Men’s Health Caucus – Session Details

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Men’s Health Caucus

A. Fadich, MPH, CHES and R. D. Duquette, PhD, CHES

Monday, November 4, 2013: 8:30 AM

3071.0 – Come on, baby, don’t say maybe: Gender-focused views of sexual health (a joint session of the Men’s Health Caucus and Women’s Caucus)
Westin Waterfront, Burroughs

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:30 AM

3160.0 Men’s health: Thinking globally while acting locally
Westin Waterfront, Paine

10:30 AM – Males health and males health reporting in Germany: A desciption on the actual situation
D. Bardehle, Prof. Dr.sc.med

10:45 AM – Men’s health: Medical myths and media mendacity
I. Banks

11:00 AM – Men’s health policy development and implementation – the Australian perspective
J. Macdonald, Foundation Chair in Primary Health Care, Director, Men’s Health Information and Resource Centre, UWS; A. Brown, BSc. MBA

11:15 AM – Moving towards a salutogenic paradigm of men’s health promotion: The significance of men’s shed
L. Hlambelo, PhD Student

Monday, November 4, 2013: 12:30 PM

3261.0 Changing male attitudes about engaging in good health behaviors
Westin Waterfront, Paine

12:30 PM – Prostate cancer screening: Helping MEN decide
D. Brooks, MD, MPH

12:50 PM – Men’s motivation for eating and physical activity: Implications for men’s health education
J. Gast, PhD, MCHES; H. Madanat, PhD; J. Leiker, PhD; A. Nielson, MS

1:10 PM – African American males & digital health
W. Tisdale, MPH, MA, DCC

1:30 PM – Reaching men to participate in a health screening program
W. Poage, MHA; E. D. Crawford, MD; P. Arangua

Monday, November 4, 2013: 2:30 PM

3371.0 Navigation programs and services for men and boys
Westin Waterfront, Paine

2:30 PM – Insurance status and disparities in health access and health status of men aged 18 to 64 in Massachusetts; An examination of data from a local-level behavioral risk factor surveillance survey (BRFSS)
L. Arsenault, PhD; S. Tendulkar, ScD, ScM; S. King, MS, A. Pless, MS; D. Arledge; L. Fried, DSc, MS

2:50 PM – Access to healthcare services using a nurse navigation/education model
L. Niemann, PMP

3:10 PM – Healthcare reform: Continuing the prostate screening debate; Where does patient navigation belong?
M. Preston, MPH, PhD; K. Glover-Collins, MD, PhD; D. Gray, BS; S. A. Smith, MPH; R. Henry-Tillman, MD

3:30 PM – Navigated care: Increasing access to health care and integrated wellness programs
D. Arledge; A. W. Pless, MS; S. King, MS; S. Tendulkar, ScD, ScM; J. Keller, MD; C. A. Jacob, MPH

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 AM

4134.0 Reassessing masculinity: What defines a real man?
Westin Waterfront, Grand Ballroom E

10:30 AM – Faith and masculinity: A discussion on raising awareness and promoting wellness among Latino men
M. J. Rovito, PhD; J. Leone, PhD, MS, CHES; P. Zavitsanos, MPH(c)

10:45 AM – Real men don’t” Unintentional constructions of gender in public health interventions
P.J. Fleming, MPH; J. G. L. Lee, MPH, CPH; S. Dworkin, PhD, MS

11:00 AM – Working with men: Reframing the therapeutic encounter
E. Stephens, MD; A. Ellis, LCSW; G. Treacy, LCSW-R

11:15 AM – Man therapy: A web-based approach that uses humor to increase help seeking and prevent suicide among men
J. Hindman, MS

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 12:30 PM

4177.0 Male health: a multicultural and multidimensional assessment
BCEC, Exhibit Hall A/B1

Board 1 – Chronic diseases in adults and elderly men: To prevent or minimize damage? polutiona-based study in campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
T. Bastos, MPH; M. Barros, PhD; M. C. Alves, PhD

Board 2 – Describing the “digital divide”: Information technology use in prostate cancer patients with lower socioeconomic status
M. Levy, MD; L Kwan, MPH; C. Saigal, MD, MPH

Board 3 – Schools flunk the health test
Y. Jurovitzki, MPH

Board 4 – Exploring disordered eating among college males using the objectification theory
C. Payne-Purvis, MS; M. Menn, MS, CHES; B. Chaney, PhD, MCHES; M. Stellefson, PhD; D. Chaney, PhD, CHES

Board 5 – Moving toward a new normal: Latinas supporting their husbands after prostatectomy for prostate cancer
K. Williams; E. Hicks, MA; N. Chang, MSN; S. E. Connor, MPH, CHES; M. S. Litwin, MD, MPH; S. L. Maliski, RN, PhD, FAAN

Board 6 – “las famosas picardias mexicanas…/ the famous Mexican mischievousness…”: Risk communication amongst Latino famililes affected by prostate cancer
S. L. Maliski, RN, PhD, FAAN; S. E. Connor, MPH, CHES; E. M. Hicks, MA; M. S. Litwin, MD, MPH

Board 7 – No longer an island: Results from the lindsay height’s men’s wellness council
A. E. Harley, PhD, MPH, RD; J. Tobin, MPH; M. Sabir; D. A. Frazer, MPH; T. Weber, MPH; C. Odom-Williams, MBA

Board 8 – Sexual assault victimization among male victims or partner violence
D. Hines, PhD; E. Douglas, PhD

Board 9 – Systematic review of barber-administered health education and outreach programs in African American communities
J. S. Luque, PhD, MPH; L. Ross, PhD, MPH; C. K. Gwede, PhD, MPH, RN

Board 10 – Teenage African American males giving back to their own communities as peer advocates for male health on Chicago’s south side
P. W. Mosena, PhD; G. Philipp, BA

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 PM

4334.0 Redefining men’s health needs for less recognized subgroups: military/veterans and AI/AN
Westin Waterfront, Paine

2:30 PM – Epidemiology of male health acress the lifespan: A comparison of state, national, and global data on health outcomes in males
J. Leone, PhD, MS, CHES

2:45 PM – American Indian and Alaska Native men’s health: Needs for interventions and services
B. Seals, PhD, MPH; S. Manson, PhD; O. Casey; E. Bothwell, DDS, MPH, MA, PhD

3:00 PM – Redefining health priorities and improving health promotion for military communities
J. Herzog

3:15 PM – Differences between two cohorts of veterans crisis line callers: Veterans with and without a history of veterans health administration care
M. Kopacz, MD, PhD; P. Britton, PhD; B. Stephens, MS; R. Bossarte, PhD

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Fatherhood as a Public Health Priority Conference

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The Men’s Health Caucus is hosting its first-ever pre-conference session as a part of this year’s 141st Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Public Health Association (APHA)The event is co-sponsored by the Black Caucus of Health Workers of APHA and organized in collaboration with Men’s Health NetworkMassachusetts Children’s Trust FundMen’s Health League of the Cambridge Health Alliance, and Whittier Street Health Center.

The pre-conference session, Fatherhood as a Public Health Priority, is an opportunity to prioritize the importance of fatherhood in health and discuss how local communities are empowering fathers and changing parenting approaches through multisector approaches.

The event will take place on Sunday, November 3, 2013 from 8:30 am – 11:00 am. Registration is free and open to anyone interested in learning more. Click here to register.

Program highlights:

  • Documentary film maker Noube Rateau – Producer, Director, Noube Productions
  • Presentations and panel discussion from local & national experts
  • Light breakfast refreshments
  • Exhibits
The pre-conference session will feature:

Keynote Speaker:
Fernando Mederos, Ed.D., Director of Fatherhood Engagement,
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families

Moderator:
Albert Pless, Jr., MS, Manager, Men’s Health League
Cambridge Health Alliance

Panelists:
Ana N. Fadich, MPH, CHES, Vice President, Men’s Health Network

Michelle Godfrey, Director, Cambridge Center for Families

Dr. James E. Leone, PhD, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS, *D, CHES
FMHI Associate Professor of Health Department of Movement Arts,
Health Promotion and Leisure Studies College of Education and Allied Studies
Bridgewater State University

Dr. Raymond A. Levy, PsyD Director, The Fatherhood Project Department of Psychiatry,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Haji Shearer, Director of the Fatherhood Initiative,
Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund

For more information and registration details visit https://menshealthcaucus.eventbrite.com/

 

 

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