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The Conference on Tobacco and Chronic Diseases Among Vietnamese-Americans will consist of both plenary and break-out roundtable/panel
discussion sessions. Contents covered in overlapping break-out roundtable/panel
discussions will include the following with a special focus on immigrants:
language access, health issues and healthcare
access and economic issues.
Friday, May 16
4:00 PM Registration and Social
Hour
4:45 PM Welcoming Remarks by
Co-Sponsoring Organizations
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Hoang Tran, JD - Board Chairman,
Asian Pacific Tobacco-Free Coalition of Minnesota (APTFCM)
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Yen Pham -
Executive Director,
Vietnam Social Service
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Marc Manley, MD, MPH
- Director,
Center for Tobacco Reduction and Health Improvement, Blue Cross Blued Shield of
Minnesota
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David Willoughby -
Executive Director,
Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco
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5:15 PM Session - "How the
Tobacco Industry Targets Communities of Color"
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Steven Foldes, Ph.D. -
Senior Research Investigator, Center for Tobacco Reduction and Health
Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Lead Researcher, DREGAN
Project (Diverse Racial Ethnic Groups and Nations)
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6:30 PM Dinner and
Entertainment - Lucky Dragon Restaurant
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Bui Diem
- former Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the U.S.
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Saturday, May 17
8:30 AM Registration
9:00 AM Introductory Remarks
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Nghi Huynh - President, Asian Community Health Center
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9:10 AM Introductory Remarks
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"The
Changing Health Care Needs of the Vietnamese Community"
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Nguyen Mau Trinh, R.Ph. - Founding
President, Vietnamese Pharmacist Association of Northeast U.S.
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10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM State and Federal Health Programs
Targeting Vietnamese Communities
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Gloria Lewis, Ph.D. - Director, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of
Health
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Mildred Hunter,
MSW, M.P.H. - Regional Minority Health Coordinator, Region V, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
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10:35 AM Diabetes in Vietnamese and other
Southeast Asians in Minnesota
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Allison Rick, M.P.H.
- Minnesota Diabetes Program
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11:15 AM Diabetes a Brief Cultural
Experience
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Linda Ngoc Nguyen, M.A.
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11:30 AM Lunch Speaker -
"Voice Your Health
Care Needs"
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Nguyen Ngoc Bich - Scholar,
Educator, former President, National Association of Vietnamese American
Education
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1:00 PM "Breast and Cervical Cancer Education Program
Activities"
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Ashley Tuyet Nguyen - Coordinator,
Breast and Cervical Education Program, Vietnamese Social Services
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1:45 PM "Nutrition
for Better Health"
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Win Terrell, R.N. -
St. Paul Public Health Center (Ret.)
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2:15
PM "The DREGAN Project (How Culture Influences Tobacco Use"
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Nina Alesci, M.P.H. -
Research Project Manager, Center for Tobacco Reduction and Health Improvement,
BCBS
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Yanat Chhith, M.A. - DREGAN Project
Manger
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3:15 PM Concluding Remarks
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Hung Nguyen
- President, National Congress of Vietnamese Americans
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3:30
PM Adjourn
4:00 PM Reception
* The above schedule is current as of
May 11, 2003. It is subject to change without prior notice.
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