LEAH/SAHC Teleconferences
Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Teleconference Date:
February 21, 2008

Topics:
Adolescent Access to Health Care

  • Where do teens go for care? Why does it matter?
  • How do policy and funding structures influence adolescents' and young adults' access to health care?
  • How can states tailor their system to improve access to care for all adolescents?
  • What are the access issues for children with special health care needs and older adolescents?

Presenters:

  • Laura P. Shone DrPH, MSW, University of Rochester
  • Peter Scal, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota
  • Jeanette Ziegenfuss, Doctoral Candidate, University of Minnesota

Moderator:

  • Mary Doyle, Konopka Institute

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Teleconference Date:
November 15, 2007

Topics:
Second in a two part series on the prevention and treatment of Adolescent Obesity:

  • Adolescent Obesity II - Best Practices in Public Health Interventions regarding Adolescent Obesity
    1. A state level overview of interventions addressing the issue; Recent state approaches: problems and solutions
    2. Youth discuss their perspectives on achieving a healthy weight
    3. Simple, usable, free tools and practical ways to work with youth to reduce adolescent obesity

Presenters:

  • Patricia Stewart, PhD, RD, Rochester University
  • Roberta H. Anding, M.S., R.D./L.D., C.D.E., C.S.S.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator:

  • Mary Doyle, Konopka Institute

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Teleconference Date:
September 20, 2007

Topics:
First in a two part series on the prevention and treatment of adolescent obesity:

  • Adolescent Obesity I: Overview and public health perspective of the new evidenced based Expert Committee Recommendations for the Prevention, Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Obesity
  • Physical activity interventions with an emphasis on the built environment approach

Presenters:

  • Bonnie A. Spear, PhD, RD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Nefertiti Durant, MD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Moderator:

  • Judith Siegel MS, LICSW, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

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Teleconference Date:
May 24, 2007

Topics:
Second In A Two Part Series On Adolescent Mental Health Issues:

  • Preventing Depression And Suicide In Adolescents
  • School And Community Based Mental Health Services

Presenters:

  • Lloyd Potter Ph.D, MPH, Children's Safety Network and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center
  • Cheryl DiCara, Maine Injury Prevention Program and Maine Youth Suicide Prevention Program

Moderator:

  • David Knopf, LCSW, MPH, LEAH Faculty, Children's Hospital at UCSF

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Teleconference Date: 
February 15, 2007

Topic:
Mental Health l: An overview of youth mental health issues
The four S’s

  • Statistics
  • Strategies (For dealing with barriers including stigma)
  • Screening
  • Systems of Care

Presenters:
Matt Aalsma, PhD, LEAH faculty at the Indiana University Medical Center
And
Gwendolyn J. Adam, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. - A.C.P., LEAH faculty at
Baylor College of Medicine.

Moderator:
Mary Doyle
Konopka Institute, University of Minnesota

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Teleconference Date:
October 19, 2006

Topic:
The call focused on untangling potential adolescent health controversies surrounding HPV, the vaccine for the Human Papilloma virus, emergency contraception, Plan B in particular, and a brief update on the current CDC recommendations on Chlamydia and HIV testing.

Presenters:
Erica Monasterio, MSN, RN, FNP, University of California, San Francisco
Mary Ott, MD, Indiana University Medical Center

Moderator:
Mary Doyle, Konopka Institute, University of Minnesota

Conference Materials:

Transcript 2nd Leah Conf. Call 10-06  (PDF)
Additional Resources on Emergency Contraception (PDF)
EC,EM (PPT)
HYD_bernat&resnick (PDF)
KAHN 2005 HPV Vaccine Review JAH (PDF)
LEAH 2nd Agenda x2 (PDF)
Moscicki2005 HPV Review JAH (PDF)
Presenter Bios (PDF)
Resources (PDF)
SAHC HPV talk 100806 (PPT)



 

Teleconference Date:
July 20, 2006

Topic:
Positive Youth Development: Measuring Protective Factors and Positive Outcomes

Presenters:
Dr. Michael Resnick of the University of Minnesota
Dr. Sydney McDonald, a fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Shirley L. Robinson Hankins of the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Conference Materials (PDF):

LEAH Transcript 07-06
AYDCLogicModelSimple
CTPosDevMeasures
CTpregnbrief
CTwhatworks
FFWhatGetsMeasuredGetsDone_Nov04
FFNov04AdditionalResources
LEAHfyiflyer
logicmodelschoolage
presenterbriefbios
Roth&BrooksGunn
teleconfoutline_7_20_06#2

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