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Agenda & Objectives

Conference Description

School health centers are the leading force within the health care safety net for ensuring that at-risk young people (5-18) have patient-centered medical homes in North Carolina. This program is designed to address contemporary and emerging health care issues for school-aged children and adolescents, especially the dominant factors in lifetime health: lifestyle choices about eating, activity, alcohol, drugs, and self-activation to manage stress and chronic conditions.

Target Audience

Physicians, NPs, PAs, Nurses, Social Workers, Psychological Associates, Health Educators, School Personnel, and others who want to learn more about school-based and school-linked health centers.

Conference Objectives

  • Examine binge drinking, new areas of substance abuse, and treatment options.
  • Discuss how school health centers fit into public education and methods to enhance that relationship. Examine the positive effects of yoga techniques in school health center treatments.
  • Examine the latest recommendations on adolescent vaccines and methods to increase uptake of vaccines in school settings.
  • Review the principles of an evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention model and how they can be applied to delivery of care in school health centers.
  • Discuss methods of initiating and providing dental care in school health centers.
  • Identify collaborations with NC HealthNet and the NC Center for Excellence for Integrated Care that will improve center operations and services.
  • Recognize child abuse and neglect, including available resources for addressing the issue.
  • Discuss how a case statement and friend-raising will build financial support for centers.
  • Examine the state of school health centers from both the state and national perspective and the effects from health care reform.

Agenda

Monday, December 5th

8:00 am to 5:00 pm Registration [Washington Lobby]

8:00 am to 12:00 pm Exhibit and Poster Set Up [Lincoln Room]

9:00 to 12:00 NCSCHA Board of Directors Meeting/Mini Retreat [Great Harvest Private Dining Room]

12:00 to 1:00 NCSCHA Board of Directors Luncheon [Great Harvest Private Dining Room]

12:00 to 1:00 Visit displays from Health Centers in the Washington/Jefferson Room and exhibits from Supporters and Silent Auction items in the Lincoln Room

1:00 to 2:45 Pre-Opening Concurrent Workshops:

  • Binge Drinking/Substance Abuse: Thomas Szigethy, MA, Associate Dean of Students/Director, Duke Student Wellness Center, Duke University
  • Public Education & the Health of the Public: Where You Fit, What You Can Do
    • -Rebecca Reeve, PhD, Director of Research Program, NC Center for Health & Wellness, UNC-Asheville
    • -Julie Knaack, MPH, RD, LDN, Health Promotion Manager, NC Prevention Partners
    • -Heidi Carter, MMSPH, Maternal & Child Health; Vice Chair, Durham Public Schools, Board of Education

2:45 to 3:00 Break [Lincoln Room]; Visit displays from Health Centers in the Washington/Jefferson Room and exhibits from Supporters and Silent Auction items in the Lincoln Room

3:00 to 4:45 Pre-Opening Concurrent Workshops:

  • Yoga Techniques in Treatment
    • -Anne Derouin, DNP, CPNP, Duke University School of Nursing, Duke Community & Family Medicine
    • -Donna Eash, LCSW, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, Adolescent Substance Abuse, Duke Children’s Hospital
  • Special Needs Children
    • -Don Stedman, PhD, Dean Emeritus, School of Education, UNC-CH; Co-Founder of New Voices
    • -Olson Huff, MD, Pediatrician, Author, Consultant, Founding Medical Director Mission Children’s Hospital, Chair, Board of Directors, NC Partnership for Children
    • -Joshua Alexander, MD, FAAP, FAAPMR, Director, Children’s Rehabilitation Program, UNC-CH
    • -Sandy McMillian, retired IBM Executive, former chair of New Voices Foundation, Director of School Programs for New Voices.
    • -Kay McMillian, senior honors student at Leesville High School in the Wake County Public Schools. A star of the nationally acclaimed documentary “Certain Proof – A Question of Worth.”

5:00 to 6:30 Twilight Reception with Cash Bar (all attendees invited) [Caucus Room]
(Sponsored by New Voices and Helen & Don Stedman)


Tuesday, December 6th

7:30 am to 4:00 pm Registration [Washington Lobby]
Visit displays from Health Centers in the Washington/Jefferson Room and exhibits from Supporters and Silent Auction items in the Lincoln Room

7:30 to 8:30 Breakfast [Lincoln Room]
Take Breakfast to Roundtables for Regional Meetings in Washington/Jefferson Room – Locate tables from Eastern or Western region for introductions, networking, and discussion of mutual issues.

8:30 to 8:45 Opening Plenary [Washington/Jefferson Ballroom]
Welcome and Introductions

  • Steve North, MD, NCSCHA President; Connie Parker, NCSCHA Executive Director

8:45 to 9:30 Opening Plenary

  • Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program Applications for NC School Health Centers
    • -Michael A. Carrera, PhD, The Children’s Aid Society, Director, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program; Thomas Hunter Professor of Health Sciences, Hunter College of the City of NY; Adjunct Professor of Community Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NY

9:30 to 9:45 Break [Lincoln Room]
Visit displays from Health Centers in the Washington/Jefferson Room and exhibits from Supporters and Silent Auction items in the Lincoln Room

9:45 to 10:45 Concurrent Breakouts:

  • Polycystic Ovary Disease: MD, MPH, Family Physician and Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Bakersville Community Medical Center, Bakersville, NC
  • CHIPRA Connect: Integrating Behavioral Health Practices in Primary Care
    • -Marie Dover, MS, LMFT, Clinical Coordinator, NC Foundation for Advanced Health Programs
    • - Regina Dickens, EdD, LCSW, Program Director, NC Center of Excellence for Integrated Care
  • Dental Care in School Based Health Centers
    • -Regina Smith, MSN, FNP-C, Program Director, First Health of the Carolinas
    • -Cara Haywood, RN, BSN, First Health of the Carolinas

10:45 to 11:00 Break [Lincoln Room]
Visit displays from Health Centers in the Washington/Jefferson Room and exhibits from Supporters and Silent Auction items in the Lincoln Room

11:00 to 12:00 Concurrent Breakouts:

  • Case Statement + Friendraising = $
    • -Molly Knopf, MSW, State Relations Director, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC)
    • -Laura Brey, MS, BA, Training Director, NASBHC
  • Increasing Uptake of Adolescent Vaccines in NC School Health Centerss
    • -Ashley Leighton, MPH, Project Coordinator, Cervical Cancer-Free NC, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
    • -Cathy DeMason, RN, BSN, Director, Rockingham County Student Health Center
  • Evaluating Access to Care in NCSHCs Program: Daniel Garson-Angert, MHA, PhD, Program Consultant & Contract Administrator, NC School Health Centers Program, Division of Public Health

12:00 to 12:30 Poster Session - Visit posters in Washington, Jefferson, & Lincoln Rooms

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Awards Luncheon [Washington/Jefferson Ballroom]

12:45 to 1:30 NC Teen Health Alliance Year in Review - NCTHA Youth Members and Parrish Ravelli, Coordinator

1:30 to 2:00 Awards Presentation:

  • Supreme Champion for School Health & School Health Centers
  • School Superintendent Providing Extraordinary Support to School Health Centers

2:00 to 2:15 Break [Lincoln Room]
Visit displays from Health Centers in Washington/Jefferson Room exhibits from Supporters and Silent Auction items in the Lincoln Room

2:15 to 3:15 Concurrent Breakouts:

  • Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect
    • Deborah Flowers, MSN, CPNP, Program Coordinator/Nurse Consultant, NC Child Medical Evaluation Program, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • North Carolina HealthNet Networks: Wake Up & Smell the Collaboration
    • -Anne Braswell, Senior Analyst for Research & Demonstrations, NC HealthNet Program Director; and CCNC-UP Program Director, NC Office of Rural Health & Community Care
  • The Latest Development in Adolescent Vaccinations
    • Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine; Director, NC Child Health Research Network; Associate Director, Community Engagement NC TraCS Institute - Child Health Core Home of the UNC-CH Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA)

3:20 to 3:50 Closing Plenary [Washington/Jefferson Ballrooms]

  • State of SBHC from the National Perspective and NC Federal Grant Recipient Panel
    • -Molly Knopf, MSW, State Relations Director, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC)
    • -Panel of NC Recipients of Federal Capital Grants

3:50 to 4:00 Door Prizes & Auction Winner Announcements