PETALS Events

PAST CONFERENCES

2009:

Title:               "New Jersey's 10th Annual Perinatal Health Disparities Conference:
                        Improving Mental Health among Black Women, Children & Families"
Date:              September 22, 2009
Time:              8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location:       UMDNJ- Oral Health Pavilion, Newark, New Jersey

 

Speakers:

Kenneth Braswell

Renee Canady, PhD, MPA

Charles Dixon, MPA

Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPA

Linda Jones-Hicks, DO

William T. Owen, Jr., MD

Commissioner Kimberly Ricketts, M.Ed.

Melissa Rivera Marano, PsyD

Nadezhda Robinson, PhD

Linda Sloan Locke, CNM, MPH

Harriet A. Washington

Ilise Zimmerman, MPH, MS

Click here to read speakers biographies.

 

Sponsors:

Black Infant Mortality Reduction Resource Center

Central New Jersey Maternal & Child Health Consortium

Gateway Northwest Maternal & Child Health Network

Hudson Perinatal Consortium

New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services

Northern New Jersey Maternal/ Child Health Consortium

Regional Perinatal Consortium of Monmouth & Ocean Counties

Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative

The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey- School of Nursing

UMDNJ Center for Continuing and Outreach Education

Click here to read sponsor descriptions.       

     

2008

Title:            "New Jersey's 9th Annual Perinatal Health Disparities Conference:
                     Celebrating Minority & Multicultural Health Month"
Date:           September 4, 2008
Time:           8:00 am - 4:15 pm
Location:    UMDNJ- Oral Health Pavilion, Newark, New Jersey

Speakers & Biographies: 

Honorable Mayor Cory Booker
Stephanie Bush-Baskette, Esq., PhD
Karen L. Clark, MBA
Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH
Linda Holmes, MPA
Commissioner Heather Howard
Fleda Mask Jackson, PhD
Marsha Jackson, CNM, MSN, FACNM
Tonya Lewis Lee, Esq.
Shafia Monroe, CM
William T. Owen, Jr., MD
Gail Rivera-DelValle, CNM, MSN
Denise V. Rodgers, MD
Linda Sloan-Locke, CNM, MPH
Commissioner Jennifer Velez
Shirley White-Walker
Nakia Williams
Illise Zimmerman, MPH, MS

 

Sponsors:

 

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services:

• Office of Minority & Multicultural Health

• Reproductive & Perinatal Health Services

Northern New Jersey Maternal/Child Health Consortium:

• Black Infant Mortality Reduction Resource Center

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- School of Nursing

Saint Barnabas Health Care System

Horizon NJ Health

Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative

March of Dimes -New Jersey Chapter

Central New Jersey Maternal and Child Health Consortium

PAC-LAC  (Perinatal Advisory Council: Leadership, Advocacy and Consultation)

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Conference Program: 

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Conference Highlights: 

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2007

The Black Infant Mortality Reduction Resource Center and the March of Dimes NJ Chapter's Annual Perinatal Health Disparities Summit:

 

Title:            "Making the Connection: The Health of Black Women"
Date:         June 11, 2007 
Time:         8:00 am - 3:30 pm 
Location:    Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers - The State University of NJ

 

 

Speakers & Presentations:

 

Philip Bonaparte, MD         -  "Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension & Diabetes"
Gail Christopher, DN          -  "Social Determinants of Health & Birth Outcomes"
Catherine Fisher Collins     -   Not Available
Diane Ashton, MD, MPH      -  "Disparities in Birth Outcomes for African-American Women"
Denise Rodgers, MD          -    "Call to Action"

 

Click on Conference Brochure to view the events of the day.

Click on Conference Picture to view a picture of the conference.

 

PREVIOUS TRAININGS

The Black Infant Mortality Reduction Resource Center sponsored a Free Cultural Competency Conference:

Title:          "Cultural Competency: Reducing Racial & Ethnic Health
                    Disparities in Birth Outcomes"
Date:          November 15, 2007
Time:          6:00 pm - 9:00pm
Where:       The Stony Hill Inn - Hackensack, NJ
Price:          Free! 
Info:            CME Credits available for physicians.
                    CEU credits available for Nurses & Social Workers.

Click on Conference Brochure to view the brochure.

Click on Conference Picture to view a picture of the Cultural Competency Conference.

 

 

                 Event:        Missionary Fellowship Baptist Church
                              Family Health Awareness Day
                 Date:          September 20, 2008
                 Location:   Newark, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

                  Event:         Speaking of Courage Reception

                  Date:           November 6, 2007

                Location:    Montclair, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

                    Event:        Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

                                     Women's Health Conference 

                    Date:          May 19, 2007            

                    Location:    Paterson, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

                     Event:       Ease Your Mind Relaxation Brunch 
                     Date:         March 29th, 2007 
                     Location:   South Orange, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

                Event:         BIMRR Center Legislative Day 
                  Date:           March 12th, 2007 
                Location:     Trenton, NJ

 

 

 

 

                 Event:        Z-Hope Award Presented to BIMRR Center in 
                              support of PETALS Program by the      
                              ZETA Rhou Tau Zeta Chapter
                 Date:           February 24th, 2007
                 Location:    Paterson, NJ

 

 

 

The Black Infant Mortality Reduction Resource Center is made possible through a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

 

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