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Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Office of Women's Health
1000 S. Fremont Ave.
Building A-9 East, Unit #105
Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone: (626) 293-2600
Email: owh@ph.lacounty.gov
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Presentations from October 5, 2010 Community Dialogue


Panel Discussion: The Diabetes, Heart Disease & Dementia Connection


     Susie Baldwin, MD, MPH
, Chief, Health Assessment Unit, Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology,
     Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
     Data Overview


     Joyce Richey, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research
     Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
     Diabetes in Women: Trends and Prevention


     Zenaida Feliciano, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
     Department of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
     Cardiovascular, Cerebro-vascular Health and Prevention


     Helena Chang Chui, MD, Chair
     Department of Neurology, Keck School of USC
     The Coming Epidemic of Late Life Cognitive Impairment

 

Breakout Groups

Aging in Place: Staying Strong and Independent
     Moderator: Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS
     Grace Cheng Braun, MSPH
     June Simmons, MSW: The Health Promotion Toolkit

Caregiving: It's Everybody's Business
       Moderator: Donna Benton, PhD: Caregiving is Everybodys Business
       Susi Rodriguez Shapiro, MSG: Healthy Aging for Women: Caregiving

Facing the Facts: The Economics of Aging
        Moderator: Karla Rodriguez, MPH
        Karla Lagunas, MSW: The California Elder Economic Security Standard Index (Elder Index)
        Laura Trejo, MSG, MPA

Intimacy & Sexuality as Women Age
       Moderator: Margie Fites Seigle, MS
       Linda Healy, NP, RN: Intimacy & Sexuality as Women Age
       Arielle Rosen: Creating Safe Spaces for Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Women Over 50         

Mental Health: How Keeping Family Secrets Affects the Health of Women Accross Generations
        Moderator: Eleanor Brownn, MA
        Gerda Govine, EdD
        Arlene Okamoto

Research Priorities in Older Women's Health
         Moderator: Janet Frank, PhD
         O. Kenrik Duru, MD, MSHS: Sisters in Motion
         Diana Tisnado, PhD: Latina Breast Cancer Survivors       
 


WEBSITE RESOURCES, PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES AND TOOLS

Community Dialogue Collaborators

AltaMed Health Services Corporation
http://www.altamed.org/

Alzheimer's Association, California Southland
http://www.alz.org/californiasouthland/

American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/

American Heart Association, Los Angeles County
http://www.americanheart.org/

California Family Health Council, Inc.
http://www.cfhc.org

California Geriatric Education Center, David Geffen School of Medicine
http://www.nagec.org/content/california-geriartric-education-center

California Senior Legislature
http://www.4csl.org

City of Inglewood Senior Center
http://www.cityofinglewood.org/depts/humanservices/seniorservices/default.asp

City of Los Angeles Department of Aging
http://www.agiinglacity.org/

County of Los Angeles Community and Senior Services
http://www.css.lacounty.gov/welcome.aspx

Glendale Commission on the Status of Women
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/women/

Glendale Adventist Medical Center
http://www.glendaleadventist.com/

Grandparents as Parents, Inc.
http://www.grandparentsasparents.org/

LA Caregiver Resource Center
http://lacrc.usc.edu/ShowPage.php?PageID=1

Los Angeles County Commission for Women
http://www.bos.lacounty.gov/categories/commissions/laccw/laccw.htm

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Office of Diversity Programs
http://www.dhs.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/DiversityPrograms

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office of Senior Health
http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/aging/index/htm

Los Angeles County Deprtment of Public Health, Office of Women's Health
http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/owh/index.htm.

LAC+USC Violence Intervention Programs
http://wellness.usc.edu/2008/08/violence-intervention-program.html

Life-Long
http://www.life-long.org

Partners in Care Foundation
http://www.picf.org

WISE & Healthy Aging
http://www.wiseandhealthyaging.org/

Women's Foundation of California
http://www.womensfoundca.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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