HDSC Weekly Digest 3/29/08

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This week's topics:

1. Help the Disparities Action Network educate policymakers about
health disparities
2. Health Disparities Lecture by Dr. Olayiwola at Tufts (This Monday
3/31)
3. "Unnatural Causes" Airing on PBS
4. Immigrants and Health Reform: What Do We Know So Far? (April 8)
5. Community Voices: Health Disparities Photojournalism Project

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1. Help the Disparities Action Network educate policymakers about
health disparities
The Disparities Action Network (DAN) in Boston is looking for a
students to contribute a few hours to meeting with legislators in the
House and Senate to help educate them on disparities and DAN's budget
initiative to create an Office of Health Equity at the Executive
Office of Health & Human Services that will greatly enhance the
coordination of state agencies for health disparities elimination.
Interested? Contact Camille Watson (cwa...@hcfama.org)

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2. On Monday, March 31st at 7:30 pm, Public Health at Tufts (PHAT)
presents Dr. Olayiwola from UConn School of Medicine, for a lecture on
Health Disparities. Dr. Olayiwola is well established Medical Director
at one of the largest health center systems in the state of
Connecticut, as well as the Vice President of the Medical Staff at the
same center. She founded GIRLTALK, Inc, a non-profit organization in
New York, NY that provides HIV/AIDS education and prevention to
minority adolescent girls in high risk areas. What are health
disparities? Why are they important? What can we do to minimize health
disparities? Dr. Olayiwola provides answers to these questions and
more. Please join us for an engaging presentation! Delicious desserts
will be served! oh, and it's FREE!

When: Monday, March 31st at 7:30pm
Where: Mugar Hall Room 200 (in the Fletcher School Building) at Tufts
University
What: Health Disparities lecture by Dr. Olayiwola
Who: YOU!
Why: Desserts! Free!

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3. Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
PBS is presenting four-hour series to sound the alarm about
socioeconomic and racial inequities in health and searches for their
causes.
Thu, March 27, 10pm, WGBH 2
Fri, March 28, 2am, WGBH 2
Fri, March 28, 2am, WGBH 44
Fri, March 28, 3:30pm, WGBH 44
for more information visit www.wgbh.org

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4. Immigrants and Health Reform: What Do We Know So Far? (April 8)
A forum sponsored by the Massachusetts Public Health Association's
Health Disparities Section, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

ABCD Boston 178 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor, Cass Room

Come learn about how health insurance reform affects immigrant
communities and find out how you can get involved!

Featured speakers:
Linda Gabruk, Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
Lori Abrams Berry, Lynn Community Health Center
A third speaker will discuss the implementation of health reform.
Moderator: Jacob Smith Yang, Massachusetts Asians & Pacific Islanders
for Health (MAP for Health)
Co-sponsored by: ABCD, MIRA Coalition, Health Care for All, and the
Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
For more information, please contact Sonia Alam at 617-524-6696 x103;
alam....@gmail.com.

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5. Community Voices: Health Disparities Photojournalism Project

CALLING FOR STUDENTS FOR THE 2008 COMMUNITY VOICES SUMMER PROGRAM

This is our second annual Community Voices summer program, and we are
looking for motivated students who care about health in their
communities. The Community Voices program employs high school
students for 7 weeks in the summer to learn and develop a photo
documentary of health disparities in the community. Our students pair
a didactic curriculum of health, photography and writing with
placements in local community health centers. Students document their
experiences in the community and health centers, and present their
work to educate the community about disparities. The program aims to
encourage inner-city students to pursue health careers and to raise
public awareness of health disparities in Boston.

For more information on the program, and to see last year's photo
essay "Community Voices: A Photo Essay of Health Disparities in
Roxbury", please visit www.cchers.org/cvhome.html

Please see attached program description and applications. Students
applications are due to CCHERS by Friday, May 2nd. Please note, a
complete application includes a student application, parent consent
form, and counselor/teacher recommendation. We are looking for a
diverse, motivated group of students and students with experience in
health, community service, photography, creative writing, or peer
education are encouraged to apply.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. We are
looking forward to this summer and to reading your applications.

Katherine Rushfirth
Project Manager
Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service (CCHERS)
716 Columbus Avenue, Suite 398
Boston, MA 02120
Tel: 617-373-5787
Fax: 617-373-8797