| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:10 |
Opening Comments
MAPS Executive Director
And
Conference Director |
| 9:10 – 10:10 |
Morning Keynote Speaker |
| 10:10 – 10:20 |
Video |
| 10:20 – 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 – 12:30 |
Morning Workshops
I. The social, cultural, and legal issues of our communities
- Acculturation and the American society
- Deportation, access to higher education, driver’s license,
immigrant workers’ rights
II. Current health and mental health concerns
- Sex education, prevention and care of STD’s, HIV, substance and
alcohol abuse
- Domestic violence: safety and prevention
- Chronic diseases; nutrition, sedentary life styles and overweight
- Stress related illnesses including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder
|
| 12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch provided |
| 12:45 – 1:30 |
Lunch Presentation: Lead Toxicity Among Portuguese-Speaking
Workers
|
| 1:30 – 1:40 |
Break |
| 1:40 – 3:40 |
Afternoon Workshops
III. Delivery of services and access to care
- Access to all types of quality health care in a time of shrinking budgets and high medical costs
- The impact of governmental policy and civic participation in the delivery of health and social services
IV. The role of the Portuguese-speaking media in community
education and risk communication
- Review the ways the Portuguese-speaking media informs and disseminates knowledge
- Establish ways the media can work with the community to communicate knowledge and prevention
|
| 3:45 – 4:30 |
Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 – 5:00 |
Entertainment – Stay with us! |
