Arlington, Va., Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Well being specialists from the American Institutes for Analysis (AIR) will current on the American Public Well being Affiliation (APHA) Annual Assembly and Exposition, which will likely be held held October 27-30 on the Minneapolis Conference Heart in Minneapolis.
The theme of this yr's convention is “Rebuilding Belief in Public Well being and Science” and is designed to offer attendees, together with healthcare professionals and organizations that form the general public well being trade, the chance to community, educate and share analysis and practices to advertise public well being. Based in 1872, APHA brings collectively folks from all fields of public well being to strengthen the well being career and advocate for the well being of all folks and communities.
AIR specialists will current their work on quite a lot of matters, together with substance use and psychological well being; refugee resettlement and neighborhood integration; entry to behavioral well being; improved psychological well being circumstances for numerous populations in predominantly white establishments; and variety in information on the maternal and behavioral well being workforce.
On the AIR stand, attendees will be capable to study extra about AIR's work in public well being, in addition to job alternatives on the establishment.
Periods with AIR specialists and their work are listed beneath (all instances are in Central Daylight Time). Be taught extra about all convention displays and actions on the convention web site.
Sunday October 27
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Session: International Well being and Substance Use Poster Session
Location: Minneapolis Conference Heart – BCD Exhibit Corridor
Poster: A Framework for Assessing Substance Use Dysfunction and the Availability and Demand of Psychological Well being Suppliers
AIR Presenters/Authors: Paraj Patel, Brandy Farrar, Tanvi Rao, Sarah Chung, Rekha Varghese, April Grady and Karina Wagnerman
5:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Session: Analysis and implementation of human providers and neighborhood well being insurance policies
Location: Minneapolis Conference Heart – 202AB
Oral presentation: Well being and Human Companies Collaboration in Refugee Resettlement and Group Integration: Suggestions for Coverage and Apply from the HEAR Mission
AIR Presenters/Authors: Maliha Ali, Melissa Henry, Trenita Childers, Mary Lavelle and Karen Frazier
Tuesday October 29
eight:30 – 10:00 am
Session: Id as a social determinant of psychological well being: views on disparities, inequities and intersectionality
Location: Hilton Minneapolis – Minneapolis Ballroom A
Spherical desk: Monitoring and Decreasing Disparities in Behavioral Well being Entry, Utilization, and Affected person Outcomes: Outcomes from a Studying Collaborative Supporting Equitable and Built-in Behavioral Well being
AIR Presenters/Authors: Ann Middleton, Brandy Farrar, Melissa Hafner, Clea Vannet, Maliha Ali, Lauren Kestner and Kathryn Phillips