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Session Type: Pre-Conference Event
Racial Disparities in Child and Maternal Health Outcomes: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research
The 2019 Zigler Policy Preconference, honoring the memory and legacy of Dr. Edward Zigler, will focus on racial disparities in child and maternal health, with a particular focus on perinatal health outcomes. Presentations by leading health disparities researchers, practitioners, and policymakers will identify key findings and research needs and discuss the translation to local, state, and federal programs and policies which seek to decrease health disparities and improve the well-being of children and mothers.
The 2019 Zigler Policy Preconference will feature keynote presentations by:
• Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health
• Rebecca Dineen, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Baltimore City Health Department and Co-lead, B’more for Healthy Babies
• Arline T. Geronimus, Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education and Associate Director & Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan School of Public Health
• Andrea K. McDaniels, award winning health reporter for The Baltimore Sun, will moderate a discussion following the keynote presentations
Time:
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm “Pre-Reception” with Spirit of 2044 attendees
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Zigler Pre-Conference
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Zigler Pre-Conference reception
Location: Hilton Baltimore - Holiday 6 Ballroom