Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health

Presentations:

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

• CAH Pre-Conference Workshop
  Attributes of Successful CAHs, Eric Shell, Stroudwater Associates
• Keynote
  Public Health Leadership, Transforming Passion and Power into Purpose, Linda Olson-Keller, MS, APRN, BC, Sr. Research Scientist, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
• Intensive 1
  Public Health Intervention Wheel: Practice-based and Evidence Supported, Linda Olson-Keller, MS, APRN, BC, Sr. Research Scientist, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
• Session 1
  • Built Environment and Rural Women: A Case Study Approach, Jeanine E. Gangeness
  • Diabetes Self-management Following a Diabetes Education Intervention in a Rural Clinic, Laurie Dimler
• Session 2
  Rural Health Policy: Framing Policy Messages to Better Understand Your Message, Brad Gibbens & Alana Knudson
• Session 3
  10 Tips for Health Professionals When Interacting About Risk
  and Crisis with Native and New Americans, Robert Littlefield & Kimberly Cowden
• Session 4
  • Dining with Diabetes - North Dakota Style!, Desiree Tande
  • Long-Term Efficacy of Diabetes Care in North Dakota, Mandi-Leigh Schonteich
• Session 5
  Reducing the Cost of Violence in North Dakota Communities: A Team
  Approach to Violence Prevention, Jennifer Wages, Janelle Moos, Diana Read, Pat Conway, Cathy Federer
• Session 6
  USDA - Rural Development Community Facility, W. Sterling Breuer
• Ask a Question, Save a Life: QPR Suicide Prevention Training for Professionals, Jacque Gray and Sonia Marrone

Thursday, March 27, 2008

• Keynote
  The Future of Rural Health Care, George Miller, Past-President, National Rural Health Association
• Intensive 2: Workforce
  HOTT News! Health Occupations for Today and Tomorrow - K-12 Career, Halley Lee and Karen Cudmore
• Session 7
  Medical Professionals Role in Preventing Tooth Decay: The
  New Fluoride Varnish Program, Kimberlie Yineman & Cheryle Masset-Martz
• Session 8
  Ergonomics and Injury Prevention, Brenda Pauley-Colter
• Session 9 — CANCELLED
  Promoting “Healthy Food” in Healthcare and Rural Communities, David Wallinga
• Intensive 2: Workforce Panel
• Fostering Opportunities in Rural Health Occupations for Children and Youth — Marlene Miller
• Inspector Well Ness & the Case of Many Medical Careers — Ruth Jelinek
• Session 10
  The Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement Ten Years Later: Show Me the Money, Kathleen Mangskau, Kelly Buettner-Schmidt, and Heidi Heitkamp
• Session 11
  • Cultural Competence and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Resources and Applications to North Dakota Rural Communities (Resource Handout), Kathleen Spencer
  • Delivering Care to Culturally Diverse Populations, Patricia Patrom
• Session 12
  NORTHSTAR: The Northern States Ambulatory Research Network, Charles Christianson, Kimberly Krohn, Jessica Behm
• Keynote
  Life a Blender: Generational Diversity — Rick Gessler, Manager, Employment/Employee Relations and Jeff Franck, Compensation and Benefits, Altru Health System
• Intensive 3 — HIT/Telehealth
  • Telehealth: Setting a Course — Mary DeVany
  • Telepharmacy Solutions for Rural Hospitals: The North Dakota Model — Ann Rathke and John Skwiera
• Session 13 — Workforce: Panel – Public Health Workforce Retention
  • Public Health Training in North Dakota, Terry Dwelle
  • The Need for Advanced Practice Public Health Nurses in North Dakota (Handout) — Tracy A. Evanson
  • Precepting Nursing Students, Nikki Medalen
• Session 14
  Beginning the Dialogue and Breaking Down Barriers: Addressing Mental Health in Rural Areas, Theresa Magelky, Gunjani Patel-Stamp, and E. Janie Pinterits
• Session 15
  • Men’s Prostate and Colorectal Cancer Screening on the Standing Rock Reservation, Jodie Fetsch and Elaine Keeps Eagle
  • The Purpose The Means The Plan, Dubi Schwan
• Intensive 3 — HIT/Telehealth
  • A Partnership to Improve Rural Women’s Health: The Domestic Violence Intervention Network — Elizabeth A. Burns, Sharon Ericson, & Kari Kerr Welsh
  • Home Health Care Documentation: Easing the Burden Electronically — Lori Nissen
• Session 16
  Workforce: Health Workforce Shortages: Crisis in the Making, Mary Amundson, Patricia Moulton, & Terri Lang
• Session 17
  North Dakota Worksite Wellness - Good Health is Good Business, Denise Andress and Tanya Wisnewski
• Session 18
  Pre-natal Health Care Issues Affecting Rural Pregnant Women and Their Babies, Melany Jenkins

Friday, March 28, 2008

• The Advanced Medical Home:Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — David Hanekom
• Keynote
  Advocating for Public Health, Linda Degutis, American Public Health Association
• Intensive 4
  • Making a Mark: The Story of the National Identity for Local Public Health — Kate Grisard
  • Identifying and Adopting: Local Perspectives on the National Association of County and City Health Officials Public Health Logo — Kathleen Vidoloff
• Session 19
  • Identifying our Needs: A Survey of Native Americans, Twyla Baker-Demary
  • Using Focus Groups of American Indian Elders to Help Identify and Prioritize the Medical Needs within a Community (no slides were used), Mary Ann Laxen
• Session 20
  Critical Access Hospital Network Opportunities, Doris Vigen
• Session 21
  • ATV Injury Analysis From Altru Health System's EOD, Carma Hanson
  • Playground Safety - Keeping Kids Play Areas Safe, Bill Vasicek
• Session 22
  North Dakota’s Strategic Plan for the Identification and Elimination of Tobacco-Related Disparities, Michelle Walker and Garth Krueger

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