Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health

Health Care in Transition: Creative Strategies

April 13-15, 2010
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Who Should Attend:

• Rural health care professionals
• Public health professionals
• Mental health professionals
• Researchers
• Social workers
• Administrators - nursing home, hospital and clinic
• Nurses
• Dietitians
• Educators
• All individuals interested in improving health care service in rural areas

Objectives:

1. To provide continuing education to health and human service administrators, managers, researchers, and clinical providers in the areas of:
• Health care administration
• Health promotion/disease prevention
• Environmental health/occupational health
• Diverse populations/health disparities
2. To create an environment of learning that is informative and educational to an inter/multidisciplinary audience of health and human service professionals.
3. To provide conference participants with the opportunity to formally present community based solutions to common rural and public health issues.
4. To provide conference participants with the opportunity to informally network with others to share skills and strategies meant to address access, financial, and quality of care issues found in rural and public health.
5. To foster an environment that is conducive to collaboration between different organizations, health/human service disciplines, and communities.

Keynote Speakers:

• Jim Hart, MD, Program Director, Executive Program in Public Health Practice
• Dr. Robert Kelley, President, University of North Dakota
• Wanda Agnew, PhD, Director, Nutrition Services, Bismarck Burleigh Public Health; Karen Ehrens, LRD, Health and Nutrition Consultant, Ehrens Consulting; and Sandra Poitra, RD, LD, Community Dietician, Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Health Care Facility
• Tom Morris, Director, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services

Topics:

Growing up healthy Traumatic brain injury Evaluation Telepharmacy Suicide prevention Rural/urban partnerships Electronic Health Records Effective communication Personal health records Veteran health

Workforce Health information technology Vaccinations ND disability health project Obesity Go Local ND Faith-based community programs Leadership and integrity Quality Oral Health

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Sponsors:

Silver Level - $600

	Eastern AHEC Dr. Bill Krivarchka Phone: 701-788-4477 Email: beahec@polarcomm.com
	Humana Marla Rohrich Phone: 701-751-2490 Email: mrohrich@humana.com

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The Dakota Conference is:

Facilitated By:

• The Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health Supporting Partners:

• UND SMHS Center for Rural Health

• UND SMHS Department of Family and Community Medicine
• UND College of Nursing
• Altru Health System
• North Dakota Public Health Association
• North Dakota Rural Health Association

Conference Planning Committee - Member List:

• Lynette Dickson (Chair), UND SMHS Center for Rural Health
• Pete Antonson, North Dakota Rural Health Association
• Tracy Evanson, UND College of Nursing
• Jon Green, Altru Health System
• Theresa Knox, North Dakota Public Health Association
• Kylie Nissen, UND SMHS Center for Rural Health
• Tara Mertz, UND SMHS Center for Rural Health
• Roger Schauer, UND SMHS Family and Community Medicine

For questions contact: Kylie Nissen, Project Coordinator knissen@medicine.nodak.edu or 701.777.5380