Healthcare Challenges to Reaching Vulnerable Immigrant Worker Populations
A one-day conference for healthcare, government, & non-profit organizations providing services for immigrants
June 19, 2017
8:30am - 3:30pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Kent County Administration Building
Large Conference Room, Second Floor
555 Bay Road
Dover, DE
Sponsored by:
The Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health and
The Delaware Division of Public Health’s Office of Healthy Environments and
The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health and
The Migrant Clinicians Network
Click here to download the flyer.
REGISTRATION
Registration fee is $25.00 (includes continental breakfast and lunch).
- Please click here to register online or
- Click here to download the registration form to email or fax it to us. Instructions are on the form.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Physicians, nurses, public health nurses, social workers, non-profit organizations, community health & housing advocates, as well as companies employing immigrants or migrant workers.
LOCATION/DIRECTIONS
Kent County Administrative Complex
555 Bay Rd, Dover, DE 19901
Located Rt-113 Across from the Blue Hen Corporate Center
Offices: (302) 744-2300
Directions with Google Maps
AGENDA
| 8:00 - 8:30am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 8:45am | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 8:45 - 9:45am | Session 1: Challenges of reaching vulnerable immigrant populations for healthcare services Case Studies Presented by Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Migrant Clinicians Network | |
| 9:45 - 10:00am | Break | |
| 10:00 - 11:45am | Session 2: Occupational Health and Safety Challenges for Immigrant Worker Populations Topics: Agricultural OSH, Demographics, Sources of data, MSDs, Eyes/skin, Green tobacco illness, Pesticides, Heat stress, Machinery, Large animals, Safety interventions, Construction hazards, Falls, silica cement, Resources for prevention, Poultry infections Presented by Rosemary Sokas, MD, Georgetown University and John May, MD, Bassett Healthcare Network | |
| 11:45am - 12:30pm | Lunch | |
| 12:30 - 1:30pm | Panel Discussion: Healthcare services for vulnerable populations Moderated by Amy K. Liebman | |
| 1:30 - 1:45pm | Break | |
| 1:45 - 2:45pm | Panel Discussion: Advocacy groups for vulnerable immigrant populations | |
| 2:45 - 3:30pm | Closing remarks and turn in evaluation forms | |
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
5 Contact Hours from the Delaware Board of Nursing.
CONTACT INFO
Please contact Keith Choi, JHU Program Coordinator at kchoi@jhu.edu or 410-955-4088 if you have any questions or concerns with your registration.