Overview

Fourth Annual AcademyHealth Gender and Health Interest Group Meeting
Saturday, June 7, 2008
12:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Marriot Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, DC

Meeting Agenda

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Networking Lunch
Meet the Experts: Chloe Bird, Ph.D., RAND; Kristen Kjerulf, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; Alina Salganicoff, Ph.D., The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; Carol Weisman, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Sponsored by The Central Pennsylvania Center of Excellence for Research on Pregnancy Outcomes at Pennsylvania State University

1:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Amal J Khoury, Ph.D., M.P.H., interest chair, East Tennessee State University

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Gender and Health: Innovations in Policy, Research, and Health Care Delivery
Sponsored in part by The Jacobs Institute for Women's Health

Moderator:
Chloe Bird, Ph.D., RAND

Panelists:

• Christine Eibner, Ph.D., RAND
• D. Richard Mauery, M.S., M.P.H., The Jacobs Institute for Women's Health, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
• Patricia Rieker, Ph.D., Boston University
• Sarah Scholle, Ph.D., National Committee for Quality Assurance
  PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Break

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Access to Preventive Care and Primary Care among Vulnerable Women

Moderator:
Amal J Khoury, Ph.D., M.P.H., East Tennessee State University

Confirmed presentations/presenters include:

• Are Low Income Women More likely to Seek Primary Care if they Discuss Health Problems with their Family Planning Providers?
  Janet Bronstein, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
  PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides

• Preconceptional Health Promotion in Low-income Rural Communities: Preliminary Randomized Trial Results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS-II)
  Marianne Hillemeier, Ph.D., M.P.H., The Pennsylvania State University
  PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides

• Trends In Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Practices Among Women in Rural and Urban Areas of the United States
  J. Elizabeth Jackson, Ph.D., University of Washington
  PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides

5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Poster Session/Reception
Sponsored by Elsevier