Past Events - 2008
March 14, 2008
Combatting Diabetes & Obesity in Bronx
Lehman College, Bronx
PHANYC, the Campaign for Bronx Health and the New York City Food and Fitness Partnership held a Town Forum for Bronx residents and those concerned with their health to share their thoughts and talk with others about how to combat diabetes and obesity in their community. This open forum showcased extensive information on access to food and availability of recreation in the Bronx, and engaged people in discussion and planning.
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS INCLUDED:
- The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemics: Nick Freudenberg, Urban Public Health, Hunter College
- Food, Fitness, Obesity and Diabetes in the Bronx, Jane Bedel, Bronx District Public Health Office. Click here for presentation
- NYC Food & Fitness Coalition: Javier Lopez, Urban Health Plan
- Bronx Current Activities:
- Farmers Market Survey Report; Green Carts Update; Bodegas Initiative: Bronx District Public Health Office
- Affordable Green Housing: Nick Freudenberg
- Randall's Island: Harry Bubbins, World Beneath Pavement. Click here for presentation
- Schools and Physical Education & Requirements: Megan Charlop, Montefiore School Health Program
For more information, contact: bxhealth@phanyc.org
CO-SPONSORS:
- Clinical Directors Network
- Lehman College CUNY Department of Health Sciences
- Montefiore School Health Program
- Yeshiva University - Institute for Public Health Sciences
March 6, 2008
Universal Health Care:
Will Women's Needs Be Met?
PHANYC co-sponsored a forum hosted by NARAL Pro-Choice New York on universal health care and its implications on women's health. The event covered the advocacy, policy, and legislative aspects of achieving health care access for all New Yorkers.
SPEAKERS:
- Byllye Avery, Founder, Black Women's Health Imperative & President, Avery Institute for Social Change
- Elisabeth Benjamin, Director, Healthcare Restructuring Initiatives, Community Service Society
- Richard N. Gottfried, Chair, New York State Commission on Health; NYS Assemblyperson
- Lois Uttley, Director, the MergerWatch Project; Policy & Legislation Committee Chair, PHANYC
CO-SPONSORS:
National Institute for Reproductive Health, Avery Institute for Social Change, Community Service Society, The MergerWatch Project, Public Health Solutions, Public Health Student Group at Steinhardt (NYU), and Raising Women's Voices for the Healthcare We Need.
March 3, 2008
"Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy & Childbirth"
Book Launch & Presentation
PHANYC sponsored a book launching of "Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Childbirth," book-signing by the author Judy Norsigian, Co-Founder, Boston Women's Health Book Collective, and informal discussion with women's health specialists discuss contemporary issues on pregnancy and birth. For information on the book, click here
SPEAKERS:
Judy Norsigian
Executive Director, Our Bodies, Ourselves
(formerly The Boston Women's Health Book Collective)Kathleen Powerly, CNM, PhD
Midwife, Bioethicist and Acting Director,
Division of Humanities and Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical CenterDeborah Kaplan, PA, MPH
Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health
New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneCO-SPONSORS:
Brooklyn College MPH & MA Programs and the Graduate Center for Worker Education
CUNY Doctorate of Public Health Programs and Graduate Center
Society for Public Health Education of Greater New York (SOPHE)
Our Bodies, Ourselves Collective (OBOS)
February 12, 2008
Certification in Public Health
Examination: Pros and Cons
PHANYC presented an educational program on the history and implications of the new Certification in Public Health Examination at the Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education (Manhattan campus). Speakers explored the pros and cons of the examination for and becoming a certified public health professional. For more information on the new certification in public health, go to http://www.publichealthexam.org.
SPEAKERS (and slides):
Sally Guttmacher, PhD
Member, Board of Public Health Examiners
Professor/Director of the Public Health Program, NYU
Former President, PHANYC
Click here for powerpoint presentation
Marita K. Murrman, MS, EdD
Associate Clinical Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Presented on behalf of Sylvia Pirani,MPH, MS
Director, Office of Public Health Practice
NYS Department of Health
Click here for powerpoint presentationCO-SPONSORS:
- Brooklyn College, Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, CUNY
- Clinical Directors Network
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Greater New York Society of Health Education (GNYSOPHE)
- Hunter College Urban Public Health Program
- Lehman College, CUNY
- Mount Sinai Master of Public Health Program
- New York Medical College School of Public Health
- New York University, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center Master of Public Health Program
- Yeshiva University – Institute for Public Health Sciences
Webcast available through Clinical Directors Network (CDN) – to register go to www.CDNetwork.org and click on "Upcoming Webcasts"
