Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
Achieving Rural Health Equity and Well-Being:
Challenges and Opportunities
Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel and Conference Center
2500 Legends Circle
Prattville, AL 36066
June 13, 2017
Workshop Objectives
- Explore impacts of economic issues, immigration, and racial inequities in U.S. rural communities
- Learn about asset-based approaches to addressing these challenges
8:30–8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Sanne Magnan, adjunct assistant professor, University of Minnesota; co-chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement | |
Antonia Villarruel, professor and Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; chair, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity |
8:45–9:45 a.m. | Keynote Speaker Panel: National Overview of the Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Communities |
Moderator: Antonia Villarruel | |
Keynote Speaker 1: Tom Morris, associate administrator for rural health policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
Keynote Speaker 2: Michael Meit, co-director, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis; senior fellow, public health, NORC at The University of Chicago | |
9:45–10:15 a.m. | Moderated Q&A with audience |
10:15–10:30 a.m. | BREAK |
10:30–11:30 a.m. | Panel 1: Leveraging Resources to Advance Equity in Rural Areas |
Moderator: Ned Calonge, president and CEO, The Colorado Trust; member, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity | |
Speaker 1: Felecia Lucky, executive director, Black Belt Community Foundation, Selma, Alabama | |
Speaker 2: Ashley M. Browning, member, board of directors, Appalachian Community Fund; educational planner, East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine | |
Speaker 3: Dolores Roybal, executive director, Con Alma Health Foundation, New Mexico | |
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Moderated Q&A with audience |
12:00–1:15 p.m. | LUNCH |
1:15–2:30 p.m. | Panel 2: Building Greater Prosperity in Rural Communities |
Moderator: Bobby Milstein, director, ReThink Health; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement | |
Speaker 1: Brian Lewandowski, associate director, business research division, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder | |
Speaker 2: Bill Bynum, CEO, HOPE Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union, mid-South region | |
Speaker 3: Margarita Romo, executive director, Farmworkers Self-Help, Florida | |
Speaker 4: Denisa Livingston, community health advocate, Diné Community Advocacy Alliance, Navajo Nation | |
2:30–3:00 p.m. | Moderated Q&A with audience |
3:00–3:15 p.m. | BREAK |
3:15–4:30 p.m. | Panel 3: Equitable Access to Health and Health Care |
Moderator: Octavio Martinez, executive director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, associate vice president, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, clinical professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin; member, workshop planning committee; member, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity | |
Speaker 1: Dale E. Quinney, executive director, Alabama Rural Health Association | |
Speaker 2: Samantha Sabo, associate professor, Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University |
Speaker 3: Sharita Thomas, research associate, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Speaker 4: Dennis Johnson, executive vice president of government affairs, Children’s Health Fund; policy director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University; member, workshop planning committee | |
4:30–5:00 p.m. | Moderated Q&A with Audience |
5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Final Reflections |
George Isham, senior advisor, HealthPartners; senior fellow, HealthPartners Institute for Education and Health; co-chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement | |
5:30 p.m. | ADJOURN |