Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University
School of Nursing and Allied Health
From Montgomery:
Dr. Camille Ragin has had first-hand experience
and relates to the lack in the quality of
preventative healthcare and education in minority
populations. Her interest in infectious diseases
and the field of public health aspired her to
pursue a career in biomedical research. In 2000
she earned a Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases and
Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh,
Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH). She
completed her postdoctoral training and MPH
degree in Epidemiology as part of the NCIfunded
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Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). In 2006, she
established the African-Caribbean Cancer
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Take I-85 North to Tuskegee. Take Exit 32.
Turn right off the exit and follow the sign for
Tuskegee University. Make a left turn onto
Franklin road, Turn left on the traffic light at
the end of Franklin Road, then left on the traffic
light into the entrance to Tuskegee University.
The Kenney Hall auditorium is visible on your
left.
PRESENTS
The 29th Annual Scholarly
Events and Research
Symposium and the 26 th
Annual Mary Starke
Harper Lecture Series
From Atlanta:
Take I-85 South to Tuskegee. Take Exit 38. Turn
left off the exit. Turn right on Wright street, then
left on Main street, turn right at the traffic light
onto West Montgomery road, turn right on the
second traffic light into the entrance to Tuskegee
University. The Kenney Hall auditorium is visible
on your left.
March 15, 2013
Tuskegee University
typically not included here.
Lola Bamigboye is an author, nursing instructor
and advocate for mental wellness. She has a law
degree as well as a master’s degree in psychiatric
nursing. She has more than twenty years of
experience in the field of psychiatric nursing
through various roles. She has a private practice,
focusing on individual, marriage and family
counseling. She is the author of "Winds Against
the Mind" a book that focuses on removing the
stigma from mental health problems and also
simplifying the understanding of common mental
illnesses for the general public and the academic
community.
School of Nursing and Allied Health
John Kenney Auditorium
Continuing Education Units: (7)
Continuing education activities approved by
Department of Nursing, ABN Provider
(ABNP # 0271) Expiration date 9/23/2014.
8 A.M. – 4 P.M.
March 15, 2013
Dr. Cordelia C. Nnedu
ccnnedu@mytu.tuskegee.edu
Phone: 334-727-8191/8185
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
PURPOSE
Scholarly Events Day and the Mary
Starke Harper Lecture Series is a
continuation of efforts to achieve
scholarly excellence in the School of
Nursing and Allied Health. The focus
is the role of research and other
scholarly endeavors in the enhancement
of the quality of life of the clients we
serve, and in the education of students
in the health care professions.
Additionally, the symposium provides
an opportunity for participants to
examine and/or integrate ethical issues
related to health care dilemma. Faculty
and students are given an opportunity
to interact with clinicians, clinical
researchers,
administrators,
and
educators and to establish a forum for
discussing major health care issues.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of workshop, the
attendees will be better able to:
1. Discuss strategies to reduce the rate
of fetal, infant, child, adolescent and
young adult’s death
2. Identify measures to decrease
Cesarean section birth rate in low risk
women
3. Discuss the goals, topic areas and
objectives in Healthy People 2020 and
their relevance to improving health in
childbearing families.
4. Evaluate methods to increase the
proportion of women delivering a life
birth who received preconception care
services.
Symposium Theme: Addressing
Physical and Social Determinants of
Health in Childbearing Families.
Please register by March 11, 2013 to enable
Abstract Themes
us to plan for nourishment.
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Health disparities issues
Early, middle
childhood/Adolescent
health
Care giving of a child with
disability
Pregnancy with chronic
illness
Internal and external
factors that influence
maternal health before,
during and after
pregnancy.
REGISTRATION FORM
Name: ______________________
Institution: __________________
Address: ____________________
___________________________
___________________________
Phone: _____________________
Email: _____________________
Do you prefer a vegetarian lunch?
_____
METHOD OF PAYMENT
$45.00 Payable to:
TUSONAH
Mail Registration and Check
to:
Dr. Cordelia Nnedu
Tuskegee University
209 Basil O’Connor Hall
Tuskegee, AL. 36088