Community Health Programs
Professional Development Opportunities (Noncredit Programs)

2012 Wisconsin Health Education Network (WHEN) Annual Meeting
Health Enhancement through Relationship Building and Cultural Connectivity

April 19, 2012 • Marriott Madison West • Middleton, Wis.

Participants will:

• review and discuss various means for health enhancement through relationship building and cultural connectivity;
• have opportunities to enhance their listening skills;
• examine local and regional examples regarding working with people of diverse cultural backgrounds;
• explore approaches for connecting with others that have added value in the settings represented by the attendees;
• network with colleagues and new contacts;
• recognize those receiving the 2012 Barbara A. Lange Memorial Award.

Printable 2012 Barbara A. Lange Memorial Award Flyer (2 page PDF)
To nominate someone for the Barbara A. Lange Memorial Awards, please click on the link above.

April 19, 2012
9 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Marriott Madison West, 1313 John Q. Hammons Dr., Middleton, Wis.
$89 Professional Fee (Includes breaks, luncheon, and resource materials)
$64 Student (full-time) Fee
$64 Senior Rate (65 yrs+) Fee
5 Category 1 CECH/MCHES
.5 CEUs

Agenda:

9-9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Gary D. Gilmore, MPH, Ph.D., MCHES Chair, Wisconsin Health Education Network

9:10-10:15 a.m.
PLENARY SESSION:

• Relationship Building and Cultural Connectivity from a Native American Perspective
  Donald Warne, MD, MPH | Director, MPH Program, North Dakota State University

10:15-10:30 a.m.
Networking Break

10:30-11:15 a.m.

• Relationship Building: Truly Listening and Relating to Those Around Us
  Ben Merens, MSJ | Wisconsin Public Radio, Milwaukee

11:15-11:40 a.m.

• Panel Discussion with the Presenters: Donald Warne and Ben Merens
  Panel moderator: Kurt Eggebrecht, M.Ed., CHES | Health Officer, Appleton Public Health Department

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Luncheon & the Barbara A. Lange Memorial Awards (2 page PDF)
To nominate someone for the Barbara A. Lange Memorial Awards, please click on the link above.

1-3 p.m.
PLENARY SESSION:

• Making Differences in Relationship Building and Cultural Connectivity
  Joenell Henry-Tanner, MPH Vice President of Health Equity, American Cancer Society-Midwest Division

  • Local and Regional Actions: Making a Difference
    Sandra Millon Underwood, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UW-M), School of Nursing
    Eric Krawczyk, MPH, CHES Community/Public Health, Oneida Nation
    Maichor Lee, Health Educator, La Crosse County Health Department
    Session Moderator: Mary Gothard, CHES, Wisconsin Division of Public Health

3-3:15 p.m.
Wrap-up and program evaluation

Accommodations: To make your own arrangements for a hotel room at the Marriott Madison West, 1313 John Q. Hammons Dr., Middleton WI 53562, please call 1.800.228.9290 for reservations or call the hotel directly at 608.831.2000.

Sponsors: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Community Health and UW-La Crosse Continuing Education and Extension

Printable Registration (1 page PDF)

Cancellation Policy: Full refund less $25 processing fee on/before March 30, 2012. No refunds on or after March 30. Substitutions will be accepted. Registration implies permission for photos, publicity & inclusion in a participant list unless Continuing Education and Extension is notified in writing prior to the program.

For questions about registration:
Karen DeSchepper, 608.785.6508, toll-free 1.866.895.9233 or kdeschepper@uwlax.edu
For questions about the program:
Dr. Gilmore, 608.785.8163 or ggilmore@uwlax.edu

Presenters:

Donald Warne, MD, MPH, is a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe from Pine Ridge, S.D., and comes from a long line of traditional Lakota leaders. He received his M.D. from Stanford University and his MPH from Harvard University and he has completed fellowships in Alternative Medicine from the Arizona Centre for Health and Medicine and in Minority Health Policy from Harvard Medical School. Warne is the former executive director of the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board in Rapid City, S.D.; a consortium of 18 tribes in four states.

Ben Merens is the host of "At Issue" - a current events call-in program which airs weekdays from on 90.7FM WHAD in Milwaukee and statewide on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio. As a speaker to business, civic and educational groups his message that PEOPLE ARE DYING TO BE HEARD has inspired people and changed their lives for the better. He is also the author of "Uni-Tasking: 25 Tips For Better Listening." The concept of "Uni-tasking" is to help people listen better, improve their relationships at home and improve their productivity at work.

Joenell Henry-Tanner, MPH, spent her entire public health career working to advance health equity. Over the past 18 years, she has assumed a program of work that supports her conviction that all individuals, regardless of socioeconomic status or race, deserve equal access to quality health care. Currently, in her role as Vice President of Health Equity for American Cancer Society’s Midwest Division, she provides strategic leadership to the Health Equity Dept., serves on the division’s senior strategy team, and provides consultation to other departments, including, patient services, research, policy, volunteerism and income development, to ensure the integration of disparities-reducing strategies enterprise-wide.

Sandra Millon Underwood, R.N., Ph.D., Professor at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, has taught a variety of courses that focus on research, health promotion, cancer control, cultural diversity in health care, and perspectives of health care systems. In addition, she served as the founding Director of the UW-M House of Peace Community Nursing Center. Sandra has engaged in a number of funded research projects focused on cancer education, cancer prevention, cancer control, genetics and genomics that have targeted at-risk populations of men, women and children who reside in urban communities, rural communities and communities beyond the contiguous U.S.

Eric Krawczyk is currently the Community/ Public Health Officer for the Oneida Nation. He has a Master of Public Health degree and a B.S. degree in Community Health Education, both from UW-La Crosse. He has worked for the Oneida Nation for over 22 years and is committed to making an impact in the Indian Country in both community and public health. Eric has served on many committees and boards for locally and nationally, representing both the Oneida Nation and other tribes throughout the U.S. He enjoys working in areas of public and community preparedness, leadership development and public speaking.

Maichor Lee received her B.S. degree in Community Health Education from UW-La Crosse. Lee has worked as a health educator at the La Crosse County Health Department for nearly 10 years. Her position in La Crosse County involves: communicable disease follow-up; facilitator for Freedom From Smoking Cessation Classes; healthy business screenings; Maternal Child Health home safety visits; promoting physical activity and nutrition education; and coordinating a breast and cervical cancer health fair for Hmong women.