DELAWARE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

National Public Health Week 2019

This calendar was compiled by the Partnership for Healthy Communities, a Community Engagement Initiative at the University of Delaware, for our campus and community partners. The calendar includes events both on and off UD’s campus. Please check each listing for attendance information, as not all events are open to the general public. Events on this calendar are subject to change. Please contact the person or website listed for each event for more details.

National Public Health Week (NPHW) is sponsored by the American Public Health Association (APHA) and is April 1- 7, 2019. This calendar extends through April 14th to cover events in honor of NPHW planned after UD and other groups return from spring break. To get involved with Delaware’s state APHA affiliate, contact the Delaware Public Health Association,

Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/1 13th Behavioral Health Consortium • Location: Senate Hearing Room, Legislative Hall, 411 The Behavioral Health Consortium is an advisory body comprised Legislative Ave, Dover, DE 19901. 1:00 – of community advocates, law enforcement, healthcare • Attendance: Meeting is open for public comment 3:00 pm professionals, and state leaders that assess and outline an • Cost: Free integrated plan for action to address prevention, treatment, and • Contact: Sydney Garlick, [email protected] recovery for mental health, substance use, and co-occurring • Website: https://ltgov.delaware.gov/behavioral-health- disorders. consortium/

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 4/2 – 4/4 HOSA State Leadership Conference • Location: STAR Health Sciences Complex More than 700 high school students from across DE will travel to • Attendance: Only open to participating HOSA clubs UD’s STAR Health Sciences Complex to compete in the HOSA • Cost: Free State Leadership Conference. HOSA is an international student • Contact: Brooke Cycyk, Program Manager, HOSA-Future organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and Health Professionals, DE Department of Education, the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. All winners [email protected] will be invited to represent the state of Delaware at the HOSA • Website: http://delawarehosa.org/ International Leadership conference in June.

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 1

Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/2 Your LGBTQ+ Client: Providing Culturally Responsive • Location: Wilmington Hospital, Brandywine Conference Services Center, Rooms 3 & 4 12:00 Along with other partner updates, this presentation will be made • Attendance: Open to helping professionals serving the – at the Greater Wilmington Community Partnership Meeting greater Wilmington area 1:30 pm hosted by Christiana Care Health System • Cost: Free • Contact: Linda Brittingham, Corporate Director, Social Work, Christiana Care Health System, [email protected] • Additional Details: Join by phone using this toll-free number: 1- 844-454-7164; Participant code: 1131272912# PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: CULTURAL COMPETENCY; SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH 4/3 National Public Health Week 2019 Twitter Chat • Location: Twitter (#NPHWchat) • Attendance: Open to anyone on Twitter 2:00 pm This year, APHA will host its ninth annual National Public Health • Cost: Free – Week Twitter Chat on Wednesday, April 3 at 2 pm ET. We'll chat • Contact: Sponsored by APHA. RSVP at 3:00 pm about all things public health, celebrate everything public health https://www.twtvite.com/9f6k2e8tn5 and follow @NPHW has accomplished and talk about where the movement is going. on Twitter to get updates about the chat. Use the official Last year hundreds of accounts joined us in the chat, and millions hashtag, #NPHWchat, in your tweets so users can easily saw our conversation. Learn more about this year's theme — "For search for what you and others are saying during the science. For action. For health," — and how you can be a part of event. NPHW on our website. • Website: http://nphw.org

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: WORKFOCE DEVELOPMENT 4/3 Recovery Yoga every Wednesday • Location: Christiana Engagement Center, Meeting Room Recovery Yoga can be a tool for personal change and healing, B, 1 Christiana Drive, Newark, DE 7:00 pm and may be helpful to those recovering from alcohol or drug use, • Attendance: Open to UD students, staff and faculty ONLY – mental health issues, eating disorders, victimization, war, and • Cost: Free 8:00 pm other forms of trauma. All are welcome and the sessions are • Contact: Jessica Estok at [email protected] or designed for those who wish to practice yoga in a contemplative 302-831-3457 space. No prior yoga experience necessary, and free mats will be • Website: given to any participants who need them. Recovery Yoga is https://events.udel.edu/event/recovery_yoga_9379#.XJok intended for the practice of yoga, not as a support pyhKg2w group. Everyone's privacy is valued -- no one is asked why they attend or any other personal information. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/4 Delaware’s 5th Annual Hunger Conference • Location: Chase Center on the Riverfront, 815 South Breaking the Cycle of Poverty through a Trauma-Informed Justison St, Wilmington, DE 8:30 am Care Approach • Attendance: Open to the public – The day-long conference features programming for both adults • Cost: $50/adult & $25/college student (must show ID at 3:15 pm and children. The adult conference will look at ending hunger and registration) poverty through a trauma-informed care approach. Adult topics • Contact: Kim Turner at [email protected] or (302) 444-8074 include: Behavioral Health and Food Insecurity, Returning Citizens, • Website: https://www.fbd.org/comingtogether/ A Trauma-Informed Care Model that Works, Food Insecurity and Students, Aging Adults, and more!

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: FOOD SECURITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH 4/4 Healthy Soil: All the Dirt on Gardening Gold • Location: New Castle County Cooperative Extension, Room 132A, 461 Wyoming Road, Newark, DE 6:00 pm Are you having trouble growing healthy plants or achieving the • Attendance: Open to the public – “bucket of beets” harvest of your dreams? Well, improving your • Cost: $15 8:00 pm soil through management and amendments may be the remedy • Contact: Carrie Murphy at [email protected] or (302) that your garden needs. Come see how a little soil science can 831-2506 help you to understand the nature of your soil problems. Then • Website: - learn about the bounty of information and insight that are https://events.udel.edu/event/healthy_soil_all_the_dirt_o available to you from an analysis of your soil. Finally, explore how n_gardening_gold#.XJolQihKg2w gardening practices and various soil amendments affect your soil so that you can pick the ones that will best meet your gardening needs. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: HEALTHY LIFESTYLES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 4/8 A Matter of Balance Coach Training • Location: Charles Debnam Building, 1901 N DuPont Volunteer Delaware 50+ is offering a free Coach Training to help Highway, Room 140, New Castle, DE 9:00 am meet the health needs of Delawareans and community members, • Attendance: Open to the public - especially the vulnerable population. A Matter of Balance is a • Cost: Free; Registration required 3:00 pm nationally recognized and award-winning program. A Matter of • Contact: Kate Rasulova. Register by calling (302) 255- Balance focuses on cognitive restructuring and improves 9690 or emailing [email protected] by 4/4 flexibility, strength, balance, and endurance. The program’s goal is • Additional Details: Continental breakfast and lunch to reduce the fear of falling, stop the fear of falling cycle, and included; Coach handbook and teaching materials increase activity levels among community dwelling older adults. provided

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/8 Evelyn Hayes Innovations in Healthcare Symposium: • Location: University of Delaware, The Tower at STAR SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ADDICTION: LOOKING AT THE Audion, 100 Discovery Blvd, Newark, DE 12:30 pm CURRENT LANDSCAPE & ENVISIONING THE FUTURE • Attendance: Open to the public – THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES • Cost: Free; Registration required 4:00 pm The symposium will focus on substance abuse and addiction – a • Contact: College of Health Sciences, [email protected] major public health challenge – by hosting two panel discussions • Additional Details: RSVP at : http://udel.edu/005722 offering different perspectives on this important issue, resource • Website: tables and a poster session. The target audience is caregivers, https://events.udel.edu/event/evelyn_hayes_innovations_i families, individuals, faculty and students, although ALL are n_healthcare_symposium#.XKF40JhKg2w welcome.

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 4/8 Understanding White Privilege – presented by the UD • Location: Trabant University Center, Room 219, University Office of Equity and Inclusion of Delaware, Newark, DE 10:00 am I worked hard for everything I have today! We elected a Black • Attendance: Open to UD students, staff and faculty ONLY – President, right? It’s time for us to demystify and destigmatize the • Cost: Free 11:00 am term “White privilege”. This workshop will help participants • Contact: Adam Foley at [email protected] or (302) 831-1949 understand what it is, what it isn’t, and how we can all shift our • Website: focus from blame and guilt to social change and responsibility. https://events.udel.edu/event/oei_workshop_understandi (Wrestling with the P-Word- prerequisite for attendance) ng_white_privilege_1378#.XJol3ShKg2w

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH 4/8 WilmU Book Club - April 2019: Mudbound • Location: Wilmington University Pratt Student Center, 320 N. DuPont Highway, New Castle DE 19720 12:30 pm Join the WilmU Book Club for a discussion on Hillary Jordan's • Attendance: Open to the public – book, Mudbound, the 2019 New Castle County Reads book 2019. • Cost: Free; Registration required 1:30 pm The 2006 Bellwether Prize winning novel, awarded to unpublished • Contact: [email protected] works of fiction that address social justice, has sold over 250,000 • Additional Details: Register at copies in 15 different languages and adapted into a film in 2017. https://events.wilmu.edu/site/studentservices/event/wilm u-book-club-april2019; Note: Online participation is also an option, please register for more information • Website: https://events.wilmu.edu/site/studentservices/event/wilm u-book-club-april2019

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH 4

Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/8 4-week KORU Mindfulness Class • Location: Christiana Engagement Center, Meeting Room B, 1 Christiana Drive, Newark, DE 5:30 pm KORU Mindfulness is an evidence-based strategy for overall • Attendance: Open to UD students, staff and faculty ONLY – wellness. Being "mindful" means bringing one's awareness to the • Cost: Free - Registration is required and class size is 6:45 pm present, rather than dwelling in the past or worrying about the limited. future. Using a mindful approach allows students to experience • Contact: [email protected] or (302) 831-3457 thoughts, feelings, and sensations without judging them. KORU • Additional Details: Register students report feeling calmer, being better rested, and at https://goo.gl/forms/j2tHgxfmWHD63ZZ63; A copy of demonstrating greater self-compassion. the book "The Mindful Twenty-Something" will be provided for each participant • Website: https://events.udel.edu/event/4- week_koru_mindfulness_class_7743#.XJoniChKg2w PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: HEALTHY LIFESTYLES 4/8 Savvy Caregiver Series • Location: Easterseals, 61 Corporate Circle, New Castle, DE • Attendance: Open to public 12:30 pm Easterseals and the Swank Center for Memory Care and Geriatric • Cost: Free - Registration is required. – Consultation are partnering to bring you The Savvy Caregiver this • Contact: Call the resource center at (302) 221-2087 or 3:00 pm spring. The four-part series will provide knowledge and skills email [email protected] to register. essential to those who are caring for a loved one living with • Website: - http://www.easterseals.com/de/get- Alzheimer’s or dementia. The classes will be held on four involved/events/ consecutive Mondays: April 8, 15, 22, and 29. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: CHRONIC DISEASE 4/9 2019 Assessment and Treatment of Substance Abuse • Location: Delaware State University, MLK Jr Student Disorders Conference sponsored by AmeriHealth Caritas Center, 1200 N DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 9:00 am Delaware, Delaware State University College of Health & • Attendance: This course is intended for Specialty – Behavioral Sciences, and the Medical Society of Delaware Physicians, Pharmacists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, 1:00 pm Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, and all other This one day conference will provide the dissemination of healthcare professionals involved with substance abuse evidenced based practices and clinical practice guidelines for treatments. Substance Abuse and Dependence. It will also address the gaps in • Cost: Free - Pre-registration required th care accessibility due to socioeconomic factors, culture, and • Contact: Register by April 5 at: ecology. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 https://reg.planetreg.com/2019%20Assessment%20and%2 Credit™. Social Worker CEUs Pending. 0Tx%20of%20SUD%20Conference

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/9 Chronic Pain Self-Management Education Program • Location: STAR Campus, Room 113, 540 S. College Ave., Tuesdays for 6 weeks: April 9, 16, 23, 30, and May 7, 14 Newark, DE 6:00 pm • Attendance: Open to the public - Six free workshops are part of this educational program. More • Cost: Free; Registration required 8:30 pm knowledge about chronic pain can: • Contact: Ingrid Hansen, [email protected] • Website: Help prevent and/or delay health complications • https://www.healthydelaware.org/Individuals/Self- o Management-Programs/Chronic-Disease o Identify techniques to help diminish chronic pain o Help people with chronic pain understand the importance of an action plan for chronic pain control o Improve chronic pain self-management

More knowledge about chronic pain can improve your life! PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: PAIN MANAGEMENT 4/9 Bringing in the Bystander® • Location: Gore Hall, Room 102, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 6:00 pm In this two hour sexual misconduct prevention program, Bringing • Attendance: Open to UD students ONLY – in the Bystander®, learn about strategies to help people look out • Cost: Free 8:00 pm for one another's safety. While building your skills and confidence • Contact: Joanne Sampson at [email protected] or (302) in being an active bystander, learn more about what a survivor 831-3457 needs in the aftermath of sexual assault, and how to be a • Additional Details: To register you must RSVP supportive friend and ally. here and complete this short questionnaire: https://delaware.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form The program contributes to a safer UD by promoting the /SV_9Ti2hfgHM1t8u1f message that everyone in the community has a role to play in • Website: ending sexual violence. This program includes sensitive content https://events.udel.edu/event/bringing_in_the_bystander and could be triggering for people who have experienced _5102#.XKF4gphKg2w trauma. Participants are encouraged to actively take care of themselves.

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: INJURY & VIOLENCE PREVENTION

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/9 Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium • Location: Chase Center, Riverfront, Wilmington, DE • Attendance: Open to the public The mission of the Delaware Healthy Mother & Infant Consortium • Cost: Free; Registration required (DHMIC) is to provide statewide leadership and coordination of • Contact: Susan Noyes, [email protected] efforts to prevent infant mortality and to improve the health of • Additional Details: Registration has closed; Sign up to women of childbearing age and infants throughout Delaware. get alerts about DHMIC events throughout the year • Website: http://dethrives.com/dhmicsummit The 2019 Annual Summit brings together community leaders, health care providers and elected officials to work together on bold, statewide health goals. This year’s theme is Raising Our Voices, Strengthening Our Communities: Advocating for Healthy Women, Men, Babies & Families. Learn firsthand about the progress that is being made, the challenges yet to be overcome and to interact with national thought leaders and local action takers. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN; INFANT MORTALITY 4/10 kNOw MORE Book Club- "Asking For It" • Location: University of Delaware Perkins Student Center, Meeting 4/10 (Chapters 1-6) and 4/25 (Chapters 7-11) Collins Room, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 4:00 pm The University of Delaware kNOw MORE campaign is a reflection • Attendance: Open to UD students, staff & faculty ONLY – of the efforts by UD faculty, staff, and students to stand up, • Cost: Free 5:30 pm participate, and help to raise awareness about sexual misconduct • Contact: Adam Foley at [email protected] or (302) 831-1949 and gender-based violence. Our goal is to create and foster an • Website: environment where sexual misconduct in any form is https://events.udel.edu/event/know_more_book_club- unacceptable and survivors are supported. _asking_for_it#.XJop6yhKg2w • The book can be purchased using the Amazon link below, As a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the campaign will and is also available from the University of Delaware be sponsoring a book club as a means of providing open and library as an ebook. honest conversation about sexual assault and rape culture more Amazon: broadly. We will be reading Kate Harding's widely acclaimed https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738217026/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt book, "Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture -- And _dp_U_DY6JCbXD7DRJ7 What We Can Do About It". UD Library: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/udel- ebooks/detail.action?docID=1340957 PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/10 SnackChat with Student Wellness -- What is a Healthy • Location: Trabant University Center Room 219, Relationship? University of Delaware, Newark, DE 5:00 pm • Attendance: UD Students ONLY – Come learn what it means to have a ‘healthy’ relationship. We • Cost: Free 7:00 pm will talk about what most Americans want and expect in a • Contact: Register for the event here: relationship. And, we will look at what it means to have a healthy docs.google.com/forms/d/1AtCKPFfWJulGOoFSL1FEGlrpI or unhealthy relationship. WNpL7_QtkCaLFQEVyQ/edit • Additional Details: Dinner will be provided • Website: https://events.udel.edu/event/snackchat_with_student_w ellness_- _what_is_a_healthy_relationship#.XJoqHShKg2w

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION 4/11 Teach in Delaware Day • Location: University of Delaware, Trabant Student Center, Newark, DE 9:00 am This event is open to ALL undergraduate and graduate students, • Attendance: Open to public – as well as alumni, who are pursuing or considering careers in K-12 • Cost: Free 11:00 am education in the State of Delaware! Come meet representatives • Contact: UD students/alumni should register via from Delaware public, private and charter schools to learn about Handshake; Non-UD affiliated candidates can register on- anticipated vacancies for Fall 2019, or to simply explore Education site as a possible career field. Representatives will be able to discuss • Contact: Jenni Kaper at [email protected] or (302) 831- K-12 positions such as: teachers, counselors, para-educators, 8569 administrators, specialists, and more! • Website: https://events.udel.edu/event/teach_in_delaware_day_5 371#.XJoqZShKg2w

Suggested dress code is business casual to business professional. Bring copies of your resume to share with the recruiters (highly recommended but not required). While the event is primarily for conversations and information, some representatives may invite students/candidates to return to their table between 11am-1pm for further conversations and/or interviews; this would be arranged during the 9-11am open hours. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/11 Health and Housing Kiosk • Location: Trabant University Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 12:30 pm Join the Health Equity Club in making hygiene kits to donate to • Attendance: Open to UD students, staff & faculty ONLY – the Empowerment Center. The UD Health Equity Club hopes to • Cost: Free 2:30 pm improve public health through education, advocacy, and service • Contact: Ahlad Neti, [email protected] in the surrounding communities. The club works to change social • Website: https://sites.udel.edu/healthequityclub/ determinants including nutrition, education, socioeconomic status, housing, infrastructure and more to ensure everyone has the equal opportunity to have a healthy life.

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 4/11 Lerner Diversity Council Lunch & Learn • Location: Atrium, Alfred Lerner Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 12:00 pm The Lerner Diversity Council (LDC) focuses on building community • Attendance: Open to the public - and college climate; transforming curricular and co-curricular • Cost: Free 1:30 pm activities; and strengthening outreach and engagement, all with • Register for event: https://ldcapr2019.eventbrite.com the central focus on diversity. LDC programming includes events • Contact: Jennifer Joe at [email protected] or (302) 831-6002 such as an educational speaker series, student professional • Website: - development, diversity-focused recruiting, student conference https://events.udel.edu/event/lerner_diversity_council_lun travel, diversity awards and other needs as they arise and the ch_learn_542#.XJoq5ShKg2w LDC program evolves. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 4/11 UD Fulbright Lecture Feat. Phillip Ayoub • Location: Gore Hall, Room 103, University of Delaware, "Migrant Communities & Diaspora Impact in Facilitating Newark, DE 6:00 pm Transnational Queer Mobilizations" • Attendance: Open to the public – • Cost: Free 7:30 pm Join the Institute for Global Studies and Center for Global & Area • Additional Details: No registration necessary Studies for this special installment of the UD Fulbright Lecture • Contact: [email protected] or (302) 831-2852 Series featuring Phillip Ayoub, a 2011 Fulbright Schuman Fellow • Website: and Associate Professor in the Department of Diplomacy and https://events.udel.edu/event/ud_fulbright_lecture_feat_ World Affairs at Occidental College. phillip_ayoub#.XJorMChKg2w

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/12 History & Jewish Studies Guest Speaker Lecture by Inna • Location: Room 205, Gore Hall, University of Delaware, Baker in Polly Zavadivker’s HIST/JWST 254: Jewish Newark, DE 11:15 am Holocaust 1933:1945 Class • Attendance: Open to the public - • Cost: Free 12:05 pm The topic for this guest lecture is “Surviving the Siege of • Contact: Katie Capallo, [email protected] Leningard” • Website: https://events.udel.edu/event/guest_lecture_in_histjwst25 4_jewish_holocaust_1933-1945_class#.XKFm8JhKg2w PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH 4/12 Wilmington Community Advisory Council (WCAC) – • Location: Kingswood Community Center, Release of Annual Report • Attendance: Open to the public 8:30 am Each year the WCAC does an annual report to share what has • Cost: Free – been accomplished with our partners on promoting positive • Contact: Gwen Angalet at [email protected] 10:00 am youth development and community resiliency and preventing • Website: http://www.wilmcommunityadvisorycouncil.org/ violence during the preceding year. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION 4/12 Health Through Accessibility Kiosk • Location: Trabant University Center, University of Join the Health Equity Club for interactive activity to learn about Delaware, Newark, DE 12:30 pm accessibility to health using technology. The UD Health Equity • Attendance: Open to UD students, staff & faculty ONLY – Club hopes to improve public health through education, • Cost: Free 2:30 pm advocacy, and service in the surrounding communities. The club • Contact: Ahlad Neti, [email protected] works to change social determinants including nutrition, • Website: https://sites.udel.edu/healthequityclub/ education, socioeconomic status, housing, infrastructure and more to ensure everyone has the equal opportunity to have a healthy life. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 4/12 Physical Therapy Career Fair • Location: STAR Campus, 540 S. College Ave, Newark, DE • Attendance: Open to UD Students ONLY 1:00 pm If you are looking for a full-time job or an internship this year or • Cost: Free; Register on Handshake – next summer or considering the field of Physical Therapy this is • Contact: Jenni Kaper at [email protected] or (302) 831- 3:30 pm the event for you! 8569 • Website: https://events.udel.edu/event/physical_therapy_career_f air_4653#.XJovGChKg2w PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/12 Environmental Engineering Seminar: "Biochar Impact on • Location: DuPont Hall, Room 350, University of Delaware, Soil Hydraulic Properties--Application for Stormwater Newark, DE 1:30 pm Runoff Reduction"- Ali Nakhli, Ph.D. Student, University of • Attendance: Open to the public - Delaware • Cost: Free 2:30 pm • Contact: Christine Murray at [email protected] or (302) 831-2442

• Website: https://events.udel.edu/event/environmental_engineering _seminar_ali_nakhli_phd_student_university_of_delawar e#.XJovaChKg2w PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 4/12 Seminar on Mosquito Control and Vector-Born Diseases in • Location: STAR Health Sciences Complex, Atrium, 540 S. Delaware College Ave, Newark, DE 3:30 pm Mosquito borne diseases are a major threat to both animal and • Attendance: Open to the public – human health. The state of Delaware carries out extensive • Cost: Free 5:00 pm mosquito control efforts to protect the health of animals and • Contact: Ryan Arsenault at [email protected] human from these diseases. The Delaware Department of Natural • Website: Resources and Environmental Control also monitors mosquitoes https://events.udel.edu/event/seminar_on_mosquito_cont for viruses through a sentinel animal program. This seminar will rol_and_vector-born_diseases_in_delaware#.XJow- discuss these topics from a One Health perspective. yhKg2w Speaker: Thomas Moran, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Moderators: Ryan Arsenault and Kali Kniel, Department of Animal and Food Sciences PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: INFECTIOUS DISEASE; ONE HEALTH 4/12 The Filipino Student Association proudly presents Culture • Location: Mitchell Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE Night 2019 featuring AJ Rafael!- Culture Night is a concert • Attendance: Open to UD Students ONLY 7:00 pm that highlights the talent and diversity of various organizations on • Cost: $7 Advance/ $10 at the door – our campus. Each year, we invite a headliner and several student • Contact: [email protected] 10:00 pm organizations to perform. This year, we are bringing AJ Rafael to • Website: https://events.udel.edu/event/fsa_presents_cul UD to headline Culture Night 2019. This event also raises money to ture_night_2019#.XJoxiyhKg2w support our organization’s charity, the PUSO Foundation, which provides basic necessities for those in poverty in the Philippines.

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIVERSITY

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/13 Boot Camp for New Moms • Location: Christiana Care Health System, John Ammon Medical Education Center, Christiana Hospital, 4755 9:00 am Boot Camp for New Moms® is a unique mother-to-mother, Ogletown-Stanton Rd, Newark, DE – Room 11 & 12 – community-based workshop that equips women with the tools to • Attendance: Open to new mothers 12:00 pm successfully manage the transition into motherhood. During this • Cost: Free; Registration required program for new moms and moms-to-be, we will share advice • Contact: To register, call Hazel Guadarrama-Morales at and tips on topics such as: forming a parenting team, your (302)320-6445 relationship with dad, going back to work or staying home, • Website: https://events.christianacare.org/event/boot- breastfeeding realities and challenges, what new dads are going camp-for-new-moms/all/ through and how to bring out the best in him, mommyland and pressure from society, media and yourself, taking care of you to be a better mom, and anything else on your mind. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 4/13 Boot Camp for New Dads • Location: Christiana Care Health System, John Ammon Boot Camp for New Dads® is a unique father-to-father, Medical Education Center, Christiana Hospital, 4755 9:00 am community-based workshop that equips men with the tools to Ogletown-Stanton Rd, Newark, DE – Room 11 & 12 – successfully manage the transition into fatherhood. During this • Attendance: Open to new fathers 12:00 pm program for new dads and dads-to-be, we will share advice and • Cost: Free; Registration required tips on topics such as: safety, breastfeeding, handling a newborn, • Contact: To register, call Hazel Guadarrama-Morales at dealing with friends, changes in mom, feeding and changing, how (302)320-6445 to calm a crying baby, finding work/home balance, your • Website: https://events.christianacare.org/event/boot- relationship with mom, handling parents and in-laws, and camp-for-new-dads/all/ anything else on your mind. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 4/13 Black Maternal Health Awareness Week Discussion: • Location: Route 9 Library & Innovation Center What’s Killing Black Mothers in the U.S.? Multipurpose Room B, 3022 New Castle Ave, New Castle, 12:00 Sponsored by Division of Public Health, Delaware Health & Social DE – Services • Attendance: Open to the public 2:00 PM • Cost: Free; Registration required Too many women in our community and across the nation are • Contact: RSVP to [email protected] losing their lives due to complications surrounding childbirth – and now we’re talking about it.

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Date & Event & Description Event Details & Contact Time 4/14 The International Film Series: Leaning into the Wind • Location: Trabant University Center, Theatre, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 7:00 pm Leaning into the Wind follows artist Andy Goldsworthy on his • Attendance: Open to the public exploration of the world and himself through ephemeral and • Cost: Free permanent workings on the landscape, cities and with his own • Contact: UD Dept. of English, [email protected] body. From urban Edinburgh and London to the South of France • Website: and New England, each environment he encounters becomes a https://events.udel.edu/event/leaning_into_the_wind_the fresh canvas for his art. A lushly-visualized travelogue, _international_film_series#.XJoyNShKg2w Goldsworthy’s work, and Thomas Riedelsheimer’s cinematography redefine landscape and inextricably tie human life to the natural world. PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ONE HEALTH

Please see the Companion Guide to the Delaware NPWH 2019 Calendar for a description of highlighted themes.

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Companion guide to

DELAWARE nphw 2019 calendar

Each year, the American Public Health Association (APHA) hosts daily themes during National Public Health Week (NPHW). 2019 daily themes can be found here: http://nphw.org/nphw- 2019. Themes identified in the Delaware Calendar of Events for 2019 are described below.

Behavioral Health Behavioral health is the connection between our behaviors and our health and well-being. Behaviors can include dietary habits, exercise, and substance abuse and addiction to name a few. (1)

Workforce Development As the field of public health continues to grow, building the capacity of public health workers is crucial to future achievements. Addressing skill gaps through the development of effective training methods can lead to professionals better able to advance the influence of public health on policy. (2)

Cultural Competency As society expands to a global platform, it is important to be knowledgeable and respectful of the needs that are specific to different ethnic, racial, religious, geographic and social groups. Understanding the diverse needs of these groups will reduce health disparities and increase access to quality care. (3)

Social Justice and Health Racism, sexism, and homophobia are among many social justice issues fostered by structural oppression that drive the social determinants of health. These determinants result in unequal distribution of social goods ranging from income to education to social participation which cumulatively establish health inequities. (4)

Healthy Lifestyles Lifestyle encompasses the day to day behaviors of individuals in work, fun, activities, and diet. Metabolic diseases, joint and skeletal problems, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and weight gain are only a handful of diseases that are caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. (5)

Food Security In 2017, it was estimated that 1 in 8 Americans were food insecure which equated to 40 million Americans and included more than 12 million children. Food insecurity includes both those unable to access affordable food as well as those unable to access healthy foods, such as in food deserts, both of which can significantly impact short and long-term health outcomes.

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Health Across the Lifespan Over the course the lifespan, health priorities and methods to improve health are ever changing. Access to health services at every age can detect problems in the earliest stage for proactive treatment and disease management. Infants and children should receive check-ups to monitor early growth and development and adults should receive check-ups to screen for cancer and long-term health conditions. Additionally, addressing mental health also changes across life ranging from reducing stress in college to improving life balance for adults. (7)

Chronic Disease Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States and are among the most costly and preventable. Health risk factors such as physical inactivity, tobacco use, and poor nutrition are the leading causes of chronic disease. (8)

Pain Management As the prevalence of chronic pain increases, it is important to obtain knowledge on pain management options and prevention techniques. Pain has adverse effects on quality of life and productivity in the workplace and addressing the options for pain management can significantly decrease disruptions. (9)

Injury and Violence Prevention The impact of violence is widespread as on average 96 people are killed by guns per day in the U.S., In 2016, there were 1.1 million domestic violence incidents and one in every six American women have been the victim of attempted rape or rape. Violence can result in detrimental impacts to physical health, mental health, and emotional health. The World Health Organization identifies three sub-types of violence: self-directed, interpersonal and collective violence. (10, 11)

Infant Mortality Infant mortality rates measure the death of liveborn infants before the age of one, but they can also be a broader indicator of the availability and quality of health services and health, poverty, and economic status in the community. Specifically, the greatest inequity exists for black infants. In 2017, the infant mortality for Non-Hispanic black infants was almost double the national average. (12, 13)

Education as a Social Determinant of Health Education is a strong predictor of health status and quality of life. Those with higher educational attainment generally live longer, have better health status, and their children are more likely to be in better health. Additionally, individuals with a higher level of education are more likely to have access to resources to understand health information and make informed decisions. (14)

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Diversity and Inclusion By 2044, it is projected that no race or ethnic group in the United States will have greater than a 50% share of the nation’s total. Such a diverse composition of the population calls for a diverse workforce to match to combat health disparities and promote inclusion. (15)

Global Health The globalization of the health workforce can provide useful insight through the cross- national comparison of health systems. The high cost of the US healthcare system has little to show in terms of health outcomes when compared to other nations. An international focus on health allows for interdependence of resources. (16)

Infectious Disease Symptoms of infectious diseases can range from moderate to lethal. For some infectious diseases, the first line of defense is vaccination. However, there are many infectious diseases without vaccinations, including several vector-borne diseases which are transmitted by living organisms, such as mosquitoes and flies. For these diseases, primary forms of prevention include avoiding accumulation of standing water and use of safe insect repellents. (17,18)

One Health One Health acknowledges how human, animal, and environmental health are intertwined. The goal of One Health is to improve collective health outcomes through a collaborative approach between multiple fields. The novel approach can be especially relevant to studying zoonotic diseases which account for over 60% of human infectious diseases. (19)

Healthy Communities People’s communities are related to their health status and longevity. A healthy community goes beyond quality medical care and is reflected in the social and environmental factors that promote well-being. Air pollution, water quality, lead exposure, and unsafe streets all contribute to the health and well-being of a community. A healthy community is also a place free from discrimination and oppression and where there is equitable access to the resources needed for optimal health. (20, 21)

Technology and Public Health Implementation of new technologies is changing public health. Technology has helped to better relay data, share knowledge amongst professionals, map and track diseases, and engage members of the community, all of which have helped advance the field. As newer technology emerges, there is immense potential in having the ability to incorporate them to push innovation in public health. (22)

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References

1. Boober, B. (2011). What is behavioral health, anyway? Retrieved from http://www.mehaf.org/news-room/blog/behavioral-health

2. Telfair, J. (April 2018). Affiliates responding to and shaping Public Health in the US through Partnerships and Workforce Development. American Public Health Association. Retrieved from http://hawaiipublichealth.org/resources/Documents/HPHA Key Note PPT (Telfair).pdf

3. Cultural Respect. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/nih-office- director/office-communications-public-liaison/clear-communication/cultural-respect

4. Social justice and human rights as a framework for addressing social determinants of health: Final report of the Task group on Equity, Equality and Human Rights. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-determinants/social- determinants/publications/2017/social-justice-and-human-rights-as-a-framework-for- addressing-social-determinants-of-health-final-report-of-the-task-group-on-equity,- equality-and-human-rights-2016

5. Farhud, D. (2015). Impact of Lifestyle on Health. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 44(11), 1442,1444. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703222/

6. Hunger and Health- Feeding America. (2018). Understand Food Security. Retrieved from https://hungerandhealth.feedingamerica.org/understand-food-insecurity/

7. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2019). Access to Health Services. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/leading-health-indicators/2020-lhi- topics/Access-to-Health-Services/determinants

8. Public Health and Chronic Disease. (2013). Retrieved from https://www.apha.org/~/media/files/pdf/factsheets/chronicdiseasefact_final.ashx.

9. Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education. (2011). Pain as a Public Health Challenge. Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92516/

10. Injury and Violence Prevention. (2019). Retrieved from http://nphw.org/nphw-2019/injury- and-violence-prevention

11. Violence Info. (2017). Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/violence-info/

12. Infant Mortality. (2019). Retrieved from https://myfcph.org/health-wellness-maternal-and- child-health/infant-mortality/

13. Infant Mortality (2019). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm

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14. Education Matters for Health. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.commissiononhealth.org/PDF/c270deb3-ba42-4fbd-baeb- 2cd65956f00e/Issue%20Brief%206%20Sept%2009%20-%20Education%20and%20Health.pdf

15. Cozier, Y. (2015). An argument for diversity and inclusion in public health. Retrieved from http://www.bu.edu/sph/2015/12/20/an-argument-for-diversity-and-inclusion-in-public- health/

16. Fried, L., Bentley, M., Buekens, P., Burke, D., Frenk, J., Klag, M. (2010). Global health is public health. The Lancet, (375)9714, 535-537.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60203-6

17. Communicable Disease. (2019) Retrieved from https://www.apha.org/topics-and- issues/communicable-disease

18. Vector-borne diseases. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact- sheets/detail/vector-borne-diseases

19. One Health. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/index.html

20. Monday: Healthy Communities. (2019). Retrieved from http://nphw.org/nphw-2019/healthy- communities-2019

21. Landgraf, R., Knight, E., & Duckworth, N. (2019). UD Partnership for Healthy Communities: Expanding campus-community channels for Delaware's SHIP. From Data to Decision- Making, 5(1), 20-23. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/dam-dpha/docs/2019- 02_feb_djph_data_to_decision_m?e=14966215/65856255

22. Thursday: Technology and Public Health. (2019). Retrieved from http://nphw.org/nphw- 2019/technology

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