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June 14 2008

7:30 a.m.–8:40 a.m. Registration

8:40 a.m.–8:50 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Laura E. House, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Public Health Advisor/Lead, CSAT-CPDD Activities
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

8:50 a.m. -8:55 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Dalimarie Perez, M.P.A., CASAC
Auxiliar Administrator
Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

8:55 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Keynote Address for the CSAT Satellite Session at the 70th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. National Institute on Drug Abuse Address
Lula Beatty, Ph.D.
Chief, Special Populations Office
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Panel I: Defining Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in
Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS


Panel Charge: To share research as well as causative factors, consequences and the impact of racial and ethnic health disparities in substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS. Provide information on overall data that is available. Address prevalence and incidence. Illustrate case examples of racial and ethnic health disparities and how this impacts treatment of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS.

Moderator:
Lula Beatty, Ph.D.
Chief, Special Populations Office
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD

Presenters:
James Jackson, Ph.D.
Daniel Katz Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Director, Institute for Social Research,
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Director, Institute on Urban Health Research
Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Vickie Mays, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor, Psychology and Health Services
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

11:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m.Break

11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Panel II: Innovations and Practice

Panel Charge: To identify clinical and practice approaches that are being used to address racial and ethnic health disparities in substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS. To examine best practices, new strategies, models and preliminary findings. To discuss cultural implications of these practices and models. Moderator:

Kirk E. James, M.D.
Medical Officer, Division of Services Improvement Health
Systems Branch, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Presenters:
Linnie C. Smith, M.A.
Senior Vice President, Prevention and Services
Housing Works, Inc.
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Martin Y. Iguchi, Ph.D.
Professor/Adjunct Senior Behavioral Scientist
University of California at Los Angeles
School of Public Health, Dept. of Community Health Sciences
Drug Policy Research Center, RAND
Los Angeles, CA

Jaime Delgado
Director of Services
Community Outreach Intervention Projects
School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

12:45 p.m.–2:00p.m.Lunch on Your Own

2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Small Discussion Groupss

Group Charge: To discuss what is being done and what needs to be done, in the context of substance abuse treatment, to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in HIV/AIDS.

Group #1: Challenges and Opportunities for Overcoming Disparities

Room: San Cristobal A

Moderator: Laurie Krom, M.S.,
Associate Director
Addiction Transfer and Technology Center, National Office
Kansas City, MO

Group #2: Best Practices/Innovations: Integrated Care

Room: San Cristobal B

Moderator: Maria del Mar Garcia, M.S.W., M.H.S.
Continuing Education Coordinator
Caribbean Basin and Hispanic ATTC
Universidad Central del Caribe
Bayomon, Puerto Rico

Group #3: Best Practices/Innovations: Culturally Competent Care

Room: San Cristobal C

Moderator: Rick Dulin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health U.S. (REACH US)
Atlanta, GA

Group #4: Best Practices/Innovations: Recovery-Oriented Care

Room: San Cristobal D

Moderator: Anne Helene Skinstad, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor/Program Director
University of Iowa, Dept. of Community and Behavioral Health
Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Iowa City, IA

Group #5 Strategies for Enhancing Directions in Research

Conference Rooms 3, 4 & 5

Moderator: Lonnetta Albright, M.S.W.
Director, Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center University of Illinois,
Jane Ad¬dams College of Social Work
Chicago, IL

3:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.Break

3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.Report Out on Group Discussions

3:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Panel III: Implementation Issues

Panel Charge: To examine the important role of substance abuse treatment programs in reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. To explore viable options and alternatives for achieving significant reductions such as paradigm shifts and better concerted strategies and approaches for providers.

Moderator:

Warren Hewitt, M.S.
HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Coordinator
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Presenters:
Beny J. Primm, M.D.
Executive Director, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation (A.R.T.C.) Brooklyn, NY

Robert E. Fullilove, Ed.D.
Professor and Associate Dean, Community and Minority Affairs,
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
New York, NY

Cirilo “Chilo” L. Madrid, Ph.D., LCDC, MAC
Chief Executive Officer
Aliviane, Incorporated
El Paso, TX

Tanya Telfair Sharpe, Ph.D., M.S.
Deputy Director, Office of Health Disparities
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB
Prevention
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

5:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.Closing Remarks
H. Westley Clark

 

 
     
 
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