Overview

2007 Women’s Health Policy Summit

Theme: Building Multicultural Women’s Health: Setting an Agenda for Los Angeles

Date: Thursday, May 24, 2007
Time: 8:00 a.m. ­ 5:30 p.m.
Location: The Hotel Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown

• Honorary Chairs: Los Angeles County Supervisors Yvonne Burke and Gloria Molina
• Honorary Co-Chairs: Supervisors Antonovich, Knabe and Yaroslavsky and other key state and local legislators.

Speakers:

• Morning Panel: Achieving Equitable Health
• Diana Bonta, Ph.D., Vice President, Public Affairs, Kaiser Permanente ­ Moderator
• Gail Christopher, D.N., Vice President for Health, Women & Families, Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, Washington DC
• Antonia Hernandez, J.D. President, California Community Foundation
• Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Ph.D., RN, MN ­ UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Health Sciences

Luncheon Keynote:

• Vivian Pinn, MD, Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health; Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH, Dept. of Health & Human Services
• Listening Panel: Federal, State, and Local legislators, policymakers and funders

Call to Action:

• Juanita Watts, MD, Regional Coordinator for Women’s Health, Southern California Permanente Group
• Reception:
• CA First Lady Maria Shriver (invited)

Video:

The Summit video will be a 10 minute video co-produced and directed by ABC TV that explores the Summit theme of building multicultural health. It will feature short, in-person interviews with experts and focus more broadly on the trends in multicultural women’s health.

Health Report:

A report is being developed on the status of women’s health in Los Angeles, including data, graphs, trends, analyses, and interviews with experts in the selected fields. The report will address progress over the last 10 years, current gaps, and what to expect for the future. It will be distributed at the Summit and mailed to key stakeholders.

Promising Practices Poster Sessions:

Posters will be solicited from community agencies with innovative methods on improving multicultural women’s health. The posters will be displayed at the Summit.

Breakout Workgroups

• Healthy Aging & the Social Determinants of Health
• Reproductive Health & the Environment
• Universal Healthcare & Women’s Health
• Adolescence & Healthy Relationships
• Immigrant Women & Health
• Violence & Health
• Racism, Multiculturalism & Health
• Healthy Lifestyles & Chronic Disease Prevention
• Disability and Access
• Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Format:

8:00 - 8:30am Registration, healthy continental breakfast, view posters on promising practices

8:30am Welcoming Remarks

9:00 - 10:00am Morning Panel: Topic: Achieving Equitable Health

10:00 - 10:15 am Stretch/Break

10:15 - 12 noon Breakout sessions (presentations & discussion of issues)

12:00 - 12:30pm Break/Networking/view promising practice posters

12:30 - 1:30pm Luncheon, Video and Keynote Speaker

1:30 - 2:50pm Breakout Sessions - return to same workgroup to formulate recommendations.

3:00 - 4:30pm Listening Panel - to hear the recommendations from the workgroup facilitators.

4:30 - 4:45pm Call to Action

4:45 - 5:30pm Closing reception

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