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Conference to
explore impact of poverty, environment on
Minority Health
Newswise — The impact
of poverty, culture and environment on
minority health is the topic of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill’s 29th annual Minority Health
Conference, which will be held Friday (Feb.
29) at the William and Ida Friday Continuing
Education Center.
As a highlight of the
conference, the 10th annual William T. Small
Jr. Keynote Lecture will be presented at 9
a.m. by Nancy Krieger, Ph.D., professor of
society, human development and health at the
Harvard School of Public Health.
Krieger’s lecture –
titled “The Science and Epidemiology of
Racism and Health in the United States: an
Ecosocial Perspective” – will address how
racial inequalities in social conditions
become biologically embodied over lifetimes
and across generations, creating racial and
ethnic health inequities
A social epidemiologist
with a background in biochemistry,
philosophy of science, and the history of
public health, Krieger has 25 years
experience as an activist in issues
involving social justice, science and
health.
Krieger is also associate director
of the Harvard Center for Society and
Health, and co-director of the Harvard
School of Public Health’s interdisciplinary
concentration on women, gender and health.
Although the conference
is at capacity, the keynote address will be
accessible at 2 p.m. ET via satellite
downlink and Webcast, followed by a live
telephone question and answer session with
Krieger.
The annual Minority
Health Conference was launched by the UNC
School of Public Health’s Minority Student
Caucus in 1977 to highlight health issues of
concern to people of color and to attract
students interested in minority health to
the School.
This year’s student-run
conference is sponsored by the School of
Public Health, the Minority Student Caucus,
the School of Public Health Student
Government Board, the Minority Health
Project and the School’s North Carolina
Institute for Public Health.
The
conference’s student co-chairs are Janelle
Armstrong-Brown and Eboni Taylor.
“One of the high points
of planning the Minority Health Conference
for us this year has been connecting with
past Minority Student Caucus members who
have been impressed with the magnitude of
the conference,” said Armstrong-Brown.
“They
remembered when they used to have to scan
the School of Public Health hallways looking
for people to come on the day of the
conference.
"Now, in the conference’s 29th
year, we have over 600 participants
registered and 100 on the waiting list.
"I
see this as a testament to the priority that
has been placed on minority health and
issues impacting people of color.
"We look
forward to another successful year and for
many years to come.”
In addition to the
keynote address, conference participants
will attend sessions on topics including
environmental inequities, natural disaster
preparation and recovery, healthcare access,
cancer disparities, and examples of
youth-led health and service projects in
marginalized communities.
Numerous research
posters, including many by students, will
also be on display.
There will also be a
preview and discussion of the PBS
Documentary “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality
Making Us Sick?” which looks at how on each
descending rung of the socio‐economic
ladder, people tend to be sicker and die
sooner.
The documentary uses compelling
personal stories — spanning the country — to
demonstrate how social conditions are as
vital to health as diet, smoking and
exercise.
The conference is
filled to capacity, but arrangements can be
made for media representatives to attend.
Visit
http://www.minority.unc.edu for
details.
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