8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote: Bridging the divide: Safe vaccination conversations for rural and other communities |
Victor Wilburn, PhD
Chair and Professor of Child and Family Studies
Southeast Missouri State University |
Participants in this session will be presented with information about how rural communities function and contextualize life-saving vaccination information across race, ethnicity and socio-cultural backgrounds. |
10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Pandemic 2020: Hidden costs and lasting impacts |
Jane Lehman
Grant Project Director
Project: HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)
Lisa Tutskey, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Prevea Health |
Health disparities have garnered national attention during the pandemic. The most vulnerable in our communities have faced a double impact of health disparities and now, COVID-19. Participants in this session will discuss loss of connection and mental health issues across a broad spectrum, and the impact the pandemic had on populations suffering from Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). |
10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Chronic stress: The truth about pathways to health |
Geoffrey R. Swain, MD, MPH
Emeritus Professor, UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
President
Wisconsin Public Health Association |
Everybody has stress. But some people have the resources to mitigate that stress, while others experience chronic, “toxic” stress. This workshop will center its discussion on how chronic stress (like social and economic circumstances) “gets under the skin”, and how it strongly drives the likelihood that people – as individuals and as groups – will have healthier, or less healthy, lives. |
10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Vaccine issues in rural communities |
Victor Wilburn, PhD
Chair and Professor of Child and Family Studies
Southeast Missouri State University |
Participants in this session will learn valuable information about individuals from rural communities. Numerous questions about the culture, mindset and practices of individuals in rural communities will be discussed, including implications of vaccination efforts. |
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
Vaccine hesitancy: Myths, misnomers and the facts |
Sarah Lulloff, MD
Infections Disease Physician and Medical Director of Infection Prevention
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center |
This community session will provide a safe space to exchange robust vaccination information. We’ll debunk myths, provide facts backed by science and encourage discourse related to a variety of vaccinations (i.e. Influenza, MMR, COVID-19, etc.). Participants will leave with a better understanding of how safe and important vaccines are for the general health of humanity. Additionally, clear answers to questions like, “What is herd immunity?” and “How does it function?” will be answered. |
1 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. |
Youth, vaccination and what you’ve herd about immunity. |
Victor Wilburn, PhD
Chair and Professor of Child and Family Studies
Southeast Missouri State University |
Late in 2021, the CDC approved vaccinations for children five to 11 years old. Some communities rushed to have their children vaccinated while others were alarmed and angry. Participants in this workshop will gain perspective related to the thinking and impact that adding children to the vaccination discourse had on the pandemic. |
1 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. |
Power, privilege and leadership |
Eddie Moore
Founder and CEO
The Privilege Institute |
The CDC defines social determinants of health as conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of-life-risks and outcomes. Participants in this workshop will be exposed to information that provides real life examples of what this means. |
1 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. |
Vaccination: Rates, recommendations, responses and religion |
Bill Cayley, Jr, MD, MDiv
Adjunct Clinical Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Prevea Family Medicine Residency |
Participants will be presented with information about rates of vaccination according to religious self-identification, common themes in religious objection and general recommendations for responding to objections. The discussion will focus on general categories of objections in different faith communities. |
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. |
From barriers to breakthrough: Gifts of the pandemic |
Erika Villafuerte
Bilingual Director for Equity in Healthcare & Wellness
Salud First
Devon Christianson
Director
Aging & Disability Resource Center of Brown County
Colleen Messner, RN, BSN
Spanish Health Navigation Program
Casa ALBA Melanie
Dr. Sabrina Robins, PhD
Chief Operations Officer and Integrator
Abaxent, LLC |
A variety of new and excellent conventions for serving underserved populations emerged from the pandemic. Participants in this workshop will glean tools and useful information about the experiences of three organizations receiving Department of Health funding to support vaccination efforts targeted to culturally specific groups. |
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. |
Putting COVID-19 in our rear view mirror. So, what now? |
Katrina Severance, DO
Family Medicine Physician
Prevea Health |
COVID-19 has left an unforgettable impact on our lives. Images of masks and memories of being away from our loved ones will live in our collective conscience for years. Some people who were infected with COVID-19 have lingering symptoms for weeks or months after they begin to recover. You might know this as “long COVID.” Experts have coined a new term for it: post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Participants will learn about a broad range of long COVID symptoms and resources. |
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. |
Lessons and learnings from the 2020 pandemic |
LeKecia L. Lovett
CEO
Encompass Solutions, LLC
Mark Gideonsen, MD
Residency Faculty Physician
Prevea Health
Anna Nick (Destree), MS
Public Health Officer/Administrator
Brown County Health & Human Services – Public Health Division
Josh Thies
Executive Director
Options for Independent Living
Kenda Roman
Race Equity Consultant
IN*SPIRATION |
Participants will share their agency learnings and efforts to eliminate barriers related to health care access during the 2020 pandemic. |