Health Outcomes Among Children & Families Living in Rural Communities- Agenda

Registration

Welcome and Introductions

Della Brown White, Ph.D.
Program Director, Division of Special Populations, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D.
NICHD, NIH

Yvonne T. Maddox, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, NICHD, NIH

Regina Smith James, M.D.
Director, Division of Special Populations, NICHD, NIH

Current State of Child Health in Rural Communities: Rural Context, Epidemiology, and Etiology

Moderator: Denise Dougherty, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, Child Health and Quality Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Growing Up Rural: An Overview of Children's Health Status in Rural America  (PDF - 1.7 MB)

Janice C. Probst, Ph.D.
Director, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, and Professor, Department of Health Services Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

Rural Perinatal Care: Risk, Process, and Outcomes

Mark Doescher, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Director, Washington-Wyoming-Alaska-Montana-Idaho (WWAMI) Rural Health Research Center, and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Washington

Break

Oral Health Among Mexican American Farmworker Children (PDF 1.37 MB)

Judith C. Barker, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine, and Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences, and Director, Center to Address Children’s Oral Health Disparities, University of California, San Francisco

Dietary and Herbal Supplement Use in Rural Communities: Implications for Child Health Outcomes  (PDF - 627 KB)

Paula Gardiner, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Director, Integrative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Panel Session Questions

Lunch (On Your Own)

Evidence-Based Prevention and Intervention Strategies

Moderator: James A. Griffin, Ph.D.,
Deputy Branch Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch, NICHD, NIH

Addressing Gaps in Rural Preventive Intervention Research Through Community-University Partnerships  (PDF - 2 MB)

Richard Spoth, Ph.D.
F. Wendell Miller Senior Prevention Scientist, Director, Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute, Iowa State University

Childhood Obesity: Strategies to Prevent Future Chronic Diseases (PDF - 1.33 MB)

Monica L.Baskin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Family Stress, Child Competence and School-Based Prevention: Building a Healthy Rural Population  (PDF - 2.17 MB)

Mark Greenberg, Ph.D.
Bennett Chair of Prevention Research, Director, Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University

Panel Session Questions 

Break

Recruitment and Retention of Hard-to-Reach and High-Risk Populations

Moderator: Gabriela Boscan
Program Services Manager, National Rural Health Association

Inclusion of Families of Children with Disabilities in Health Services Research  (PDF - 1.23 MB)

Alexandra Enders, OTR/L
Senior Research Associate, Research and Training Center on Rural Rehabilitation, Rural Institute on Disabilities, University of Montana

Stigma and Distrust: Engaging Marginalized Populations in Research/HIV Prevention Among Rural African American Youth (PDF - 182 KB)

Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D.
Betts Chair, Education and Human Development, Professor Human and Organizational Development; Director, Center for Research on Rural Families and Communities, Vanderbilt University

Tribal Experiences – Lessons to Guide Recruitment of Rural and Diverse Populations  (PDF - 1.32 MB)

Terry Batliner, D.D.S., M.B.A.
Associate Director, Center for Native Oral Health Research, and Associate Dean for Clinic Operations and Patient Services, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Denver

Panel Session Questions

Wrap up

Working Dinner (By Invitation Only)

"Walk in my Moccasins" An Insider’s View on engaging American Indian Communities in Efforts to Improve Health Outcomes on Children and Families Living in Rural Areas (PDF - 147 KB)

Keynote Speaker: Ms. Lora Church, M.P.A., M.S.
Member, National Institutes of Health Director’s Council of Public Representatives (COPR)

Strategies to Facilitate Future Research

Moderator: Aida B. Balsano, Ph.D.
National Program Leader, Child and Family Development, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture

Workforce Development in Rural Health Research (PDF - 290 KB)

Angeline Bushy, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., PHCNS-BC
Bert Fish Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair, Professor, Nursing, Daytona Campus, University of Central Florida, and Member, Multiracial and Multicultural Council, National Rural Health Association

Developing New Technologies to Support Research in Rural Communities  (PDF - 272 KB)

Yael Harris, Ph.D., M.H.S.
Director, Office of Health Information Technology and Quality, Health Resources and Services Administration

Building Academic-Community Research Partnerships in Rural Communities

Warren Jones, M.D., FAAFP
Director, Mississippi Institute for the Improvement of Geographic Minority Health (MIGMH), University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Former Director, American Academy of Family Physicians

Break

Building Partnerships Through the “National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity” (PDF - 1 MB)

Rochelle Rollins, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Division of Policy and Data, Office of Minority Health, and Chair, Federal Interagency Health Equity Team

Collaborative Funding Opportunities to Support Rural Health Research  (PDF - 640 KB)

William Elwood, Ph.D.
Coordinator, NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH

Panel Session Questions

Lunch (On Your Own)

Summary: Research Gaps and Future Research

Moderator: Robert A. Mays, Jr., Ph.D., M.S.W.
Deputy Director, Administration Office for Research on Disparities& Global Mental Health, Chief, Office of Rural Mental Health Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH

Summary Report 1: Prevention and Intervention Strategies

Questions

Summary Report 2: Recruitment and Retention Approaches 

Questions

Wrap Up

Adjourn