The below conference is sponsored by Women's Health Virginia on June 13 in
Charlottesville. You can register online at www.womenshealthvirginia.org or
call 434-220-4500 to register by phone.
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Women's Health Virginia will be hosting its 11th Annual Conference on
Women's Health on Friday, June 13, Stepping Over the Lines--Young Women's
Risk-Taking, Time for Concern. It will focus on behaviors in which girls
and young women engage that pose significant health and wellness concerns,
and ways in which health professionals, educators, parents, peers and others
can help girls and young women develop healthier behavior and get help when
needed. The day-long program will be at Alumni Hall in Charlottesville.

We believe the conference will be of interest to health and education
professionals, parents, mentors, community organization leaders and others
who are concerned about girls, teens and young women. Women's Health
Virginia is applying for continuing education credits for physicians (AAFP),
nurses, dietitians, social workers and CHES. We will provide certificates
of attendance to other conferees who wish to use the program to meet
continuing education requirements.

As you can see from the attached schedule, speakers will discuss current
knowledge about why young people engage in such behaviors, including current
research on brain development; behaviors regarding sexuality and
relationships; the quest for perfection in academics, athletics and
appearance; violence, gang participation and other criminal acts; and
substance use and abuse; and best practices for intervention; available
resources and programs that address these concerns.

The luncheon keynote speaker will be Laura Sessions Stepp, Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist who specializes in covering teenagers and young
adults for the Style section of The Washington Post and author of Unhooked:
How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both
<http://www.amazon.com/Unhooked-Young-Women-Pursue-Delay/dp/1594489386/ref=p
d_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206294393&sr=1-1> and Our Last Best Shot:
Guiding our Children Through Early Adolescence.

In addition to the schedule, we are attaching a flier and the registration
form. We hope that you will post the flier if you have appropriate places
and distribute it, so that even more people can learn about this important
program. The cost, including materials, lunch, parking & continuing
education credits is $75, $40 for students. Registration with a credit card
is also available online at www.womenshealthvirginia.org
<http://www.womenshealthvirginia.org/> or by telephone at 434-220-4500.

We hope you will join us and will appreciate your help in making people
aware of the conference.

Best regards,

Miriam A. Bender, CEO
Women's Health Virginia



AGENDA
Women's Health Virginia 11th Annual Conference on Women's Health
Stepping Over the Lines-Young Women's Risk-Taking, Time for Concern

June 13, 2008 Alumni Hall, Charlottesville
8:00 - 8:40 a.m. Registration, Coffee, Visit Displays
8:40 - 8:50 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Miriam A. Bender, Chief Executive Officer, Women's
Health Virginia

8:50 - 9:30 a.m. What Is She Thinking?
Current understanding regarding when and why girls, teens and young women
engage in risky behaviors, including recent research on brain development
and how that development affects young women's judgment.

Rhoshel K. Lenroot, M.D., Clinical Fellow, National Institute of Mental
Health,
Child Psychiatry Branch

9:30 - 10:50 a.m. What is She Doing?
Behaviors, their consequences, trends, who's at risk, what's being done in
prevention and treatment

Striving for Perfection
Pressures in academics, athletics and appearance

Kathy R. Hollingsworth, Ph.D., Executive Director,
Counseling & Psychological
Services, Duke University

Looking for Love
Sexuality and relationships, including sexual activity, partner violence and
coercion

Dyan Aretakis, FNP, MSN, PNP, Project Director, Teen Health Center,
University of Virginia

10:50 -11:20 a.m. Break, Visit Displays

11:20 a.m.-1p.m. What is She Doing? (continued)

Getting a Buzz-or More
Substance use and abuse-tobacco, alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs,
inhalants

Martha Kurgans, LCSW, Substance Abuse Specialist, Virginia Dept. of
Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services

Stepping into Crime
Violence, especially girl on girl, and involvement in gangs

Korrie Allen, Psy.D., Asst. Professor, Division of Community Health &
Research,
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Benjamin Anthony, Gang Training Coordinator, Virginia Dept. of Juvenile
Justice

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Address

Hearing Their Voices: Lessons When Young Women Speak Up
What the speaker learned from interviews with and observations of teen girls
and young women

Laura Sessions Stepp, Journalist, The Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize winner
and author
of Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both and
Our Last Best Shot: Guiding our Children Through Early Adolescence


2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Helping In Time
Recognizing harmful behaviors, best practices for intervention, availability
of resources

Jeri L. Lantz, MD, FAAP, FACP, Assoc. Dir., Internal Medicine Medical
Education,
Carilion Clinic; Co-Medical Dir., Roanoke Adolescent Health Partnership

3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Making Better Choices
What health and education professionals, parents, peers, and others can do

Jennifer Bauerle, Ph.D. Director of Social Norms Institute, Elson Student
Health Center,
University of Virginia
Kristen Spicer, Ed. D., Assistant Principal, Buford Middle School,
Charlottesville
Wendi Wills El-Amin, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine,
University of Virginia