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INVITATION:
7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 17th
‘Promoting Health Equality: Addressing the Root Causes of Disparities’
Dr. Camara Jones
Research Director on Social Determinants of Health
United States Centers for Disease Control
7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 17th
Capital High School Auditorium
Greenbrier Street, Charleston, WV
Dr. Jones is a family physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on the impact of racism on the health and well-being of the nation. Delegate Don Perdue, Chair of the House Health Committee, has experienced her presentation and recommends it very highly.
This will be a very important and informative forum. Following Dr. Jones’ presentation will be a panel discussion by the following individuals and their topic areas:
• Barbara Bayes, MSW, Director of Good News Mountaineer Garage, will speak from the perspective of transportation issues and barriers.
• Dr. Luis Bracero, Ob-Gyn, Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine/Faculty WVU School of Medicine- Charleston Division, Member- Central Advisory Council of the WV Perinatal Partnership, will speak from the perinatal perspective.
• Chris Curtis, Acting Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health, WV DHHR, will speak from the public health perspective.
• Joe Hatfield, Director of the WV Housing Development Fund, will speak from the housing perspective.
• Reverend Ronald Patterson will speak from the community perspective.
• Renate Pore, PhD, MPH, Analyst for the WV Center on Budget and Policy, will speak about the CDC’s report on adverse childhood experiences.
Please plan to attend and please circulate this invitation to anyone you think may be interested. The program is free and open to the public. Thank you!
On Tuesday evening, October 13th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. there will be a Health Care Reform Roundtable at the West Virginia Cultural Center. Reverend James Patterson, Executive Director of the Partnership of African American Churches(PAAC) and Kanawha County REACH member will speak on the Health Disparities in West Virginia impacting African Americans.
On Wednesday morning, October 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon the West Virginia Select Committee on Minority Affairs will convene during the West Virginia Legislative Interim meetings. The Select Committee will meet in the Senate Judiciary Chambers. The following individuals will be presenting on issue that impact social determinants during the Select Committee hearing.
- Reverend James Patterson on Health
- Lt. Colonel Kenneth Hale on Education
- Mr. Robert (Bob) Hardy, CECDC on Economic Development
- Reverend Matthew J. Watts, HOPE CDC on Juvenile Justice and Prison Overcrowding