Location:
Delaware State University, Martin Luther King Building, Parlor C
1200 N Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901
Click here for directions
Who Should Participate:
Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Sponsorship: This educational activity is sponsored by Delaware State University. Thank you!
Contact hours offered: 6.25
Delaware Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Cost:
DNA Member: $79
NonMember: $99
Student-No CE issued: $40
Late Registration: After November 1, 2019, add $10 to registration fee
Purpose: Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status of different population groups. These inequities have significant social and economic costs both to individuals and communities. The purpose of this educational activities is to educate nurses on the current status of health equity in Delaware and to provide resources to reduce health disparities.
Program Outcomes
Learners will be able to:
- Describe the current state of health in Delaware.
- Locate resources to address health disparities in their patient population.
Agenda: Agenda subject to change. Please review registration and completion of required evaluation policies.
7:15-8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Welcome and Overview of Program
8:15-9:15
Topic: Overview of Delaware Health Equity in Healthcare
Rita M. Landgraf
Director-UD Partnership for Healthy Communities
9:15-10:15
Topic: Bridging the 'Oral-Systemic Gap' Between Dentistry and Medicine
Gabrielle Hilliard
Public Health Treatment Program Administrator
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health
Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30
Topic: Food Insecurity
Allison Karpyn PhD
Associate Director of the University of Delaware at the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP)
11:30-12-30 Lunch
12:30-1:30
Topic: Using Public Policy to Improve Health Inequities
Melissa Minor -Brown MSN, RN
Representative, District 17
Delaware House of Representatives
1:30-2:30
Topic: Preventing Childhood Exposure to Lead
William Leitzinger
Administrator, Office of Healthy Environments
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services,Division of Public Health
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45
Topic: Healthcare literacy in the Self Management of Chronic Disease
Ludmila Santiago-Rotchford,MSN,APRN,ACNS-BC, PCCN and
Dennise Washington, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN
Bayhealth Medical Center
Successful Completion: All participants are required to complete an online evaluation form as part of the education activity. An email will be sent to all registrants by Tuesday, November 12, 2019. The required online evaluation must be completed by Tuesday, November 19, 2019.
The email will be sent to the address used for registration. If you have or think you may have previously opt out of Survey Monkey, please visit the following link to opt in. https://www.surveymonkey.com/optin.aspx
If you do not receive a survey email, please check your spam/junk email. Contact DNA immediately if you do not receive a survey email notification at (302) 733-5880 or send an email.
Polices:
Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
It is the policy of the Delaware Nurses Association to comply with the ANCC Standards for Disclosure and Commercial Support. In keeping with these standards, all faculty participating in a Delaware Nurses Association sponsored event are expected to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflicts of interests related to the content of their presentation.
Conference Planners: No planning members have any conflicts of interest to disclose.
Jane Kurz, PhD, RN
May Oboryshko, DNP, FNP-BC, OCN
Sandra Nolan PhD, RN-Professional Development Chairperson
Sarah J. Carmody, MBA, CPLP-Executive Director
