MANY FACES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
2008 CONFERENCE:
PREVENTION & TREATMENT OF DIABETES
AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
October 30th – 31st, 2008, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Park Place Hotel
This conference is designed for clinicians, nurses and other health professionals; community, public health and social services staff; clinic administrators & finance managers; and others working to improve the health status of at-risk and underserved populations.
Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH, a 1992 graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, is an expert in the scale up of treatment for complex disease in poor countries. As Medical Director of Partners In Health
http://www.pih.org/, she has overseen the expansion of successful HIV/AIDS treatment programs in Haiti and Rwanda, as well as the scale up of treatment programs for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Peru and 14 states in the Russian Federation.
Incorporating what she has learned from her experiences with under-resourced agencies in impoverished communities, Dr. Mukherjee will speak on "Engaging a Community in Disease Management."
Dr. Mukherjee is a respected voice in global health policy, a sought after teacher and speaker at a wide range of venues around the world, having lectured at universities and major medical conferences in 14 countries. She is also an extensively published and well-respected researcher, who is currently principal investigator on three studies examining various aspects of her work in Haiti.
Our moderator, John Song MD,
Assistant Professor at the UM Center for Bioethics, will engage panelists from several Minnesota communities in a discussion of different cultural approaches
to end-of-life-care. As faculty advisor for Phillips Neighborhood Clinic, Dr. Song has worked with homeless patients on advance directives and other aspects
of end-of-life care. Panelists include representatives from Hmong, Somali, Latino, African American, Native American communities.
How people approach medical care and the medical system can affect their care at the end of life. Their views on life and death will also impact their wishes and desires for end-of-life care. Providers who wish to discuss end-of-life issues with patients can encounter cultural barriers unless they have some knowledge of cultural beliefs and practices that influence their patients' decisions and communication styles.
TO REGISTER: This workshop is part of the Many Faces of Community Health Conference and those registered can attend at no extra cost. Register for the entire conference or for this workshop only at: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for the 2008 Conference CMEs and CEUs available.
Click Here for Doubletree Park Place Hotel Online Reservation
1500 Park Place Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rate: $135 single/double
For reservations, call (952) 542-8600 or 1-800-222-8733
Reference “Many Faces of Community Health”
