annual youth calendar contest in late 2009.  The youth were provided the opportunity to develop original art and messages that promote the prevention of problem gambling behaviors.  The selected entries are printed in a calendar that is distributed throughout Indiana and highlighted during National Problem Gambling Awareness Week. Over 200 entries were submitted.  The youth who submitted the entries are part of Afternoon’s R.O.C.K. in Indiana afterschool program, which focuses on ATOD and problem gambling prevention. With the increased availability and acceptability of gambling, more young people are gambling than ever before. Approximately 2% of the gambling population has experienced one or more problem as a result of their gambling, which also impacts children and families.

The rush of risk?  Feeling the power of winning?  Internet attractions?  Proving one’s self-worth?  Included in a family affair?  There is much in today’s youth culture to attract children and teens to gambling – now described as the fastest, growing addiction among teens in America.  Teens can be affected by excessive gambling in two major ways.  Their parents or sibling(s) could have a serious gambling problem, or they could be at risk themselves of developing a problem.  This workshop provides both a broad view of teenage gambling, as well as, several specific looks at individual stories of recovery.  A look at the adolescent brain will be of special interest with respect to both critical thinking and individual motivation.  Presented, also, are the progressive phases of the disorder of problem/pathological gambling and their particular connection to depression and suicide. 

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Peer Reviewed Session
*113:  Impact of the Indiana Women’s Diabetes Initiative (IWDI): A Pilot Diabetes Navigation Program
Carolyn M. Muegge

*103: Reducing the Burden of Chronic Disease in Indiana
Susan Meece-Hinh, Malinda Elliott

The Indiana State Department of Health Office on Women’s Health launched a pilot client navigation program to help women manage their diabetes.  Diabetes navigators in three communities helped minimize women’s barriers to self-management by providing access to resources through community partnerships.   Methods: Client self-management behaviors were assessed at enrollment (baseline). Following enrollment, diabetes navigators connected clients with needed free or low cost resources within their community. Self-management status was assessed again at follow-up approximately one year later. A local surveillance strategy using Indiana Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance data was also developed.

The burden of chronic disease in the United States and in Indiana has been well established.  Numerous studies have defined the significant impact of chronic disease in terms of both economic impact and quality of life for affected individuals.

Disease Management programs promote patient empowerment and development of self-management skills for members identified with certain chronic health conditions.    Patients with Asthma, CAD, CHF, COPD, Diabetes and Migraine headaches may enroll in the disease management program free of charge. 

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Peer Reviewed Session
*114:  Unintentional Deaths: Tracking A Growing Public Health Problem in the United Arab Emirates
Susan M. Smith

Video

The growing problem of premature death of citizens and non-citizens residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE is a rapidly urbanizing country in the Middle Eastern region. An over view  of those living within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by citizen status, gender, and age group as well as reported causes of death are provided followed by a description of causes of unintentional death reported by each of six UAE districts. Purpose of this study was to conduct an analysis of fatality data provided by each UAE heath districts which was extracted from each of the UAE district surveillance reporting systems for the years 2006-2008.

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Getting to the Roots of the Obesity Epidemic: Food and Fun
Richard Wilk, PhD

Richard Wilk is professor of anthropology and gender studies at Indiana University where he directs the Food Studies Program. With a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Arizona, he has taught at the University of California Berkeley, University of California Santa Cruz, New Mexico State University, and University College London, and has held fellowships at Gothenburg University and the University of London.  His initial research on the cultural ecology of indigenous Mayan farming and family organization was followed by work on consumer culture and sustainable consumption, energy consumption, globalization, television, beauty pageants and food.  The most recent books are Home Cooking in the Global Village, Off the Edge: Experiments in Cultural Analysis, Fast Food/Slow Food,), and Time, Consumption, and Everyday Life.

450

Impacting Community Health in Your Own Backyard
Mayor Shawna Girgis, MSW

Video

Mayor Shawna Girgis is the 23rd Mayor of Bedford.  She began her first term in January 2008 and is the first female to serve in the office. She was employed by Hoosier Uplands Economic Development Corporation in Mitchell, Indiana for six years. Shawna served as the Executive Director of the Indiana Rural Health Association from June 2005 through December 2007.Shawna has been involved in community health initiatives since 1999.  Since that time her path has taken her into different avenues of public health and advocacy.  During this session Shawna will share her experience as a community health advocate from the perspective of an employee of a local non-profit, leader of state-wide organization, and as an elected official.  Session topics will include the importance of building collaborative partnerships with people from diverse groups in order to create a platform for progress and long-term success; overcoming challenges; and how one person can truly make a difference in their community.  

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HL110:  Our Can of Worms: The Truth about Disparities
NaKaisha Tolbert-Banks, MSW; Dr. Monique Busch,  PhD, ACSW, LCSW

This interactive yet educational workshop will raise awareness of and address the disproportional representation of minorities within the areas of: juvenile justice, mental health, education, and health care.  This workshop will also examine disproportionate placement, disparate outcomes, and research conducted on youth in child welfare.  Finally, it will address needs for change within the state to address disparity including barriers and successes of current initiatives.

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PD104:  Budgets--What You Need to Know
Paul J. Lang, MPA

You will learn how to put a budget together.  What are the expectations of your board? What do your donors want to know?  It's not just numbers.  It's also goals and objections the numbers support.

405

HL107:  An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure When it Comes to Cancer
Lisa M. Hess, PhD; Silvia M. Bigatti,  PhD

We will discuss latest findings regarding best prevention efforts for cancer, as well as the costs to patients and family members of diagnosis and treatment.

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HC103:  Active Transportation Initiatives in Indiana
Sandra Cummings, MSW; Kim Irwin,  MPH;  Anna Tyszkiewicz, MPA; Michael O'Loughlin, MURP,APBP

Panel discussion will provide an introduction to initiatives in Indiana to promote walking and biking, such as Safe Routes to School, Complete Streets, and special projects of the Metropolitan Planning Organizations.

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PL107:  Moving Public Health Forward: Accreditation in Indiana.
Kristin A. Adams, PhD, CHES; Caitlin LaBranche,  MPH

Video

Health departments will be able to apply for accreditation in 2011.  Indiana is moving towards accreditation.  This presentation will discuss the steps already underway and the plans for the future.

306

ST100:  Getting Ready to Enter to Workforce
Doug Smith

Preparing college students to enter the workforce.  Overview of writing resumes, uncovering transferable skills, looking for jobs, networking and other career related items.

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P102:  Building Effective Coalitions
Roseann M Lyle, PhD

Video

The characteristics of and steps for building an effective coalition will be presented. Resources from the Community Tool Box, the Prevention Institute and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America will be utilized. Practical examples will be provided throughout from the Coalition for Living Well after 50 in Tippecanoe County.

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P106:  National Library of Medicine Online: Free Public Health Databases and Resources
Holly Ann Burt, MLIS

In this live, online class, discover the biomedical, health, toxicological and environmental health information made freely available through the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Examine the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce (PHPartners.org) website and NLM Public Health databases. Learn about updates to PubMed.gov (MEDLINE) and how to access full-text articles. Visit databases written for patients and families including MedlinePlus.gov and the Household Products Database. Tour the TOXNET portal with LactMed, a drugs and lactation database, and Haz-Map for occupational exposure to hazardous agents. Access the downloadable Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders. These are just a few of the free online resources we will explore provided through the NLM website at www.nlm.nih.gov.

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HL100:  Introduction to Health Education
Jeffrey Clark, H.S.D.  FASHA

This session will provide participants with an overview of the health education profession and the role of health education in community and public health efforts.  Health education is a science-based profession dedicated to the improvement of individual quality-of-life through application of theory-driven programs to prevent health problems.  The eclectic nature of health education is a reflection of the multidisciplinary nature of the profession.  An examination of the foundations of the profession, major responsibilities and competencies of a certified health education specialist will be presented.

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HC105:  Project ICE: Integrated Care through Education
Bart Marshall, LCSW; Martha Levey,  MA

Video

Project ICE focuses on improving health outcomes for those adults living in a rural Indiana county that suffer from diabetes and a co-occurring mental illness and/or intellectual/developmental disability. The primary strategy to achieve this goal is to provide interdisciplinary trainings for care providers on the 3 possible conditions and strategies to improve coordination of care.

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HL102:  2009 H1N1 Pandemic:  Surveillance and Trends
Pam Pontones, MA; Shawn Richards,  BS;  Matthew Ritchey, DPT, MPH;  Mark Glazie

This will be a five-person panel with a moderator, consisting of three representatives from the ISDH Surveillance and Investigation Division and two representatives from the ISDH Laboratory.  There will be a slide presentation followed by a facilitated question-and-answer session.

305

D104:  African American Health: Unique Challenges, Strategic Solutions
Dr. Jacqualyn F. Green, Ph.D., ACSW, CADAC

Video

During this interactive and didactic presentation, participants will learn about the disparity in health challenges faced by African Americans.  Strategies for improved mental, physical and spiritual health will be discussed.  Dr. Green's first book, Spiritual Resilience, which addresses health, relationship, and societal challenges provides the foundation for this presentation.

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P104:  Community Coalitions:  How to Get Them and How to Keep Them Going
Anita Gaillard, MSPH

Video

This session will discuss the key fundamentals of buidling and maintaining a community-based coalitions to work on health and policy issues.  This will include the phases of coalition development and include a local example.

308

HL109:  Health Literacy: Addressing Issues from the Past, Present, and Future
LaShara A. Davis, MA

This presentation will discuss the progression of research on health literacy including issues of definition, measurement, and operationalization.

306

ST101:  An Overview of Podcasting
Tom Janke

iPods and podcasts have invaded. Learn how we can leverage this technology for good. This session will explore the potential of podcasting for communicating your message. This overview will provide participants with an awareness of what is needed to produce and publish podcasts.

405

PL102:    A Primer on the Public Policy Process for Public Health Professionals
Heather McCabe, MSW, JD;  Eric R. Wright, PhD

This workshop will provide public health professionals an overview of the formal and informal policymaking processes at the state and federal levels.  The focus will be on understanding the constraints within which public health policy is made and on where public health advocacy and education is likely to be most effective.

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P115:  Health Advocacy: Medical Legal Partnerships effecting a change in Health Status
Mary Ciccarelli, MD; Chad Priest, RN, MSN, JD

What can we do when a health risk or disease solution falls outside the traditional health disciplines?  Members of the Indiana Health Advocacy Coalition share a new delivery paradigm--one where attorneys work as professional colleagues within healthcare environments in providing legal support for families facing complex health issues.  Case examples and suggestions for successful LHD model implementation will be emphasized.

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PD105:  Social Media & Crisis Communication for Public Health
Erik Deckers, MA

Video

Most people are no longer gathering their news through mainstream media channels, finding it instead through blogs, online newspapers, social networking sites like Twitter, and even straight from an agency. This session will discuss the different tools available and help attendees think about how to formulate an easy, free communication plan with their populations.

309

HL111:  Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response Tabletop Exercise
Pam Pontones, MA ; Tom Cronau,  MA;  Jerry Hege, BS; Dan Gala, BS

Video

This session will take attendees through the steps involved in foodborne disease outbreak investigations as they typically occur in the State of Indiana.  Brief presentations from area experts will be presented on the epidemiological, environmental assessment, and laboratory testing components of outbreak response.  The audience will be presented with an outbreak case-study and participate in a tabletop style exercise facilitated by the presenters.

405

PD103:  Grant Funding - Is it a Magic Bullet?
Joe R. Martinez; Anne Graves

Video

Outside funding is often seen as a magic bullet that can help solve community issues, but where do you get the money? This session will cover some of the basics of a field of work that is becoming specialized with its own language.

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Student Presentations
*131:  Health at the Margins of Migration: Culture-centered Co-constructions Among Bangladeshi Immigrants
Raihan Jamil, Purdue University

*132:  Cardiovascular Disease in the Asian Indians in US: A Look Through the Socio – cultural Lens
Lalatenda Acharyu, Purdue University

Based on a dialogic commitment, the culture-centered approach questions the value-laden assumptions of mainstream health communication scholarship, and suggests alternative spaces for listening to voices that have historically been pathologized and erased from mainstream knowledge structures. This project engages with the migrant Bangladeshis who live in the margins of U.S. society, with the goal of understanding the communicative processes of meaning-making through which they negotiate their health outcomes in a foreign land.

Cardiovascular diseases are a global public health issue and leading cause of death in major racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. Various studies have shown that relative to whites, South Asians from the Indian sub-continent and East Africa have a high incidence of coronary heart disease, stroke and end-stage renal failure. The heart disease rate among America’s Asian Indian immigrants is three to four times higher than that of the general population including vegetarians and physician groups.

307

Peer Reviewed Session
*104: One Test, Two Lives:  Preventing and Responding to Perinatal HIV Transmission
Stephanie Fahner, RN BSN

*111: Experiences for Teachers and Students: A Collaborative Training Model Linking Facts, Skills and Strategies in HIV/AIDS and Sexuality Education
Lisa K. Angermeier, PhD, CHES

This session will discuss current science behind mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, review current guidelines for testing and therapy to prevent perinatal HIV, and present the new “One Test, Two Lives: Prevent HIV Indiana” initiative, which encourages pregnant women to get tested and equips providers with the latest guidelines on testing and treatment.  METHODS:  Currently, 95% of pediatric HIV/AIDS is the direct result of mother-to-child transmission; however, with appropriate testing and therapy, MTCT can be decreased from 25-30% to 1-2%.  Despite this progress, over the last 2 ½ years in Indiana there has been a 400% increase in transmissions in this group. 

This session will explore how partnerships are developed in order to implement an HIV/AIDS and sexuality education training for teachers.  The model used for the two-year, four day training utilized community partners from a state education agency, universities, community-based organizations, and teachers and administrators from local public schools.  The focus of the trainings were to provide teachers and staff with facts, information, skills and educational strategies, related to HIV/AIDS, STI and pregnancy prevention, and additional sexuality education topics.

406

Peer Reviewed Session
*130: Evaluating the “Healthy Woman" Campaign for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank
Erina MacGeorge

*118:  Delivering Vital Public Health Information Using the Internet
Joanne M. Alexandrovich

Video

In 2007, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Care Center was established to collect healthy breast tissue for research purposes. Although nearly 900 tissue donations have been made, the current “Healthy Woman” recruiting campaign requires evaluation as a first step in the design of campaign strategy for diverse regional and national audiences. The current study examines the demographic characteristics, motivations, concerns, and biopsy experiences of current donors as input for developing future campaign strategy.

The Vanderburgh County Health Department (VCHD) used the internet as part of its communication strategy for H1N1 response.  The challenges faced in delivering vital public health information through the internet in the midst of a rapidly changing public health situation are discussed.  Lessons learned, and examples of best practices including quick tips and shortcuts, are provided.  Vital and timely public health information must be accurate, understandable, consistent with the messages of sister agencies, and meet the needs of intended users. 

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Peer Reviewed Session
*112:  Anthropometric Indices, Dietary Intake Patterns, and Health Behaviors of Indiana and Non-Indiana Special Olympics Athletes
Carol A. Friesen

*102:  Who Is Delivering Indiana's Babies?
Caitlin Finnegan Priest, MPH

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the health status of Indiana Special Olympics (SO) athletes who participated in Healthy Athletes® health screenings throughout 2008. Subjects included SO athletes 19 through 64 years of age who participated in Healthy Athletes Health Promotion venues during 2008.

Early entry into prenatal care is an important determinant of obstetric and neonatal health outcomes.  In Indiana, one barrier to early entry into care is the distribution and availability of delivering providers, particularly outside Marion and the surrounding counties.   This session will review state and national perinatal health indicators, and will discuss new information on statewide provider shortage areas, the distribution of delivering hospitals, locations of subspecialists, and their collective impact on providers of care to pregnant women and infants.  Multiple sources—including medical license renewals, hospital surveys, and employment figures—were utilized to determine the locations of delivering OB-GYNs, Family Practice physicians, and Certified Nurse-Midwives, among others. 

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Peer Reviewed Session
*121: Community Based Participatory Research Approach in Indiana Conduct Research in Local Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities
Anita Ohmit

*134:  Mass Burial Sites for Marion County, Indiana
Jason Doerflein

Because racial and ethnic minority populations in Indiana experience a disproportionate burden of diseases and chronic conditions, the Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC) sought to evaluate the effectiveness of a community based participatory research (CBPR) approach on generating testable interventions to improve the health status of the minority populations in three Indiana counties.  In recent years, the CBPR approach has gained increased attention, recognition, and support to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations. Health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations of particular concern in Indiana include cancer, diabetes, heart disease, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, infant mortality, mental health, stroke, and vaccinations.

This plan will include specific pre-selected mass burial sites within Marion County by obtaining site locations by utilizing environmental criteria and GIS.   By predetermining the mass burial sites within Marion County, in the event of a mass fatality incident, response and recovery times will be shortened. As a consequence public health risks will be reduced.

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Engaging the Community in Public Health Advocacy—Implications for Partnership Building
Marifran Mattson, PhD

Video

Purdue University Professor Marifran Mattson has always been passionate about health issues, but her involvement in prosthetic parity legislation happened by accident—a motorcycle accident that claimed her left leg.  Professor Mattson’s current research and teaching program explores the intersection of health, interpersonal, organizational, and public communication. She is particularly interested in questions regarding the relationship between communication processes and problems related to human health and safety.  She seeks to identify critical interactive features to improve communication and reduce harm in a diversity of contexts including a public health campaign for motorcycle safety (www.ItInvolvesYou.com).  Her advocacy experience includes working with the Indiana Amputee Insurance Protection Coalition to pass legislation in Indiana that provides parity across health insurance plans for coverage of prosthetic devices. She also is a member of the Amputee Coalition of America’s Advisory Committee. Dr. Mattson’s research has been published in multiple journals.