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Join us for the third annual Media Institute on Health, Health Policy and Health Disparities. There has never been a more key time to cover the health scene. Whether you are a dedicated health beat reporter or the impacts of health are evident in your coverage of business and economics, housing and education, or politics, these hot topics will help build stronger stories.Each session is designed to not only bring data and information, but will help journalists build a powerhouse rolodex of experts for future reporting. In addition, our Saturday sessions are dedicated to helping journalists explore new ways to tell the stories. |
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Final Program
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
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9:00–10:00 a.m.
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Deciphering the Numbers Covering health, health policy and health disparities all involve data and statistics, often without easily understandable context. Experts will show ways that numbers and data are used in writing about and discussing key issues in health policy and diversity and offer tips on following the numbers to get to the heart of the health disparities story.
Cara James, Ph.D. Director, Disparities Policy Project and Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
Jennifer Kates, M.A., M.P.A. Vice President, Director, Global Health & HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
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10:00–10:15a.m.
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Speaker
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A. President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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10:15-10:30 a.m
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10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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The Affordable Health Care Act: Where Are We Now?
A year ago at our NABJ Media Institute on Health, the country was on the cusp of passing the historic and controversial Affordable Health Care Act. A year later, policymakers and pundits still debate its future. Join the lively discussion with those working to make the Act a reality.
Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Carlessia A. Hussein, R.N., Dr. P.H.
Director, Maryland State Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Brian Smedley, Ph.D., Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
Daniel Dawes, Esq., Former Congressional Black Caucus Fellow, Co-author, Understanding Health Reform A Community Guide for African Americans
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| 12:00-12:30 p.m. |
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12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
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LUNCHEON
Schizophrenia in the African American Community-Awareness, Treatment Recovery, and Hope
Mental illnesses like schizophrenia are not fully understood and that is a contributing factor to public reaction. Misconceptions and prejudices about schizophrenia have placed a stigma on the condition. To build/raise awareness about the condition, a panel is being coordinated to discuss schizophrenia in the African-American community.
Moderator: Vicki Mabrey Correspondent, ABC News
Judge Arthur Burnett, Sr. Executive Director, National African American Drug Policy Coalition
Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Medical Director, American Psychiatric Association
Xavier Amador, Ph.D., Founder and Director, LEAP Institute Author, "I’m Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!”
Jennifer Ayers-Moore, Founder and Chair, Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation
Ashley Smith, Founder and Executive Director, "Embracing My Mind, Inc.”
Jennifer Pifer-Bixler, Executive Producer, CNN’s Medical Unit |
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2:00–3:30 p.m.
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The Graying of Black America
America is getting older. Communities of color are no exception. What are the major health concerns for Black American’s age 50 and older and what policies are in place to manage the health and wellbeing of this population. What do changes in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid mean to this group and how are news outlets covering the health of an aging population?
Moderator: Cindy George, Journalist, Houston Chronicle
L. Toni Lewis, M.D., Chair, Service Employees International Union Healthcare Division
William Shrank, M.D., M.S.H.S., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School
Sharon R. Latson-Flemister, Senior Director of Access Initiatives, VITAS Healthcare Corporation |
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3:45-5:15 p.m.
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Health Impacts at the Community Level (Social Determinants of Health)
They are the faces who work behind the scenes fighting health disparities and providing care to those who cannot afford it, every single day. And, as America faces crises of unemployment, foreclosures, depression, and environmental stressors, the work on the community level is becoming even more significant. Hear from the community warriors from Detroit, Washington D.C. and New Orleans on the challenges and triumphs of local health efforts.
Moderator: Sherri Williams, Journalist
Herbert Smitherman, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., President and CEO, Health Centers Detroit Foundation, Inc.
Michelle Gourdine, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology/Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine Senior Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Terri D. Wright, M.P.H., Director, Center for School, Health & Education Division of Public Health Policy and Practice American Public Health Association
Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, Founder, The Birthing Project, USA
Linda Blount, Consultant, President and Principal of WFG Equity
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| 5:15-5:30 p.m. |
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5:30-7:00 p.m.
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Reception Sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation |
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8:00-9:30 a.m.
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BREAKFAST
Prostate Cancer and the African-American Community: The Need for Greater Awareness, Action and Access
The average annual prostate cancer incidence rate among African-American men was 59% higher than in white men from 2001-2005. Further, African-American men have the highest mortality rate for prostate cancer of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. Yet screening, diagnosis, and support information seem out of reach to many men over 50 and their families. This panel discussion will educate journalists about the prevalence of the disease and prostate cancer health disparities facing the African-American community. Journalists will leave this panel discussion with: a greater understanding of prostate cancer and the impact the disease has on the African-American community; information to help them communicate this public health threat to their audiences; information to help African-American men and their loved ones address their prostate cancer risk and disease, if diagnosed; and key experts to contact for more information for future stories.
Moderator: Corey Dade, National Correspondent, NPR Digital News
Dr. Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President American Cancer Society
Thomas Farrington, BSEE Founder and President The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN)
Dr. Stanley Frencher, Jr., The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program
Mekré Senbetta, PharmD Director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research North America Pharmaceuticals, Scientific Affairs, Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. |
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9:30-10:45 a.m.
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HIV/AIDS: 30 Years Later
HIV/AIDS continues to be an epidemic in the Black community. This year commemorates the first year that this disease showed up in this country. This panel is designed to address the policies that impact health disparities in the fight to prevent and manage the disease, the real life stories of people impacted by the disease and insights from people covering the stories.
Moderator: Linda Villarosa, Journalist and Author, "Body & Soul: The Black Woman’s Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being” Renata Simone Filmmaker, "The Age of AIDS”
Phill Wilson Founder and Executive Director, Black AIDS Institute
Dazon Diallo, M.P.H. Founder and President, SisterLove, Inc.
Donna Hubbard McCree, PhD, MPH, RPh, Associate Director of Health Equity, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
Martinez Brown, Activist, Deciding Moments Spokesperson
Renata Simone, Filmmaker, "The Age of AIDS” |
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11: 00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
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The State of Oral Health for Vulnerable Children
In 2000, the Surgeon General’s Oral Health in America Report described the "silent epidemic” of oral disease affecting our most vulnerable citizens. Since then, the U.S. has made little progress. The dental care shortage hits children of color the hardest. Although many solutions have been proposed to address serious dental care shortages, none has made significant inroads towards improving access problems that still plague so many vulnerable children and families and particularly low-income communities and communities of color. The panel will discuss the oral health crisis, how it impacts vulnerable communities, and will provide an overview of solutions that are currently under discussion as part of health reform and among health policy leaders in the states.
Moderator: Kimberly Hayes Taylor, Independent Health Journalist
Gail C. Christopher, D.N., Vice President for Program Strategy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Tracy L. Carter, M.P.H.A., Director, Government Affairs and Health Policy, Summa Foundation
Caswell Evans, D.D.S., M.P.H., Associate Dean for Prevention and Public Health Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Mary Otto, Editor-in-Chief, Street Sense |
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12:30-1:00 p.m. |
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1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
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LUNCHEON
Lung Cancer Disparities & the Need for Diverse Representation in Clinical Trials
From the disproportionate disease burden of lung cancer among African Americans, to our under-representation in clinical trials, a "double disparity” has emerged in our community. In particular, our lack of understanding of lung cancer’s true burden – its prevalence and high death rate – is further complicated by our misperceptions and mistrust of clinical trials. This panel discussion brings together experts from the media and medicine to explore these health disparities through the lens of lung cancer. Panelists will explore how increased media coverage could lead to greater disease awareness and accelerate diagnosis and treatment and how increased clinical trial participation could potentially lead to more therapies tailored to our community.
Moderator: Russ Mitchell, National Correspondent, CBS News
Doris Browne, M.D., M.P.H. President and CEO, Browne and Associates, Inc. Faculty Member, National Medical Association’s Project IMPACT
Lovell Jones, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Coleman K. Obasaju, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Medical Director of Lilly Oncology |
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2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
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How We’re Feeding Our Kids-Childhood Obesity
There is no question that our children are suffering from a major public health crisis—childhood obesity. For the first time, our children will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents without interventions. There are many factors contributing to childhood obesity, including policies in communities and in schools. Who is addressing childhood obesity head-on and where are the stories that journalists must tackle?
Moderator: Lynya Floyd Senior Editor, Health Essence Magazine
Michelle Bouchard President, Health Corps Foundation
Rovenia "Dr. Ro" Brock, Ph.D. Nutrition Coach, The Dr. Oz Show Author, Health Journalist
Jocelyn Frye, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of Policy and Special Projects for the First Lady
Dwayne Proctor, Ph.D., M.A. Team Director and Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Childhood Obesity Team
Rodney K. Taylor Director, Nutrition Services Department, Riverside Unified School District
Lisa Thornton, M.D. Clinical Associate of Surgery, Medical Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation, Comer Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago |
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Thinking Outside the Box Storytelling
It’s no longer enough to write a story for a newspaper or magazine. The new world order of journalism requires that we blog, and tweet, do video and be prepared to cross pollinate with other media outlets. We’ll discuss the tools, strategies, and cautions of thinking outside the box in creating health content.
Moderator: Kendra Lee Editor in Chief, Heart and Soul
Peggy Girshman Executive Editor, Kaiser Health News
Talia Whyte Freelance Journalist
Maya Rockeymoore President, Global Policy Solutions GPTV
Sherri Williams Journalist and Ph.D. student |
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Covering a Hot Spot
In 2009, Time Magazine correspondent Steven Gray took on the challenge of opening the Detroit Bureau for a special year of projects. While he was the constant, other reporters from the Time Warner family came through to also produce stories through the Detroit lens. Now back in DC, Steven is here to talk to us about immersion journalism in one of the nation’s hot spots.
Steven Gray Correspondent, Time Magazine | |
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