7 am - 5 pm: Registration
Hilton Hartford Hotel, 2nd Floor
7 am - 8 am: Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom
8 am - 9:30 am: BREAKOUT SESSION I (concurrent)
1.A. Art and Healing: Connecticut VNA’s Hospice Program
Connecticut Salon A
This panel will present the Connecticut VNA’s Expressive Arts Program. This program uses art and music to help terminally ill patients reflect and find meaning in their lives thereby enhancing quality of life.
Chair: Paul Trubey, CT VNA’s Hospice Program by Masonicare, Wallingford, CT
Christine Bailey, CT VNA’s Hospice Program by Masonicare, Wallingford, CT
Susan Rosano, CT VNA’s Hospice Program, by Masonicare, Wallingford, CT
1.B. Community Research Partnership Program: A Project of Yale’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)
Connecticut Salon B
This panel describes Yale’s Center for International Research on AIDS (CIRA) Community Research Partnership Program (CRPP) that supports pilot research by community based organizations in collaboration with CIRA scientists. The panel, consisting of community and CIRA researchers, will explore the challenges and successes of this approach to community based research.
Chair: Leif Mitchell, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), New Haven, CT
Laura Minor, Wheeler Clinic, Plainville, CT, with CIRA Collaborator, Nora Ellen Groce
Kristin duBay Horton, Ronnie Selko and Emily Stasko, duBay Horton Associates, Bridgeport, CT, with CIRA Collaborator, Kari Hartwig
Nicholas Boshnack, and Lynda Faye Wilson, AIDS Project New Haven, New Haven, CT, with CIRA Collaborator, Linda Niccolai
Martha Dale, with CIRA Collaborator, Jean Breny- Bontempi, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1.C. Creating and Sustaining Real Partnerships that Support the Cultural Heritage of Immigrant Groups
Connecticut Salon C
In this interactive workshop, discussant will describe the challenges of creating and sustaining partnerships to support the cultural heritage of immigrant groups.
Chair: Lynne Williamson, ICR, Hartford, CT
Mario Reyes, Association of Peruvian-American Professionals, Simsbury, CT
Howard Phengsomphone, Board Member, Lao Association of CT, West Hartford, CT
Nilofer Haidar, TESOL/ESL Teacher, South Windsor, CT
1.D. The Future of Community-Based Collaborative Research: Financial Support and Political Will
Ethan Allen
In this session representatives of the public, private and NGO sectors will contextualize CBCR, describe current support for and criticism of CBCR and discuss the financial and political future of this evolving mechanism.
Chair: Jean J. Schensul, ICR, Hartford, CT
Judith Harmony, Harmony Project, Cincinnati, OH
Rick Worthington, Pomona College, Pomona, CA
Ella Green-Moton, University of Michigan/ Campus-Community Partnerships for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
1.E. Developing Research Partnerships to Address Health Disparities Among Vulnerable Older Adults
Silas Deane
This panel will present examples of successful community-based research partnerships that address health disparities and implement innovative strategies to improve access to care, increase health literacy and train older adults to become knowledgeable public health advocates.
Chair: Kim Radda and Elsie Vazquez, ICR, Hartford, CT
George Kuchel, Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Elsie Vazquez, Kim Radda, Jean J. Schensul, Emily Coman, ICR, Hartford, CT
Rita Jepsen, George Kuchel, Janet McElhaney, Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Olga Jarrin and Patricia Neafsey, University of Connecticut, School of Nursing, Storrs, CT
1F. All Health is Local: Community Partnerships to Address Health Inequities
Nathan Hale North
Panelists will present cases of partnerships between researchers and local community residents to address health and mental health inequities.
Chair: Mary Jo Baisch, James Sanders, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Dalia Lovera, B. McCabe-Seller, K. Frazier, E. Strickland, M.L. Bogle, USDA, Delta NIRI, Little Rock, AR
Karen Breda and Kim Groot, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1.G. Power and Stigma in the LGBTQ Community
Nathan Hale South
This panel will explore the impact of power and stigma on the LGBTQ community and on the collaborative research process.
Chair: Gannon Long, ICR, Hartford, CT
Carl Shields, Capitol Region Mental Health Center, Hartford, CT
Jason Seacat, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Michelle A. Marzullo, American University, Washington, DC
Kaila Kuban and Megan Greene, Greenfield Community College, MA
1.H. Displacement, Dislocation and Relocation: Lessons on Place
Mark Twain
Papers in this panel will describe research tracking the results of the demolition of public housing in Tampa, Florida, and the collaborations involved in the research including three service learning classes.
Chair: Beverly Ward, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Susan Greenbaum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Cheryl Rodriguez, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Brett Mervis, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1.I. Best Practices Intervention Models: Development, Implementation, Evaluation, Dissemination and Replication
Grand Ballroom West
This session will highlight the development, implementation, evaluation, replication and dissemination of best practice service models aimed at addressing health inequities through case study examples.
Chair: Grace Damio, Hispanic Health Council (HHC), Hartford, CT
Grace Duarte Baker, HHC, Hartford, CT
Nan Kyer, HHC, Hartford, CT
Sonia Vega, HHC, Hartford, CT
Karem Perez-Rivera, HHC, Hartford, CT
Sofia Segura-Perez, HHC, Hartford, CT
9:45am – 10:45am: Plenary Keynote: ‘Contesting Injustice/Insisting on Human Rights: Participatory Action Research By and For Youth’
Grand Ballroom
Keynote Speaker: Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Women’s Studies and Urban Education at the Graduate Center, CUNY
10:45 am - 11 am: Break
11 am - 12:30 pm: BREAKOUT SESSION II (concurrent)
2.A. Bilingual Language Learning or Language Disorder-How Do You Tell the Difference?
Connecticut Salon A
This skill-building workshop focuses on differentiating typical characteristics of language-learning from language disorders in bilingual children.
Christina Foreman, Hope Speech and Language Center/ University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2.B. Policy, Housing Access and Homeless Prevention
Connecticut Salon B
This panel will explore issues surrounding housing access among disenfranchised populations, and programs to prevent homelessness and help vulnerable populations maintain stable housing.
Chair: Irene Glasser, Patrick Haynes, William Zywiak, and Eric Hirsch, Community Renewal Team, Hartford, CT
Corey Dolgon, Worcester State College, Milton, MA
Mandira Kala and Julia Tripp, Centre for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
2.C. Gender, Power and Violence
Connecticut Salon C
Panelists will present research that examines the causes of violence against women and children, community-based interventions to prevent gendered violence, and the relationship between violence and HIV risk.
Chair: Julia Dickson-Gomez, ICR, Hartford, CT
Ellen Smith, University of Connecticut, School of Social Work, Storrs, CT
Courtenay Cavanaugh, Nathan Hansen, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Deborah Fry, New York Alliance Against Sexual Assault, New York, NY
Marcia Mikulak, Julie Christianson, University of North Dakota and the Community Violence Center, Grand Forks, ND
2.D. Obesity, Community-Based Collaborative Research and Social Justice
Ethan Allen
Presentations will discuss environmental and social causes of obesity and prevention interventions to address these using a community-based collaborative approach.
Chair: Dwayne C. Proctor, Team Leader, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Childhood Obesity Team, Princeton, NJ
Kelly D. Brownell, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Shiriki K. Kumanyika, UPenn School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA / African-American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN), Philadelphia, PA
Angie Cradock, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2.E. A Picture Isn’t Worth a Thousand Words: Evaluating Community Arts Programs
Silas Deane
This session will include examples of successful evaluation tools and program models, address challenges that community arts organizations face in evaluating their programs, and hear from the funders perspectives.
Chair: Kim Radda, ICR, Hartford, CT
Jane Homick, Windham Area Arts Collaborative, Willimantic, CT
John Cusano, CT Commission on Culture and Tourism, Hartford, CT
Pam Korza, Animating Democracy, Amherst, MA
David Marshall, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
2.F. Innovative Methods to Identify Needs of Underserved Populations
Nathan Hale North
This panel will present case studies using different methodologies (PAR, social network analysis) to identify and address needs of underserved and marginalized populations.
Chair: Ken Williamson, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Rosemarie Hunter and Sarah Munro, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Erin Bardin and Michael Montoya, Community Knowledge Project, University of California, Irvine, CA
Seonhee (Sunny) Jeong, Community Informatics Initiative, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
2.G. Peers Making a Difference: Community Level HIV/AIDS Prevention Interventions
Nathan Hale South
This panel of peer educators, service providers and researchers will discuss the impact of peer-led HIV prevention interventions on peer educators, service organizations, researchers and the local community.
Chair: Maria Martinez, ICR, Hartford, CT
Michelle Turgeon, ICR, Hartford, CT
William Frye, ICR, Hartford, CT
Tracy Cruz, Hartford Dispensary, Hartford, CT
Sonia Baez, Hartford Dispensary, Hartford, CT
Gina Storms, Hartford Dispensary, Hartford, CT
Yvonne Patterson, Community Renewal Team, Hartford, CT
2.H. Evidence-Based Interventions and Community
Mark Twain
This session will address issues around evidence-based practice including: strengthening the capacity of programs to increase the number and range of available programs for replication; translating evidence-based programming to service/practice; and examples of how these processes look on the ground.
Chair: Marlene Berg, ICR, Hartford, CT
Kim Dash, Shai Fuxman and Chelsey Goddard, Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA
Lisa McGlincy and Chelsey Goddard, Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA
Sara Plachta-Elliott, Jonathan Delman, Alisa Lincoln and Melissa Hagan, Consumer Quality Initiatives, Boston University School of Public Health, Roxbury, MA
Lisa M. Vaughn and Chris Bolling (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine ), Judith Harmony (Cincinnati community member / activist)
2.I. Community-Based Research Organizations (CBROs): Founders, Funders and Functions
Grand Ballroom West
Founders or long-term action researchers and board members or trustees from four CBROs will argue the benefits of independent community research centers, the resources needed (human, financial and social) and challenges faced in their development, and how they resist labeling to build partnerships and negotiate the competitive universe or funders, communities and universities.
Chair: Jean J. Schensul, ICR, Hartford, CT
Kathleen Burklow, Lisa Mills, Judith Harmony, Harmony Project, Cincinnati, OH
Merrill Singer, Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, CT
Marnie Mueller, ICR, Hartford, CT
Rick Kremer, ICR, Hartford, CT
Alayne Untermeyer, Florida Institute for Community Studies, Tampa, FL
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