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2019 MPHA Annual Conference and Meeting

Minnesota Public Health Association Annual Conference
"The State of Health: Minnesota-Grown Public Health Solutions"
Bunker Hills Activities Center, Andover, MN
June 6-7, 2019

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Schedule at a Glance

MPHA AWARDS

Albert Justus Chesley Award presented to Cherylee Sherry
Harvey G. Rogers Environmental Health Leadership Award presented to James Kelly

Paul & Sheila Wellstone Public Health Achievement Award presented to Lisa Dunlap

B. Robert Lewis Award presented to Representative Ruth Richardson

MPHA Student Achievement Award presented to Stephanie Mork

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Download conference presentations in links below.

June 6, 2019

General Conference Slides Day 1

Opening Plenary

“Rising to Meet the Complexity of Public Health Crises" by Jamie Bain

Concurrent Sessions Thursday 9:45 - 10:45

1: "Advocating for Public Health Funding", by Kari Oldfield and Amy Caron.

2: "Operationalizing Health Equity: A Somali Approach to Engagement and Creating Opportunities for Improved Health", by Fartun Ahmed, Q Mursal and Amal Mohamed.

3: "Is my water safe to drink? Partnerships for safe drinking water", by Anna Arkin, Katie Nyquist, Frieda von Qualen.

4: "Implementing Food Service Guidelines in Public and Private Workplaces Throughout the State of Minnesota", by Holly Glaubitz, Nicole Chimbetete, Justin Roberson.

Roundtable Presentations

1: "Allina Health - Accountable Health Communities Model", by Ellie Zuehlke

2: "Assessing and Addressing Tobacco Use Through Health Systems Change", by Megan Whittet

3: "Community-led Health in All Policies (HiAP): Advancing health equity in Minnesota", by Sue Letourneau (presentation not available)

4: "All About MPHA!" Facilitated by Ellen Saliares and MPHA Leaders (presentation not available)

Concurrent Sessions Thursday 1:30 - 2:30 pm

5: "Communities Eliminating Tobacco Inequities (CET): A Minnesota Perspective", by Chris Matter, Joanne Moze and Jodi Broadwell. video

6: "Success of a Community-Institutional Partnership to Improve Health", by Ruth Hampton Olkon and Roberta Barnes

7: "A “Faith and Medicine” Approach to Vaccine Hesitancy", by Lynn Bahta and Imam Sharif Abdirahman Mohamed

8: "Identifying and Preventing Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation of Older and Vulnerable Adults in Minnesota", by Katie Behrens

Afternoon Panel

"Advancing Health Equity: public health, healthcare and community partnerships", by Courtney Baecheler, Lisa Dunlap, Christopher Reif, Maria Sarabia (presentation not available)