Agenda At A Glance
Monday, April 20, 2015
6:00 - 8:00 pm…Registration & Sponsor/Exhibit Move-In
Registration Desk
Tuesday, April 21 (Day One)
7:00 - 8:00 am...Registration & Sponsor/Exhibit Move-In
Registration Desk
8:30 - 8:40 am...OPHA Conference Welcome & Overview
8:40 - 9:00 am...State of the State’s Behavioral Health
9:00 - 10:15 am...Keynote – MountainVision: Lessons Beyond the Summit
10:15 - 10:30 am…Networking Break/Exhibitors/Posters
10:30 - 12:00 pm...Section & Caucus Meetings
Please see program for more info
12:15 - 1:30 pm...OPHA Luncheon and Annual Awards
1:30 - 1:45 pm...Networking Break/Exhibitors/Posters
Poster Presentation Judging
1:45 – 3:00 pm…Plenary – Solving Inter-Jurisdictional Challenges Through
Collaborative Governance
3:00 - 3:10 pm…Networking Break/Exhibitors/Posters
3:10 – 4:00 pm…OPHA Business Meeting/Membership Forum
4:00 – 4:10 pm…Closing Comments
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 (Day Two)
7:30 - 8:30 am...Registration
8:00 - 8:10 am...Welcome
8:10 - 8:30 am...State of the State’s Tobacco Control
8:30 - 8:45 am… Networking Break/Exhibits/Poster
8:45 – 10:15 am... Section & Caucus Meetings
Please see program for more info
10:15 – 10:30 am…Networking Break/Exhibits/Posters
10:30 – 12:00 pm…Closing Plenary – MAKING A MINDFUL DIFFERENCE: With
Passion and Purpose, R. Murali Krishna, MD, DLFAPA
12:00 – 12:15...Closing Comments & Evaluation
1:30 - 5:00 pm…Post conference: How to Create and Sustain a QI Culture in Your Work
Environment
Day One Opening: State of the State’s Behavioral Health
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Terri L. White, MSW, commissioner for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, serves as the CEO for one of Oklahoma’s largest state agencies.
She is a passionate advocate for individuals experiencing mental illness and addiction.
Because of her leadership, ODMHSAS has become nationally known for its children’s
behavioral health services; community-based treatment programs; technological
innovations such as “telepsychiatry;” and the integration of behavioral health care into
primary healthcare settings. White was also the first woman to be appointed as Oklahoma
Secretary of Health, serving in that capacity for then Governor Brad Henry, from 2009 to
2011. She has been recognized by The Journal Record newspaper as one of Oklahoma’s top
“Achievers Under 40” and is a three-time honoree of The Journal Record's “50 Women
Making a Difference.” In 2014, White received the “Kate Barnard Award” from the Oklahoma
Commission on the Status of Women, an award created to honor women who have made a
difference in Oklahoma through public service. She was inducted into University of
Oklahoma's (OU) Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work Hall of Fame in 2011, and
is a volunteer faculty member with the University’s School of Medicine. White received both
her Master of Social Work and Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from OU.
KEYNOTE:
MountainVision: Lessons Beyond the Summit
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Jeff Evans has been traveling the globe for 20 years now, seeking out the most unique
challenges in the world of adventure.
Whether guiding international executives up mountains around the world, competing in
ABC’s Expedition Impossible or guiding a blind man to the summit of Mt. Everest, Jeff has
tackled many objectives that on first glimpse seemed quite unlikely to be successful.
Jeff is the published author of MountainVision: Lessons Beyond the Summit, the
owner/operator of MountainVision Expeditions as well as a practicing Emergency Medicine
Physician Assistant. He appears as one of the main characters in three award-winning
documentaries Farther Than the Eye Can See, Blindsight and recently released High Ground.
Although he was raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and North Carolina he
currently resides at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado.
Section and Caucus Meetings Tuesday April 21, 10:30 – 12:00
Epidemiology and Lab: Google What? Finding Credible Information in a Sea of
Results
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Wouldn't it be great if all the public health organizations would get together to put all the
statistics in one place? It's here! Organizations like the APHA, CDC and the National Library
of Medicine have collaborated to create a single free website to make your job easier. Using
stories from the public health workforce, learn about some of the tools that can make your
job easier on Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce.
Objectives:
1. Find a simple way to get results from PubMed that tie to specific HP 2020 objectives
2. Learn how to find easy to read health information for the public to use
3. Know a single free website for public health statistics formed by a collaboration of
public health organizations
Presenter:
Karen Vargas, MS, Library Science
Karen Vargas assists organizations to plan health information programs and prepare
organizations to write grant proposals for those programs. For the past eleven years, she
has worked for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), a division of the
National Library of Medicine, one of the National Institutes of health. In the NN/LM, she
worked with health professionals, librarians and the public in finding and understanding
health information. She also evaluated health information project proposals from
community-based organizations, public health departments, libraries and tribal
organizations to determine whether to fund them, and was the point of contact for the
funded project. For the past nine years, Karen Vargas has been the Oklahoma liaison to the
NN/LM South Central Region.
Behavioral Health Caucus: Health Partnership Initiative Advances Inpatient
Tobacco Treatment
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Hospital Association assists hospitals/clinics statewide to implement health system changes
and embed sustainable evidence-based tobacco treatment for all patients. This model, the
U to reach the approximately 120,000 tobacco users admitted to hospitals, the Oklahoma.S.
Public health Service Clinical Guidelines, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008
Update, is also known as the 5A’s, Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange. Through
partnerships with the TSET, Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center, Oklahoma Tobacco
Helpline, OSDH Tribal Liaison and Chickasaw Nation Medical Center, this protocol has been
implemented within the Chickasaw Nation health system, the first Oklahoma to successfully
build this technology within an EHR.
Objectives:
1. Attendees will gain an understanding of evidence-based tobacco treatment
2. Attendees will improve their understanding of health system changes to sustain
treatment
3. Attendees will gain awareness of the Oklahoma Tobacco helpline
4. Attendees will learn how partnerships and collaborative efforts enhance health care
in more effective ways
Presenters:
Joy L. Leuthard, MS, LSWA, Heather Summers, MS, RN, CNDH, and
Stephen R. Gillaspy, Ph.D.
Joy L. Leuthard is the Manager, Health Improvement Initiatives for the Oklahoma Hospital
Association. Joy has been at OHA for 6 years managing a TSET grant – Hospitals Helping
Patients Quit assisting health systems develop a tobacco-free culture through policy
development/compliance; embed system changes for patient/employee tobacco treatment.
38 years of experience in health services through community-based, non-profits; Oklahoma
State health Department, Variety Health Center, Oklahoma State Medical Association, &
Oklahoma Hospital Association providing direct health care services and managing local and
state initiatives; specialty in program development and implementation. 15 years of
experience in tobacco control: policy development, education, prevention, treatment and
research. 13 years of experience – advancing statewide tobacco control policy and
legislative efforts; clean indoor air, reducing youth access to tobacco, increasing the
Oklahoma tobacco tax. At Oklahoma State Medical Association: manages a 5-year Robert
Wood Johnson foundation grant, Smoke Free Beginnings, with O.U. Department of Family
Medicine and College of Public Health. Joy assisted primary care physicians and residents to
implement evidence-based tobacco treatment with pregnant patients. Model was adopted
by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for their use with contract physicians treating
Medicaid pregnant patients. In 2006, Joy received OSDH Outstanding Achievement Award
for Tobacco control. In 2003, she received the Dr. Edward R. Munnell Award – Oklahoma
Chapter - American Lung Association.
Heather Summers is the Under Secretary of Operations, for Hospitals and clinics for the
Chickasaw Nation Medical Center. Heather received her Bachelors Degree in Nursing at East
Central University and Master of Science in Nursing Administration at OU Health Science
Center College of Nursing. She began as an Indian Health Service employee at Carl Albert
Indian Health Facility on the Medical Surgical Unit & Obstetrics Unit. She returned to the
Chickasaw Nation as an Outpatient Registered Nurse. She has held several positions within
the Chickasaw Nation Department of health: Outpatient Nursing Manager, Deputy Director
of Outpatient Services, Director of Nursing and Executive Officer of Clinical Services.
Summers provided leadership at the hospital, in partnership with the Oklahoma Hospital
Association, the OSDH Tribal Liaison and Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline to implement an
evidence-based, tobacco treatment system for patients which is embedded within their
electronic medical record. Summers led an internal clinical/information technology team to
develop and launch this protocol in November 2014, which includes a bi-directional,
encrypted electronic referral to the Helpline through the electronic medical record, the first
in Oklahoma. Summers has advanced into leadership roles, understanding how change
allows her to illuminate the Mission of the Chickasaw Nation – to Enhance the overall quality
of life of the Chickasaw People.
Stephen R. Gillaspy is a clinical psychologist for the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Gillaspy holds the following positions: Associate
Professor of Pediatrics at the OU Health Sciences Center, Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatric Psychology Emphasis director,
Clinical Psychology Internship Program and Post-doctoral Fellowship Program, Co-Director
for the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center. Directs the Tobacco Dependence Treatment
Program for patients and families. Provides oversight to the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline.
Director of Research for the Section of General and Community Pediatric, OUHSC,
Department of Pediatrics. His research focuses on parental tobacco use, pediatric obesity
and postpartum depression. He has both clinical and research interests with respect to the
accessibility of medical and mental health care to children. Associate Director of the
General Academic Fellowship Program in the Department of Pediatrics where he trains
medical students and pediatric residents and is the principal investigator on a 5-year HRSA
residency training grant, training pediatric residents in behavioral health. Dr. Gillaspy
completed his graduate training in Clinical Psychology at Oklahoma State University and his
Clinical Internship at the OUHSC, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He
then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Primary Care and Health Psychology at OUHSC,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science.
Oral Health: Reasons for Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Callers to the
Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline
Maynard
The percentage of Helpline users who are also electronic cigarette users is graphed by
month for the 2014 calendar year. Another graph shows the most common reasons that
Helpline users are using electronic cigarettes.
Objectives:
1. Learn the primary reasons that users of the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline use
electronic cigarettes
2. Learn how common use of electronic cigarettes is among users of the Oklahoma
Tobacco Helpline
3. Learn what percentage of electronic cigarette users among Helpline callers also want
to quit electronic cigarettes
Presenters:
Suanne Goodrich, Ph.D., and Robin Chipman, CHES
Suanne Goodrich is a Strategic Planner at the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Suanne is a PhD with the Center for the Advancement of Wellness and workds in the areas
of tobacco control and promotion of healthy eating and active living. Suanne is relatively
new to the Department of Health, having previously spent over 10 years in the field of sleep
medicine as the Director of Operations at the Lynn health Science Institute of sleep
laboratory. Suanne received her PhD from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tx. Her
degree is in Experimental Psychology.
Robin Chipman is the Cessation Systems Program Consultant for the Oklahoma State
Department of Health.
Health Education & Promotion: Putting Health in Schools when Mandates Do Not
Exist
Theater, First Floor
While Oklahoma remains the only state without a mandate for health education, the
Institute for Coordinated School Health (ICSH) at the University of Central Oklahoma was
established to provide trainings, resources, and expertise in regards to Coordinated School
Health (currently Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)) to ensure all
students, teachers, and staff learn and work in a healthy school environment. ICSH, in
collaboration with other school, community, and public health partners, promotes Health in
Oklahoma. Together, they are putting health in Oklahoma Schools.
Objectives:
1. Identify initiatives taken by UCO’s ICSH
2. List UCO’s ICSH partners
3. Discuss the changes to the CSH model in creation of the WSCC model
Presenters:
Rachelle Franz, Ed.D, J. Sunshine Cowan, Ph.D., MPH, MCHES, Tiffany Wise, MPH, CHES,
Diane Rudebock, Ed.D., and Sara L. Cole, Ph.D., MCHES
Rachelle Franz is an Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Health in the Department
of Kinesiology and health Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma. She earned her
doctorate of education, with an emphasis in teacher leadership from Walden University. At
UCO, she coordinates the Healthy Life Skills course and chairs the programming work group
for UCO’s Healthy Campus Leadership Team. Before coming to UCO, Dr. Franz’s teaching
experience included middle school physical education and health in Virginia and Oklahoma.
In addition to her passion for teaching, she has recently developed a strong interest in
research opportunities for building community partnerships. Dr. Franz has co-authored
several grants; each one geared toward building collaborations between UCO and
community partners. She offers enthusiasm and passion for educating others about the
benefits of physical activity and is committed to modeling a healthy and active lifestyle.
Sunshine Cowan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and health
Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma where she coordinates the Community/Public
Health undergraduate program. She serves on the Oklahoma health Equity Campaign
(OHEC) Steering Committee and is a Past President for the Oklahoma Public Health
Association. Sunshine holds a PH.D. in Environmental Science, with a focus on
environmental justice, from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Public Health degree
in Health Promotion Sciences from the University of Oklahoma. She is a Master Certified
Health Education Specialist (MCHES). Before beginning full time at UCO in 2004, Sunshine
served as the Health Educator for the School Health Program at the Oklahoma State
Department of Health.
Tiffany Wise is a Lecturer in the Department of kinesiology and Health Studies at the
University of Central Oklahoma. She is a graduate of the UCO community Health program
which is now Community/Public Health program. Tiffany earned her Master of Public Health
from the University of Oklahoma. Tiffany is currently working toward a doctorate of
education, with an emphasis in adult education from Walden University. Tiffany is a
member of Oklahoma Public Health Association (OPHA). At UCO, Tiffany teaches
community/Public Health courses. In her spare time, Tiffany enjoys spending time with her
family and traveling.
Sara L. Cole is an Associate Professor of Community/Pubic Health in the Department of
Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma. Sara earned her
PhD. in Health Behavior, with a focus on Health Promotion and Human Sexuality, from
Indiana University. Dr. Cole holds the distinction of being among the first cohort to earn the
Master Certified Health Education Specialist credential. Sara has served the health
education profession in a multitude of ways, which includes currently serving on the Board
of Trustees of the Society for Public Health Education. In her spare time, Dr. Cole enjoys
spending time with her family and volunteer work.
Administrative Services: A Systematic and Systemic Wellness Strategy Model to
be America’s healthiest Campus
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To be America's Healthiest Campus(r) requires a comprehensive, overarching, evidence
based, holistic wellness strategy, one which --empowers our students, employees, and
communities --harmonizes the physical, emotional, social, professional, and spiritual
dimensions of wellness --and synergizes the personal, interpersonal, organizational(and
policy), and environmental levels of change. OSU is committed to sharing wellness
successes and knowledge with others.
Objectives:
1. Be able to translate a comprehensive model, in whole or in part, to their own
wellness system or program
2. Identify key communication and outcomes focused foundational components
necessary for a systematic over-arching sustainable population based wellness
program
3. Think about wellness incorporating dimensions of wellness and the socioecologic
model levels of change
Presenter:
Suzy Harrington, DNP, RN, MCHES, Chief Wellness Officer, Oklahoma State University
Demonstrating Oklahoma State University’s strong commitment to health and wellness, Dr.
Suzy Harrington became the nation’s first fully dedicated university Chief Wellness Officer in
October 2014. OSU is Americas Healthiest Campus and Harrington is leading the charge
system-wide across OSU’s ten affiliate campuses and 77 County Extension offices as OSU
strives to improve the total health of students, employees and its communities. As a landgrant university, OSU is committed to sharing its wellness successes and knowledge with
the citizens of Oklahoma. Dr. Harrington came to Oklahoma State University from the
American Nurses Association, where she was the Director of health, Safety, and Wellness.
There she led the development in national inter-professional standards and built the
national Healthy Nurse program, becoming a nationally recognized expert and
spokesperson, quoted in USA Today and ABC News. Since her arrival, she has been busy
advancing the OSU culture of wellness as America’s Healthiest Campus, leading and aligning
goals and resources, locally, statewide and nationally. Dr. Harrington concentrated her
Rush University Doctorate of Nursing Practice in healthcare business and management and
health promotion earning the College of Nursing Dean’s Award and the rush Nurse alumni
Association Award. She received her Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) in 2001
after graduating with her Master of Science in health Sciences.
Nursing: Breaking the Silence about Congenital CMV
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The prevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in human hosts has been well
documented for many decades as well as it disastrous effects on the developing fetus. Due
to its commonality and virulence, it has gradually become, and has been the leading cause
of birth defects, developmental delay, and disability in children for many years. This
presentation aims to increase public awareness as well as provider awareness and
knowledge about how to properly diagnose and treat the affected infant.
Objectives:
1. Understand and acknowledge the epidemiology of cCMV infection
2. Be able to understand the different modes of transmission
3. Be able to identify the different s/s of cCMV in the newborn
4. Be able to state how to properly diagnose a primary CMV infection in the mother as
well as properly diagnose cCMV in the newborn
Presenter:
Anna L. Pina, MSN, APRN, NP-C
Anna L. Pina became a licensed practical nurse in 2003 and started working in pediatric
home health. After becoming an RN, she began working at St. Francis Children’s Hospital in
2007. There she met her 5th child at two weeks of age. She was all alone and in state
custody due to being born addicted to meth and cocaine. On top of this, she was infected
with CMV in utero. At 6 weeks, Anna took her home and began educating herself about
congenital CMV. She quickly learned it is the leading cause of disability in children, more
common than Downs and spina bifida but not known about by many parents or providers
alike. Anna will present about cCMV at the national NP conference for the 3 rd year in a row
this year in New Orleans and is thrilled to present this year at OPHA.
Health Equity Caucus: Increasing Access and Availability of Farmers markets in
low-income populations
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The ONIE Project collaborates with a variety of organizations to increase Farmer’s Markets
usage among low-income Oklahomans. Twelve markets currently accept SNAP and SNFMP
benefits. ONIE provides training, branding, and marketing support to these markets. The
accepting markets have seen an increase in redemptions of benefit dollars, as demonstrated
by weekly reports. The initial intervention resulted in a 350% increase of benefit dollars
redeemed from the previous year. With many more markets around the state on the verge
of accepting SNAP and SNFMP, see how you can support these markets and increase
Farmer’s Market access to all Oklahomans.
Objectives:
1. Participants will learn multiple ways they can collaborate with and support their local farmers
market
2. A successful social market intervention will be demonstrated to participants
3. Participants will identify ways they can promote farmers markets to low-income Oklahomans
4. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions to the presenters who implemented the
successful intervention, with an open opportunity for future collaborations
Presenters: Meredith Scott, MS, CHES and Jade Owen, BS
Meredith has been the Project Coordinator for the ONIE Project at OUHSC since 2009. Her roles include
managing all areas of ONIE’s nutrition and physical activity projects. This involves managing the ONIE
team, educational material development, summer camps, after school programs, health campaigns,
Farmer’s market promotions, grocery store programs, race directing and being a healthy living advocate.
Her educational background includes graduating with a B.S. in community Health from the University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Even outside of her career, Meredith is an advocate and volunteers
for many healthy living programs. She promotes a non-competitive healthy living atmosphere in all of
her work and is always looking for new ideas to promote health.
Jade Owen is the community Outreach Specialist for the ONIE Project. Her job is to increase ONIE’s
presence in the community and foster collaborative efforts with other community organizations to
further the reach of nutrition and physical activity education efforts across the state. She also provides
assistance with many of ONIE’s other education programs. She completed her B.S. in Multidisciplinary
Studies with a focus in health sciences from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in
Oklahoma City. She is very active within the OUHSC college of Public Health, serving as President of a
student association that is focused on improving social, community and behavioral health. Jade is from
Oklahoma City and loves assisting Oklahomans in their efforts to live a healthy lifestyle through nutrition
and physical activity.
Plenary: Solving Inter-Jurisdictional Challenges Through
Collaborative Governance
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In an unprecedented event, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), the Citizen
of Potawatomi Nation (CPN), and the Indian Health Service (IHS) established an interjurisdictional collaborative with a unified vision of protecting the public's health at a
tattooing and entertainment event hosted by the Tribe. CPN utilized the expertise of their
health division staff to promote quality assurance, IHS mobilized resources over a multistate area for staffing, and OSDH provided technical assistance and consultation on the
tattoo licensing and certification process. As a result of this partnership time and resources
were saved by taking proactive steps to protect the public’s safety. This inter-jurisdictional
effort has strengthened federal-state-tribal relationships that will be built upon for greater
public health successes in Oklahoma for many years to come.
PRESENTERS:
 Mr. Tim Tall Chief, Health Director, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
 Capt. Danny Walters, Indian Health Service
 Henry F. Hartsell, Jr., Ph.D. Deputy Commissioner, Protective Health Services,
Oklahoma State Department of Health
 Mr. Don Maisch, Chief Counsel, Oklahoma State Department of Health
PANEL FACILITATOR:
Ms. Sara (Sally) Carter, Tribal Liaison, Oklahoma State Department of Health
Opening Day 2: State of the State’s Tobacco Control
Tracey Strader, MSW
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Tracey Strader joined the staff of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
(TSET) as its first Executive Director in 2002. Under Tracey’s leadership, and with the full
commitment of the Board of Directors, TSET’s investment in Oklahoma’s evidence-based,
comprehensive, statewide tobacco prevention program has increased from $500,000 to $20
million annually. That is 50% of the amount recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and places Oklahoma among the top 5 states for funding
tobacco control and prevention. Tracey currently serves as Chair for the North American
Quitline Consortium, Co-Chair of the Oklahoma Health Improvement Plan’s (OHIP 2020)
Tobacco Use Flagship Workgroup, an executive committee member of the national Tobacco
Control Network, and a member of the Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council for the
Oklahoma State Department of Health. Tracey received her Master’s degree in social work
from the University of Oklahoma in 1982. For nearly 30 years, Strader has been extensively
involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs related to public health,
tobacco control, maternal and child health, services for senior adults, and mental health and
substance abuse services.
Section and Caucus Meetings Wednesday, April 22, 8:45 – 10:15
Student Caucus: Health Education Through Comic Books
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Comic books are ideally suited to health education. Multiple studies have demonstrated the
efficacy of comic books in teaching healthy behaviors both to adolescents and also to adults.
With impactful art, clear, concise text, and an already widely-beloved format, comic books
may very well be the future of meaningful health education to the masses.
Objectives:
1. Understand what makes the comic medium a useful educational tool
2. Learn which agencies are developing health-focused comics
3. Learn which special populations comic books have been used with for health
education
Presenter: Lorry Cieri, BA
Lorry Cieri is a graduate student in the area of Wellness Management at the University of
Central Oklahoma. She began working in the public health field in 2014 and is passionate
about helping people through health. Her fields of interest include health literacy and health
equity.
Emergency Preparedness: Community Immunity and the Power of Public/Private
Partnership
Theater, First Floor
In only its 2nd full year, an unlikely public/private partnership provided access to
vaccination to 10,000 individuals in all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. The initial partnership
led to collaboration with over 80 state agencies, insurance companies, county governments
and many other interested groups to improve access and opportunity to vaccinate against
influenza, hepatitis, pneumonia, tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis, hpv and shingles.
Objectives:
1. The attendees will learn how to change the paradigm and look outside the box for
unique collaborations to achieve their goal in primary prevention programs
2. Attendees will learn how the impact of strategic planning through collaborative
efforts can advance community health priorities in quantitative terms
3. Attendees will understand the impact vaccination has on overall employee and
community health and costs to employers and the health care system
Presenters: Susan Robinson, Ed. D, and Seth Haymore, MBA, RN
Susan Robinson Ed.D is a Certified Health Education Specialist and is the Health Educator/
Program Coordinator for the Employee Wellness Program for the State of Oklahoma. Since
2007, she has been with the former State Employees Benefits Council, now the Benefits
Department within the Human Capital Management Division of the Oklahoma Office of
Management and Enterprise Services (OMES). She is a health coach, contributes to the
State Employee Wellness Program website, is an instructor for HCM’s Training &
Development classes, and presents at local and national conferences, and multiple state
agencies. In 2013 she planned and implemented a statewide immunization initiative which
was taken to worksites of state employees which will now be a permanent part of the
OKHealth Program. Prior to her time with the State, Susan was in higher education,
teaching at Southern Nazarene University, Oklahoma State University, the University of
Oklahoma, the University of Central Oklahoma and Emporia State University. Susan’s
educational credentials include a BS in Fitness and Wellness Management, an MA in
Education from Southern Nazarene University, and a doctorate of Education in Applied
Education Studies in Health Promotion from Oklahoma State University. She is a Certified
health Education Specialist and specializes in the psycho/social determinants of health
behaviors and stress management.
Seth Haymore is Director of Passport health Oklahoma a local immunization clinic that
strives to improve access to vaccination for all Oklahomans. Seth earned his Bachelor in
Nursing from the University of Rochester and a Masters from Simon School of Business. He
holds an MBA and is a Registered Nurse.
Non-traditional Public/Private partnerships are essential to emergency response activities as
well. Private enterprise has a multitude of resources that can assist in achieving public
health missions especially when it comes to medical countermeasure dispensing. Health
Departments across the state have partnered with these organizations to pre-identify
populations that could assist in getting vital medications out to their staff and family
members through Push Partner agreements.
Objectives:
1. Attendees with learn how private and public partnerships help build a more resilient
community.
2. Attendees will gain insight on how private organizations have stepped forward to
assist public health in achieving the mission of getting pills into people within a short
timeframe.
3. Attendees will identify ways to bring private partners into their planning initiatives
for emergency response.
Presenter: Cara Gluck, MPH, OCEM, MEP
Maternal & Child Health: Reviewing Disparities in Infant Safe Sleep in Oklahoma,
PRAMS 2012 Data
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Infant safe sleep is a goal for the Oklahoma Health Improvement Plan (OHIP) and the focus
of a workgroup for the Preparing for a Lifetime, It’s Everyone’s Responsibility infant
mortality reduction initiative. Differences in following safe sleep guidelines are evident
across racial and ethnic groups. Targeted messages and information on the importance of
the contributing factors to infant safe sleep should be made available in culturally
appropriate contexts.
Objectives:
1. Be able to name at least three infant safe sleep factors that are available on the
Oklahoma PRAMS survey.
2. Be able to identify 2 racial/ethnic groups most at risk for unsafe infant sleep
situations.
3. Be able to verbalize which aspects of safe sleep need targeted and culturally
appropriate education and information.
Presenters: Alicia Lincoln, MSW, MSPH and Binitha Kunnel, MS
Alicia Lincoln has been the PRAMS/TOTS Projects Manager for the Oklahoma State
Department of Health for the last 10 years. In addition to managing the two populationbased studies, she coordinates the Title V MCH Block grant annually.
Binitha Kunnel is the Senior Biostatistician for the Oklahoma State Department of Health
Gerontological Health: Healthy Aging: Living Longer Better
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Presenters will discuss the National and State challenges to healthy Aging: Living Longer
Better and how stakeholders are collaborating to address these issues. Participants will be
invited to join in the conversation and share ideas on how to improve the health of older
adults in Oklahoma.
Objectives:
1. Identify the National and State challenges for Healthy Aging: Living Longer Better
2. Recall the essential components of wellness
3. List the benefits of collaboration to achieve healthy aging goals
Presenters: Henry F. Hartsell, Jr., Ph.D., MA and Dr. Andrew Dentino, MD, FACP, FAPA,
FAAHPM
Dr. Henry F. Hartsell, Jr. serves as deputy commissioner for Protective Health Services in
the Oklahoma State Department of Health. He has worked as deputy commissioner since
2006, and has worked in public health positions for the State of Oklahoma since 1982. His
responsibilities include more than 35 public health law enforcement programs ranging from
restaurant and hotel licensure, to nursing facility and hospital certification, to city and
county jail inspections. Dr. Hartsell earned a doctorate in communication and a Masters
Degree in Sociology from the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Andrew Dentino is Professor and Vice chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Department
of Geriatric Medicine at OUHSC.
Environmental Health: Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center's Role in Tribal
Public Health
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Tribal and Urban Epidemiology Centers as a body conduct public health research and
surveillance on behalf of over 2.5 million American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people.
This session demonstrates the Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center's public health
work and outreach validates private, local, state, and federal collaborative favorably
impacting American Indian health disparity rates. Yet, we have a long way remaining.
Objectives:
1. Gain understanding how the OK TEC can facilitate one's public health effort in
working with tribes.
2. Have a clearer understanding of the public health work and collaborative effort of the
OK TEC, OSDH, and others
3. Understand 'why' the OK TEC is a designated Tribal Public Health Authority
4. clearer view as to why the OK TEC cannot achieve PHAB accreditation
Presenter: Tom Anderson, MPH and Cuyler Snider, MPH
Tom Anderson directs the programs, awards, cooperative agreements, grants and public
health services of the Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center for the Oklahoma City
Area Inter Tribal Health Board (OCAITHB). The Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center
(OK TEC) serves the area’s 43 federally recognized tribes and per federal statue serves
tribes as public health authority. The OK TEC is funded entirely by competitive funding.
OCAITHB and OK TEC serves 43 federally recognized tribes in the three states of Oklahoma
(38), Kansas (4), and Texas (1). The Oklahoma City Service Area serves the largest
American Indian user population of the U.S.
Mr. Anderson is a citizen of Cherokee Nation, is involved in tribal, regional and nationally
concerning tribal health and public health issues. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Public
Health (MPH) from the University Of Oklahoma College Of Public Health specializing in
Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Mr. Anderson continued formal graduate education training
beyond his MPH completing course work for a doctoral degree in the same disciplines. Mr.
Anderson’s has many decades of experience working with tribes, tribal communities, tribal
consortiums and participates on tribal and tribal organizational workgroups, taskforces,
consortiums, tribal advisory groups and planning committees. He serves as an invited
speaker on tribal public health related issues at tribal health forums, roundtables,
conferences and expert panels regarding tribal public health related matters.
Cuyler Snider serves as assistant manager for the Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology
Center (OKTEC) of the Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board. He has been with
OKTEC since he began his work there as a graduate research assistant six and a half years
ago. He is responsible for overseeing the operation of their Health Disparities Grant and
plays a smaller role in a number of the other state and federal grants and cooperative
agreements. In these roles, he has been a part of grant writing and management, data
collection and analysis, program and training coordination, and data linkage projects. He
also sits on a number of local, regional, and national working groups and committees. Mr.
Snider graduated in 2006 with his Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Gregory’s
University in Shawnee, OK and in 2008 with his Masters of Public Health degree in
Epidemiology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public
Health in Oklahoma City. Since his graduation, Cuyler has been working towards improving
the quality of health for Native American communities and minimizing the disparities in
health access and outcomes.
Health Administration and Planning: Developing Schemas to Facilitate System
Integration in Care-Navigation for Oklahoma Children w/ Special Needs
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To plan and develop schemas to facilitate system integration through an interdisciplinary
approach in healthcare-navigation for Children with Special Healthcare Need and their
families in the State of Oklahoma.
Objectives:
1. Be able to appreciate intricate workings/mechanism of the care-navigation systems
for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and their families in the state of
Oklahoma
2. Be able to appreciate process evaluation and planning
3. Be able to identify system development incorporating integrative efforts
4. Become familiar with the subject of social determinants of health
Presenters: Maleeha Shahid, MPH, M.B., BS, ECFMG Certified, Ram Poudel, MPH, CPH,
Jennifer Shaw Lockhart, BS and Dr. Mark Wolraich, CMRI
Maleeha Shahid is a Research Bio-statistician/formerly Research Coordinator for Dr. Mark
Wolraich M.D. in the Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Child Study
Center, College of Medicine, OUHSC. She earned her Masters Degree from the Department
of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at College of Public Health, OUHSC in December 2012.
She has a Bachelors in Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery (M.B, B.S) from Pakistan where
she gained her experience in clinical medicine. She passed her United States Medical
Licensing Exams in 2008 and is ECFMG certified. Maleeha is a LEND-Fellow. LEND is a
federally funded program (Maternal and Child Health Bureau) that provides education in
neurodevelopmental and related disabilities. This internship seeks to improve the health of
infants, children and adolescents with disabilities through its unique didactics in leadership
and compulsory community-based practicum opportunities. Maleeha has worked for Sooner
SUCCESS in the Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics since December
2012 as a Behavioral/Social Epidemiology Coordinator. She has been recently collection,
management and analysis of data, interpretation of results, preparation of reports, database
development, budgeting and planning and program evaluation.
Ram Poudel is a Research Coordinator in Biostatistics for Dr. Mark Wolraich, M.D.
Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Child Study Center, College of
Medicine, OUHSC, Sooner SUCCESS. Ram has a Master of Public Health in epidemiology
with a Bachelors of Veterinary Science and a Master of Science in Management. He has two
certifications from SAS: Certified SAS Base Programmer and Certified Business Analyst. He
is Certified (CPH) by the National Board of Public Health Examiners and Certified in Grant
Writing. Ram has 8 years experience in natural and holistic health approaches while he
worked in Nepal, India, Malaysia, and Singapore and three years experience in data analysis
in the United States. Ram loves to serve the community; he is a certified OKMRC volunteer.
He prefers working with big data; spatial analysis and clinical trials, in particular are his
passion.
Jennifer Shaw Lockhart is the Former State Director for Soooner SUCCESS, and provided
oversight and direction to day-to-day operations including administration, personnel issues,
contract monitoring, program and project fidelity, website and IT infrastructure, marketingbranding, bi-monthly staffing, IRB approval, HIPAA FERPA compliance, and budgets.
Further she has continued in facilitation with partner collaborations for the Family Resource
Center in the Childrens Hospital. Jennifer studied early childhood development and
behavioral studies at Oklahoma City University and Family Studies at Southern Nazarene
University and would like to pursue her PH.D. in Public Health when her youngest son
graduates from high school in a few years. The beginning of her career began at Dale
Rogers Training Center over 20 years ago, an employment and work solution center for
individuals with disabilities. Later, Jennifer was a teacher in Oklahoma City, and worked at
other human service organizations like Easter Seals Oklahoma and Oklahoma County court
Appointed Special Advocates. She is a former CASA and also in the process of volunteer
guardianship of an individual transitioned into the community from an Oklahoma State
Institution currently closing.
Dr. Mark Wolraich is the CMRI/Shaun Walters Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the
Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at OUHSC. He received his M.D. from
SUNY Upstate Medical Center. Previously he was at the University of Iowa and Vanderbilt
University. Dr. Wolraich has been active nationally in the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) particularly relating to ADHD. He is a member and past president of the Society for
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric. He was inducted in to the Children and Adults with
ADHD (CHADD) Hall of Fame, received the C. Anderson Aldrich Award from the AAP and the
Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award from the APA Society of Pediatric Psychology. Dr.
Wolraich has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters including articles in the
New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics and the Journal of the American Medical
Association. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and Mental
Health, Maternal and Child Health Research Program, National Institute on disabilities and
Rehabilitation Research, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitation.
Closing Plenary: MAKING A MINDFUL DIFFERRENCE: With Passion and Purpose
R. Murali Krishna, MD, DLFAPA
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R. Murali Krishna, MD, DLFAPA is president and chief operating officer of INTEGRIS Mental
Health that provides adult and child/adolescent mental health services in inpatient,
residential, outpatient, and clinical settings; an employee assistance program; and crisis
intervention services. He is also co-founder and president of the INTEGRIS James L. Hall, Jr.
Center for Mind, Body and Spirit, an educational organization devoted to improving health
through raising awareness of the healing power of the connection between mind, body, and
spirit.
Along with Dr. Krishna’s roles at INTEGRIS Mental Health and James L. Hall, Jr. Center for
Mind, Body and Spirit, he still manages to find enough hours in a day to serve on many
professional and civic organizations’ boards and committees. He currently serves on the
Oklahoma State Board of Heath and is founder and founding president of the Health Alliance
for the Uninsured (HAU), a partnership to improve the health care of the uninsured and
underinsured in Oklahoma County. He was the catalyst for getting key legislation that gives
protection for all health professionals when they volunteer to help the poor and uninsured.
This has resulted in greatly increased interest in volunteering among doctors and medical
students. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Distinguished Life
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (DLFAPA); and Diplomate, American Board of
Psychiatry. He is an active member of the American Medical Association, American
Psychiatric Association, Central Oklahoma Turning Point, Oklahoma County Medical Society
(past president), Oklahoma Psychiatric Physicians Association (past president), Oklahoma
State Medical Association, Oklahoma Improvement Plan Obesity Work Group, Oklahoma
Health Improvement Plan/Children’s Health Flagship Workgroup, Oklahoma City-County
Health Department Wellness Now Executive Committee, Oklahoma State Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Work Group, and other state and local wellness
initiative committees.
Dr. Krishna is committed to improving the health of the people in our communities. He
believes that each of us has a responsibility to care for those in need and is grateful for the
opportunity to create lasting positive changes in people’s lives. He is an expert on emotional
wellness and the mind, body, and spirit connection and how each one influences the other.
His tireless efforts to help those in need has earned him numerous national and
international awards and recognitions, including the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the
National Alliance on Mental Illness; the Outstanding Asian American Award for his efforts to
help the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing; the American Heart Association’s Heart &
Soul Appreciation Award; Distinguished Friend of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Oklahoma Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership on behalf of persons with
severe mental illness; in 2010, he was selected as the honorary chair of the 2010 NAMIWalk
Changing Minds… One Step at a Time and co-chair in 2011.
Dr. Krishna and his family established the “Dr. R. Murali Krishna Family Eliminate the
Stigma” Award in 2010 as a way to honor persons or organizations that have shown an
outstanding contribution to the community by eliminating the stigma about mental illness
and improving the lives of those affected by mental illness and this has become an annual
respected award.
Dr. Krishna received the notable Oklahoma State Medical Association’s Gordon Deckert, MD
Award for Outstanding Community Services in 2008. The Award recognizes physicians for
reaching Oklahomans through actions and activities that improve the overall health and
well- being of our citizens and have demonstrated a positive impact on both physicians and
the patients they serve.
On February 26, 2011 the first R. Murali Krishna, M.D. Award was given to a fourth year
medical student at the OU College of Medicine. The Health Alliance for the Uninsured (HAU)
and OU School of Medicine initiated the annual award as a way of recognizing Dr. Krishna
for his years of dedication and service to HAU and its mission. On January 27, 2012, Dr.
Krishna received the prestigious United Way John Rex Community Builder Award for his
commitment and determination to find long-term solutions to community needs. At the
Oklahoma State Medical Association Annual Meeting on February 28, 2012, Dr. Krishna
received the very prestigious 2012 Ed Calhoon, MD, Leadership in Organized Medicine in
recognition of his distinguished leadership and service to organized medicine at the county,
state, and national level.
On May 4, 2014 at the American Psychiatric Annual Meeting in New York City, he received
the 2014 National Alliance on Mental Illness Exemplary Psychiatrist Award. Dr. Krishna
received the Public Health Innovator Award at the 17th Annual Turning Point Conference
sponsored by the Oklahoma Turning Point Council on September 3, 2014.
Dr. Krishna is a motivating and engaging speaker on mental health and mind, body, spirit
medicine topics and is often interviewed by television and print news organizations for his
expert opinion on mental and emotional health issues. He has been featured on network
television news programs; publishes a column, Mind Matters™; and has just recently
published an inspiring and educational book entitled VIBRANT: To Heal and Be Whole From
India to Oklahoma City. Proceeds from the book will benefit the “Dr. R. Murali Krishna
Family Eliminate the Stigma of Mental Illness Award Endowed Fund” through the INTEGRIS
Foundation.
Post Conference: How to Create and Sustain a QI Culture in Your
Work Environment
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In an effort to continually provide quality services to the customers we serve, each public
health facility must have some form of an ongoing Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance
Program. These programs have various structures, roles and titles (Continuous Quality
Improvement, Total Quality Management, Performance Improvement, etc.) from facility to
facility that meet the individual needs of that facility. It is imperative that each facility’s
QI/QA program utilize a systematic approach to assessing and revising processes that
impact the quality of services provided.