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Improving Children's Health Through Community-Engaged Research Workshop
Reception - April 22, 2010

Workshop - April 23, 2010

 

Hosted by: Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research, University of Michigan

 

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Cosponsored by:

• City Connect Detroit
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
• Washtenaw County Public Health Department

Location:

Holiday Inn, Ann Arbor

3600 Plymouth Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

 

Agenda: Click Here for the Agenda

 

The aims of the workshop are to promote community engaged research around the health of children and youth; increase the knowledge and commitment to conduct rigorous cross-disciplinary research in order to improve health outcomes; to identify effective strategies for project development, implementation, and dissemination in community engaged research; and to bring together individuals and institutions devoted to child health promotion and disease prevention and research. The didactic and active sessions will provide opportunities to dig deeper into issues at all stages of community engaged research, as well as exploring dissemination beyond publication, and how research can inform policy. 

 

Speakers include internationally recognized leaders in community engaged, implementation science, and child health research, including: 

• Lawence W. Green, DRPH, one of the developers of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model, which has been used throughout the world to guide health program intervention design, implementation, and evaluation;

• Michael Cabana, MD, MPH Chief, Division of General Pediatrics Director, research interests include asthma, pediatric health services research, quality care, primary prevention of asthma, practice variation, probiotics, physician prescribing patterns and physician practice patterns, with community health interest is high school mentoring;

• Sarah Flicker, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, research interests include youth health, HIV, urban health, health promotion, ethics, the social determinants of health, and community-based participatory research.

6 CME Credits will be provided.

 

Hotel accomodations:

• The Dahlmann Campus Inn
  615 E. Huron Street
  Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  (800) 666-8693
  http://www.campusinn.com/index.html
  Group # 3228

   

  Holiday Inn, Ann Arbor
  3600 Plymouth Road
  Ann Arbor, MI 48105
  (734) 769-9800
  MICHR Workshop - April 22 & 23 Reservation Link

  Group Name: UM MICHR APTR Conference

Please be aware that portions of this workshop will be videotaped, audio-recorded, or photographed. By registering for the workshop, you are indicating your awareness of this fact and your permission to be videotaped, audio-recorded, or photographed for educational purposes.

 

 

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