• From Conflict to the US: Refugee Mental Health
• Waite House: We Are Family
• Sow the Seeds: Co-ops, Shoppers, and Community Unite to Assist Farmers
• Public Health and the Media: An Uneasy Partnership During Disasters
• The Cost of Caring: Healers’ Healing and Resiliency in the Aftermath of Disaster
• The Return to Work Post-Disaster: What Can Employers do to Support Employees?
• Virtual Disaster Exposure and Children’s Mental Health
• Children and the Media: What Happens When Disasters Unfold in Our Homes?
• Anticipating the Unthinkable: Emergency Preparedness Online Training

• Effects of War on Children’s Mental Health
• Gender-based Violence During Military Conflict
• Coming Home From War: The Challenges for Service Members and Their Families
• Reproductive Health and War
• The Long-lasting Impact of War on the Environment
• New Neighbors/Hidden Scars Program of the Center for Victims of Torture

• Disparity and Dispossession, Hope and Healing: Health in American Indian Communities
• Historical Trauma: American Indians Recovering from Abuses of the Past
• The Challenge of Infant Mortality
• Health Research in American Indian Communities
• Indian Parents Program Helps Raise a New Generation
• Understanding Infant Deaths: The Aberdeen Area Perinatal Infant Mortality Review Committee

• Can Improving Maternal Oral Health Reduce Preterm Birth?*
• Changing Policies, Improving Dental Health: Reducing Soft Drink Sales at School
• Low Income Children Have Difficulty Accessing Dental Care
• Minnesota Head Start Takes Action for Oral Health
• Bringing Smiles to Children in St. Paul and Ramsey County

*Updated article on periodontal disease and preterm birth from November 2, 2006 NEJM

Powerpoints:

• The Status of Oral Health for Children and Youth
  Diane Benjamin, Outreach Director, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health
• Dental Health Screening and Fluoride Varnish Application.
  Dr. Amos Deinard, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.
• Minnesota’s Early Head Start Oral Health Campaign.
  Gayle Kelly, Director, Minnesota Head Start Association. Tracy Wilcox, Arrowhead Community Action.
• Improving Children’s Oral Health: Healthy Vending in Schools.
  Patricia Glasrud, Minnesota Dental Association.

• The School Environment and Health: Public Health Challenges and Achievements
  Jeanne Rogge Steele, PhD
• Bullying in Schools: Definition, Prevalence, and Prevention Strategies
  Marla Eisenberg, ScD, MPH and Elizabeth Ralston, BA
• Relational Aggression: Girls Can be Mean, Too
• The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
• Division of Epidemiology and Community Health Faculty: Developing School-Based Interventions to Create Better World for Youth
• Working in Schools: Insight and Advice from Veteran Researchers
  Konopka Institute Launches Minnesota Youth Community Learning Initiative
• The Narrow Focus of No Child Left Behind: No Focus on Special Education or Health
  Minnesota State Senator Steve Kelley
• North Dakota Contemplates How to Measure Height and Weight in Schools
• Sexuality Education for Students with Disabilities
• Working with the Legislature to Promote Teen Sexual Health

• The “Healthy Migrant” Effect
  Katherine Fennelly, PhD
• Healing by Heart
  Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, MD, MA, Dorothy E. Vawter, PhD, Phua Xiong, MD, Barbara Babbitt, BSN, RN, MA, Mary Solberg, PhD, MSW
• Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrants
  Audrey Singer, PhD
• Will Minnesota Continue to be a National Leader in Health Care for Low-Income Pregnant Immigrant Women?
  Kathleen McDonough, JD
• Recommendations from the Minnesota Commissioners’ Task Force on Immigrant Health
  Patricia Ohmans, MPH
• UMOS Inc. Hispanic and Migrant Cultural Competence
  Mary Ann Borman, PhD

• Integrating Public Health, Mental Health and Special Education Perspectives to Address the Mental Helath Needs of CYSHCN
  Glenace E. Edwall, PsyD, LP, Cindy Shevlin-Woodcock, MA and Sarah Thorson, BSW
• Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Problems Among CYSHCN
  Joän M. Patterson, PhD, LP
• Seamless Mental Health Services in a School Setting
  Michael Quesnell, PhD
• Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative Within Minnesota Head Start
  Catherine Wright, MS and Ann W. Garwick, RN, PhD, LP
• The Minnesota Individual Interagency Intervention Plan (IIIP)
  John Hurley, MHA and Barbara Leonard, RN, PhD, FAAN

Powerpoints:

• Mental Health of CYSHNC
  Joän Patterson, PhD; Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
• Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Problems among CYSHCN
  Joän Patterson, PhD; Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
• School-Based Mental Health Consultative and Collaborative Series: The St. Cloud Model of Mental Health Triage and Mobile Wellness
  Michael D. Quesnell, PhD; Safe Schools/Healthy Students, St. Cloud
• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  Sarah Thorson; BSW, Minnesota Children with Special Health Care Needs, Minnesota Department of Health.
• Children’s Mental Health: Systems of Care
  Glenace E. Edwall, Psy.D., Ph.D., LP; Director, Children’s Mental Health Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services
• The Special Education Perspective
  Cindy Shevlin-Woodcock, Interagency/Mental Health Specialist,Minnesota Department of Education

• Pregnancy Intention: Why do we measure it and can we measure it?
  Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD
• Family Planning and Environmental Health: Six Billion and Counting
  Liz Radel and Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD
• The Dynamics of Contraceptive Vigilance
  Carolyne Swain, MS and Cathleen Conway-Johnson, PhD
• Family Planning: The Policies and Politics
  Amy K. Brugh, MPH
• Planned Parenthood of Wicsconsin and City of Milwaukee Health Department Collaboration Benefits City’s Underserved
  RoseMary Oliveira

• Children’s Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks
  Amy Lockheart
• Children Living in a Perilous Environment
  William Toscano, Jr., PhD
• Preventing Pollution Protects Children
  Kathleen Schuler, MPH
• Keeping Children Safe from Toxic Substances
  Marjorie Vigoren, BS

• The Impact of Childhood Poverty on Health and Development
  Charles Oberg, M.D., MPH
• How is Poverty Defined in America? Diane Benjamin, MPH
• Childhood Poverty: Pathways and Programs
  Arturo Sesma, Jr., Ph.D.
• Who Will Care for the Kids? Child Poverty on the Great Plains
  Kerstin Gorham, MA
• How are the Children? Five Action Areas to Promote Healthy Communities
  Luanne Nyberg, MPA
• Baby Steps: Helping Children in Poverty Get Off to a Strong Start
  Barbara Huus, MS, BSN

Powerpoints:

• Baby Steps (965KB)
  Barbara Huus, MS, BSN
• Childhood Poverty’s Impact on Health & Development (941KB)
  Charles N.Oberg, MD, MPH
• How are the Children? Five Action Areas to Promote Healthy Communities(63KB)
  Luanne Nyberg, Senior Policy Analyst
  Hennepin County
  Minh Ta, Legislative Director
  Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota
• The Effects of Poverty on Child Development(261KB)
  Arturo Sesma, Jr., Ph.D.
  Applied Devlopmental Researcher
  Search Institute

• The Epidemiology of Asthma Among Children in the U.S.
  Joãn Patterson, Ph.D.
• Risk and Protective Factors Associated for Childhood Asthma
  Paul Kubic, M.D.
• Children with Asthma and Welfare Reform
  Deborah Schlick
• Health Policy and Pediatric Asthma in Minnesota
  Gail Brottman, M.D.
• Working Together: Schools, Clinics, and Families Help Control Kids’ Asthma
  Stephanie Bisson Belseth, RN, MAN, LSN, CPNP
• Institute of Medicine Report on Environmental Exposures Associated with Asthma
• Minnesota Targets Inner-City Asthma
• News from MDH on Implementation of the Asthma State Plan

• The Epidemiology of Physical Activity Among Americans
  Jamie Stang, Ph.D., MPH, RD
• Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Physical Activity
  Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD
• Physical Inactivity, Land Use Patterns, and Public Policy
  Kathryn H. Schmitz, Ph.D., MPH
• “Partners in Health” – Promoting Physical Activity with Pedometers. Does it Work?
  Rebecca Lindberg, MPH, RD, LD
• Successful Minnesota Programs Increase Physical Activity
• Research on Girls & Women in Sport
• News from MDH on Physical Activity Promotion

Powerpoints:

• Promoting Physical Activity with Pedometers. Does it work? (20.2MB)
  Rebecca Lindberg, MPH, RD, LD, Center for Health Promotion
• Highlights: Minnesota
  efforts to promote physical activity
  Chris Kimber, MS, RD, H/FI, Physical Activity Promotion Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Health.
• Physical activity, Environment and Policy: The link between physical inactivity, land use patterns, and transportation
  (416K) or larger version with pictures (20.7 MB)
  Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota.
• Epidemiology of Physical Activity and Inactivity
  Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology.

• Depression and Suicide: Treatable and Preventable Community Mental Health Indicators
  Candy Kragthorpe, MSW, LGSW
• Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Children’s Mental Health
  Joän M. Patterson, Ph.D.
• The Importance of Promoting Mental Health in Early Childhood
  Amy R. Susman-Stillman, Ph.D.
• Good Mental Health Care Evolves from Good Public Policies
  Joan Sykora, Ph.D.
• Health Realization: The Vehicle That Brings You to the Heart of Your Community
  Alice L. Poulter