2015 Fall Educational Conference
All Sessions Take Place at the Embassy Suites Hotel
(unless otherwise noted)
Sessions with CEU’s indicated with *
(The Wellness and Prevention Section is offering CHES credits)
Sessions with Contact Hours with **
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Time
Session
Location____
11:00 am – 2:00 pm NCPHA Governing Council Meeting
Atkins 2
2:00 – 4:00 pm
NCALHD Business Meeting
Ardmore 1
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Pre-Registration
Garden Terrace
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Scavenger Hunt Packet Pick Up
Garden Terrace
3:00 – 7:00 pm
NC Citizens for Public Health Meeting and Dinner
(For members of NCCPH and invited guests)
Ardmore 2
7:30 – 11:00 pm
NCPHA Hospitality Reception
Sponsored by R. Allan Jones Home Health Hospice Consultant
Room 318, Marriott
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
7:15 am – 5:00 pm
Conference Registration
Garden Terrace
7:15 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast/Visit Exhibits
Garden Terrace
7:00 – 8:30 am
Past President’s Breakfast
Terrace 1
8:15 – 8:30 am
Call to Order
Lisa Harrison, President, NCPHA
Gaines Ballroom
Invocation
Prince Raney Rivers
United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church
Welcome
Mark Hensley, President, Southern Health Association
8:30 – 8:45 am
Slate of Officers
Joanne Rinker, Immediate Past President, NCPHA
8:45 – 9:15 am
All-Star Awards, Service Awards, Recognition of New Life Members
All-Star Awards Sponsored by Advanced Imaging Solutions
9:15 – 10:15
Keynote: Making America the Healthiest Nation by 2030 What Will it Take?*
Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, President, American Public
Health Association
10:30 – 11:00
Break/Visit Exhibitors
11:00 am – 1:00 pm NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Child Health Recognition
Awards Lunch
Grand Pavilion
1:30 – 4:00 pm
Environmental Health Business Meeting
Gaines 2
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Community Health Assessments: A Partnership with Hospitals* Terrace 3
(Hosted by Academic Practice-Based Research, Epidemiology, Public Health Leadership
and Wellness and Prevention Sections)
Carmine Rocco, MPH, Haywood County Health Department
Gene Matthews, JD, NC Institute for Public Health
Brittany Dobbins, MPH, CHES, Caldwell County Health Department
Stacie Saunders, BSMT, MPH, Alamance County Health Department
Edie Alfano-Sobsey, PhD, MT (ASCP), Wake County Human Services
Jerry Parks, Albemarle District Health Department
Phyllis Rocco, RN, BSN, MPH, DHHS, Local Technical Assistance & Training Branch
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Primer on ICD-10
Ardmore 1
Tammy Norville, DHHS, Office of Rural Health and Community Care
4:30 – 7:00 pm
NCPHA Scavenger Hunt (wear walking shoes)
Sponsored by ACE Medical
7:00 pm
BBQ Dinner and Entertainment
Sponsored by The Snowden Company
9:00 – 11:00 pm
NCPHA Hospitality Suite
Sponsored by R. Allan Jones Home Health Hospice Consultant
Garden Terrace
Milton Rhodes Center
for the Arts, 251 N. Spruce St.
Room 318, Marriott
Thursday, September 17, 2015
7:00 – 8:00 am
Young Professionals Breakfast
(For NCPHA Members between the ages of 21-39)
Sponsored by Patagonia Health
Conference 5-7
(Benton Convention Center)
7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast
Sponsored by ReLi Med Solutions
Grand Pavilion
7:00 am – 3:00 pm
Conference Registration
Garden Terrace
_________________________________8:30 – 10:00 am____________________________________________
Academic Practice-Based Research
Dental Health*
Environmental Health*
8:30 – 9:15
9:15 – 10:00
Epidemiology/Laboratory
Public Health Leadership
8:30 – 9:30
Social Work**
Wellness and Prevention*
8:30 – 9:00
9:15 – 10:00
Terrace 3
Medical Consultations and the Emergency Patient:
Conference 2
Expect the Unexpected
(Benton Convention Center)
Kristin Kaelke Miller, DDS, Wilkes Public Health Dental Clinic
Gaines 2
FDA: Food Code
Donna Wanucha, REHS, FDA/SE Region, State Cooperative Programs
Handwashing Woes
Ben Chapman, PhD, NCSU, NC Cooperative Extension
Business Meeting
Finance, Admin., Mgmt. Support,
Internet Tech.(FAMI)
Nursing
8:30 – 9:15
9:15 – 10:00
Business Meeting/Awards
Business Meeting/Awards
Ardmore 1
Ardmore 4
Gaines 1
Business Meeting/Awards
News from the Office of Public Health Nursing
Phyllis Rocco, RN, BSN,MPH, DHHS, Local Technical Assistance & Training Branch
Ardmore 2
Public Health Training Center
Randall Cottrell, DEd, MCHES, UNC-Wilmington, Public Health Studies
Community Resiliency Model, Part One
Terrace 1
Tanya Stiers, MSW, Henderson County Department of Public Health
Terrace 2
Business Meeting/Awards
IMAPP: A Tool for All Things Related to Evidence-Based Interventions!
Joanne Rinker, MS, RD, CDE, LDN, Center for Healthy NC
Kerri Ward, Center for Public Health Quality
Women’s and Children’s
Health
Business Meeting
10:30 – 11:00 am
Break/Visit Exhibitors
Atkins 1
______________________________________10:30 am – 12:00 pm __________________________________
Academic Practice-Based Research
10:30 – 10;45
10:45 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15
11:15 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:45
11:45 – 12:00
Dental Health*
Environmental Health*
10:30 - 11:15
11:15 – 12:00
Oral Presentations
* = presenting author
Terrace 3
A Feasibility Study of Demand and Supply for Diabetes Prevention Programs
Maria Alva*, Carmen Samuel-Hodge, Deborah Porterfield, Tainayah Thomas
Marketing for Better Health: How To Attract Disadvantaged Populations
to the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
Lindsey Horrell*, Shawn Kneipp, Cecilia Gonzales, Laura Linnan, Justin Trogdon,
Matthew Smith, Mary Grade Flaherty, Ziya Gizlice
Risk-Taking Behaviors and Personal Sense of Security Among Firearm Owners
Who Keep Firearms at Home Loaded and Unlocked in North Carolina
Ann Rafferty*, Satomi Imai, Katherine Jones
Assessing the Causes of Preventable Child Deaths in Alamance County from
2004-2013: Evidence-Based Recommendations
Stacie Saunders*, Ashley Cobb, Kathleen Shapley-Quinn, Linda Jones
Elevating Community-Based Research into Action at the Systems Level:
A Family Center Initiative for Children and Youth with Special Health Care
Needs in NC
Maria Julian*, Adrienne Gilbert
Assessing Health Department Capacity to Implement an Evidence-Based
Behavioral Weight Gain Management Intervention for Pregnant Women
SeonAe Yeo*, Carmen Samuel-Hodge, Jennifer Leeman, Mary Kelly Henderson,
Rachael Smith, Amanda Marie Ferraro, Michelle Schreiner, Josephine Asafu-adjei
NC Oral Health Section: Moving Forward
Sarah Tomlinson, DDS, NC Oral Health Section
Conference 2 (BCC)
Gaines 2
Variance Committee Update & QA on HACCP
Veronica Bryant, REHS, DHHS, Food Protection Program
Geocoding Well Water and Birth Defects Correlation
Rebecca Fry, PhD, UNC Gillings School of Public Health and
UNC Superfund Research Program
Epidemiology/Laboratory*
Ardmore 1
10:30 – 11:15
The Cessation of Ebola Transmission in Liberia:
Epidemiology and Laboratory Considerations
Royden Saah, MS, CPM, NC State Laboratory of Public Health
11:15 – 12:00
Syphilis Serology: 2015 Update
Scott Zimmerman, DrPH, MPH, HCLD (ABB), NC State Laboratory of
Public Health
FAMI/Nursing **
Risk Management Challenges:
EHRs and Good Intentions
Terrie Snowden, COCU, The Snowden Company
Gaines 1
Public Health Leadership
Arriving at a Culture of Business: Panel Discussion
Ardmore 2
Strategic Thinking and Management; Business Investment
to Promote Accountability
John Graham, NC Institute for Public Health
Christine Wilson, PhD, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Larry Chavas, PhD, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Social Work**
Community Resiliency Model – Part Two
Terrace 1
Tanya Stiers, MSW, Henderson County Department of Public Health
Wellness and Prevention*
Measuring the Pulse of Your Community: Primary Data
Collection Methods for CHNAs
Kasey Decosimo, MPH, NC Institute for Public Health
Matt Simon, MA, GISP, NC Institute for Public Health
John Wallace, PhD, MSPH, NC Institute for Public Health
Terrace 2
Women’s and Children’s
Health
Business Meeting (cont.) and Discussion of Hot Topics
Atkins 1
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Networking Buffet Lunch
Garden Terrace and Ballroom
(some sections may return to their meeting room for awards)
Foyer on Lower Level
____________________________________1:30 – 3:00 pm _________________________________________
Academic Practice-Based Research
1:30 - 1:45
1:45 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:15
2:15 – 2:30
2:30 – 2:45
2:45 – 3:00
Dental Health*
Oral Presentations
* = presenting author
Terrace 3
The Economic Return of Community-Based Interventions: Economic
Evaluations in a Pay-for-Performance Context
John Graham*
The Association Between Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and
Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration
Sangamithra Krupakar*, Larissa Brunner Huber, Michael Thompson,
Sarah Laditka
Evaluating a Group Based Lifestyle Modification Program: The Raleigh
Wellness Project
Dolly C. Penn*, Bhavini Murthy, Connor Karr, Jacquie Halladay, Benjamin Fischer
Providing Behavioral Health Services in a Local Health Department: The
Johnston County Experience
Steve Strickland*, Nancy Winterbauer, Kimberly Johnson, Leah Heim,
Marilyn Pearson
Building Capacity of Local Health Departments to Adopt Naloxone
Standing Orders in NC
Nidhi Sachdeva*, Scott Proescholdbell, Amy Bryson, Joy Massey, Elizabeth
Moore, Shriya Soora, Diana Zuskov
Healthy Childhood = Healthy Adults
Catherine Joyner*, Child Maltreatment Prevention Leadership Team
ECU Community Service Learning Centers
Conference 2 (BCC)
Dr. Michael Scholtz, DMD, ECU School of Dental Medicine
Environmental Health/
Laboratory/Nursing*
Epidemiology
1:30 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:00
Bartonellosis: One Health Approach
Gaines 2
to an Emerging Infectious Disease
Edward Breitschwerdt, BS, DVM, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Improving the National Mortality System for Near Real Ardmore 1
Time Public Health Surveillance and Health Services Research
Delton Atkinson, MPH, PMP, FAC-P/PM Center for Disease Control and
Prevention
NC Vital Records and Statistics: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
Eleanor Howell, MS, NC State Center for Health Statistics
FAMI
Functions of a Health Information Exchange:
Understanding Limitations, Common Core Data
and Meaningful Use
Jayson Caracciolo, MPH, PMP, Community Care of NC
Public Health Leadership*
State WHO? State Public Health Infrastructure
Ardmore 2
and Its Impact on Local Health Departments
Danny Staley, MS, DHHS, Division of Public Health
Phyllis Rocco, RN, BSN,MPH, DHHS, Local Technical Assistance & Training Branch
Public Information/Social
Marketing*
Social Media for Public Health Professionals:
Atkins 2
How to Make the Most with Limited Time and Resources
Marissa Mortibory, MPH, Durham County Department of Public Health
Stacy Shelp, BS, Orange County Department of Public Health
Social Work**
Cultural Competency in the Latino Population
Terrace 1
Tanya Stiers, MSW, Henderson County Department of Public Health
Wellness and Prevention*
1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00
Ardmore 4
Terrace 2
Smoke-Free Orange County
Coby Jansen Austin, MPH, Orange County Department of Public Health
Active Routes to School: A Pathway to Success in NC
Leah Mayo Acheson, MPH, Albemarle Regional Health Services
A Success Story: National Accreditation
Ashley Rink, Burke County Department of Public Health
Women’s and Children’s
Health
Food Insecurity for Women, Children and Their Families Atkins 2
Peter Morris, MD, Urban Ministries of Wake County
Jennifer Moore, Forsyth County Department of Public Health
Ashley Curtice, Forsyth County Department of Public Health
Spring Dawson-McClure, No Kid Hungry NC
Sonna Williams, North west Child Development
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Break/Visit Exhibitors
_______________________________________3:30 – 5:00 pm _____________________________________
Academic Practice-Based Research
3:30 – 3:45
3:34 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:15
4:15 – 4:30
4:30 – 4:45
4:45 – 5:00
Oral Presentations
* = presenting author
Terrace 3
The Medical Careers and Technology Academy: Encouraging American
Indian High School Students to Pursue Health Careers
Sarah Langdon*, Ronny A. Bell, Charlene Hunt, Lisa Lefler
The NC Public Health Training Center: Fostering Collaborations Across the
State
Randy Cottrell*, Charlie Hardy, Stephanie Smith, Justine Reel, Megan Surles
Air Temperature and Death Rates in NC: An Ecological Study
John Hart*
Perceptions of La Crosse Encephalitis Risk in Disease Endemic Areas of
Western NC: Focus Group Surveys Highlight Deficiencies in Public Health
Education
Kae Livsey*, Sonya Wachacha, Brian Byrd
Increase in Syphilis and Other Sexually Transmitted Disease Trends in NC
Erika Samoff*, Mara Larson, Jason Maxwell, Nicole Dzialowy
Cause-Specific School Absenteeism Surveillance Development: School
Nurse Survey
Linda Sudnik*, Debbie Travers, Ana E. Waller, Amy Ising, Pia D. M. MacDonald,
Sonda Oppewal, Nakia Best, Todd A. Schwartz
Dental*
Oral Health and HIV
Conference 2 (BCC)
Ethel Harris, DDS, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry
Jacinta P. Leavell, PhD, MS, Meharry Medical College
Michele Bailey, NC AIDS Training and Education Center
Environmental Health/
Laboratory*
What Does It Cost to Provide Environmental
Gaines 2
Health Services in NC Health Departments
Heath Cain, REHS, Lee County Department of Public Health
Nancy Winterbauer, PhD, ECU Department of Public Health
FAMI
The Devil is in the Details: Getting What You
Ardmore 4
Need Out of Your Electronic Health Record
Kathryn Dail, BSN, MEd, RN, DHHS, Local Technical Assistance & Training Branch
Kurt Brenneman, NC Department of Cultural Resources
Kathleen Brooks, DHHS, Local Technical Assistance & Training Branch
Nursing**
Legislative Highlights and Adolescent Legal Issues
Gaines 1
Chris Hoke, JD, DHHS, Division of Public Health
Jill Moore, MPH, JD, UNC School of Public Law and Government
Public Health Leadership
FQHC and Public Health? Now What?
Ardmore 2
Learning Strategies on How to Work with Your Community FQHC
Scott Harrellson, MPA, Craven County Public Health Department
Beth Lovette, RN, MPH, Appalachian District Health Department
Wellness and Prevention*
LHD Accreditation: Moving Forward
Terrace 2
Rhonda Wright, RN, BSN, MSN, DHHS, Division of Public Health
Gay Welsh, RN, BSN, MPH, DHHS, Division of Public Health
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Poster Presentations, Reception and Silent Auction
Grand Pavilion
(see full list of posters on page____)
Entertainment by the UNC School of the Arts, Student Performers
Sponsored by LabCorp, Patagonia Health and Fuquay Solutions
7:00 – 9:00 pm
NCPHA Dinner and Awards
Grand Pavilion
Entertainment by the UNC School of the Arts, Student Performers
Friday, September 18, 2015
7:30 – 8:30 am
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Breakfast
Grand Pavilion
Focus on Cancer Prevention
More than 20,000 North Carolinians are expected to die from cancer this year.
This session will feature two speakers providing insights into how we can lower
the toll of cancer in NC. Melanie Watkins, RN will describe the State’s new
cancer prevention and control plan. Dr. Stephanie Wheeler will describe
research on cancer in North Carolina. The session will be moderated by Dr.
Rachel Wilfert, who is Training and Technical Assistance manager at NCIPH.
Rachel Wilfert, PhD, NC Institute for Public Health
Melanie Watkins, RN, Center for Public Health Quality
Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Anna Schenck, PhD, MSPH, NC Institute for Public Health
8:30 – 8:45 am
Welcome
Lisa Harrison, President, NCPHA
8:45 – 9:45 am
NCPHA Business Meeting and Memorials
10:00 – 11:00 am
Wood Lecture: A Culture of Health: How Public Health Can Thrive
in a Rapidly Changing World*
Paul Kuehnert, DNP, RN, Bridging Health & Healthcare Portfolio, Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation
11:00 – 11:30 am
Door prizes and adjourn