DELAWARE CALENDAR of EVENTS National Public Health Week 2019
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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 2 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 3 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: