Translating Knowledge into Action - Public Health Program Shares Findings at APHA Health Equity Conference
The College of Health Sciences’ Department of Public Health had a strong showing at the American Public Health Association 2018 meeting held in late November in San Diego, California, with professors and students presenting in panel discussions and poster sessions at the event. The theme of the 2018 meeting was creating the healthiest nation via health equity.
Dr. Thenral Mangadu, associate professor of Public Health, presented at the APHA panel on "Strategies to Implement Behavioral Health Services in Practice Settings: A Mental Health and ATOD collaborative session." Her presentation was titled "Addressing Mental Health and Trauma as Risk Contexts in Substance Use Disorder and HIV Prevention among Minority Women in US-MX Border Communities." Co-authors included community research partners Drs. João Ferreira-Pinto, Max Orezzoli and Emre Umucu, and Isaac Duran, Rebecca Gallegos, Joy Leos, Rebecca Robles and Virginia Rueda. The presentation focused on how the Mujer Saludable, Familia Feliz program holistically addresses trauma related contexts and risk for HIV and substance use disorders.
Dr. Mangadu was also a lead author of a poster titled "Building skills of Male Champions in Menstrual Management: Young Men Lead in Teaching How to use the Cycle Beads," a project with her Global HIV Research Alliance partner, InPacT, Uganda. Co-authors included Alvin Muhwezi and Joseph Ggita from Innovation Program for Community Transformation (InPact), Kanungu, Uganda. This poster was presented in the International Health Poster Session for Reproductive and Sexual Health. MPH student Ricardo Silver also attended the conference and participated in the presentations.
Dr. Jeannie Concha, assistant professor of Public Health, and her students Zoraida Espinoza and Renee Orrantia presented findings from two of Dr. Concha’s studies, The Diabetes GarageTM and the Community Assessment for Men’s Diabetes Risk. Dr. Concha’s projects received special recognition by the APHA Latino Caucus.
Go Miners!