15^th Annual Western Migrant Stream Forum

Trabajando Juntos: In the Field, Home & Community

 

January 27-29, 2006

Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront

Portland, OR

 

Registration brochure now available at www.nwrpca.org

Register soon - Deadline is December 23, 3005

 

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to network, share best practices, and learn from other migrant health professionals in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Arizona and Nevada!

 

 

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Workplace Safety & Health Interventions: A Participatory Workshop: Thursday, January 26, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

This participatory workshop will begin with typical problems encountered in promoting and maintaining workplace safety and health and community health for farmworkers: 

       1)    Evaluating Your Home-Based Promotora Women’s Health Education Program, Elizabeth Cartwright, PhD, Idaho State University

       2)    Certificates for Proper Bending and Lifting, Pamela Elkind, PhD, Eastern Washington University

       3)    Wine Grape Vineyard Case, Julia Faucett, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of California, San Francisco

       4)    Diabetes Dental Case, Sherri Lukes, RDH, MS, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Workshop is suitable for migrant clinic staff, promotoras, outreach workers, health educators, clinicians, and other health promotion professionals, as well as occupational safety and health professionals, and researchers. Facilitated by: Ted Scharf, PhD, National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety; John “Val” Valosen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Visit: http://www.nwrpca.org/conf/forum.php for more details.

 

 

SAMPLE WESTERN FORUM SESSIONS:

• Developing Successful Migrant Health Delivery Models and Funding Proposals
• HIV/AIDS: Prevention, Screening & Treatment intensive
• Growing New Leaders in Migrant Health: A Roundtable Discussion
• Addressing Obesity in a Farmworker Population
• Developing Promotora Programs
• A Popular Education Approach to Prenatal Education for High Risk Women
• Language Assistance Plans for Health Care Providers
• And many more!

 

 

Call (206) 783-3004 or visit www.nwrpca.org if you have any questions or need additional information.

 

 

 

 

The Western Forum is produced by Northwest Regional Primary Care Association

 in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care