Program

Friday, May 16
Saturday, May 17

The Conference on Tobacco and Chronic Diseases Among Vietnamese-Americans will consist of both plenary and break-out roundtable/panel discussion sessions. Contents covered in overlapping break-out roundtable/panel discussions will include the following with a special focus on immigrants: language access, health issues and healthcare access and economic issues.

Friday, May 16

4:00 PM Registration and Social Hour

4:45 PM Welcoming Remarks by Co-Sponsoring Organizations

Hoang Tran, JD - Board Chairman, Asian Pacific Tobacco-Free Coalition of Minnesota (APTFCM)
Yen Pham - Executive Director, Vietnam Social Service
Marc Manley, MD, MPH - Director, Center for Tobacco Reduction and Health Improvement, Blue Cross Blued Shield of Minnesota
David Willoughby - Executive Director, Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco

5:15 PM Session - "How the Tobacco Industry Targets Communities of Color"

Steven Foldes, Ph.D. - Senior Research Investigator, Center for Tobacco Reduction and Health Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Lead Researcher, DREGAN Project (Diverse Racial Ethnic Groups and Nations)

6:30 PM Dinner and Entertainment - Lucky Dragon Restaurant

Bui Diem - former Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the U.S.

Saturday, May 17

8:30 AM Registration

9:00 AM Introductory Remarks

Nghi Huynh - President, Asian Community Health Center

9:10 AM Introductory Remarks

"The Changing Health Care Needs of the Vietnamese Community"
- Nguyen Mau Trinh, R.Ph. - Founding President, Vietnamese Pharmacist Association of Northeast U.S.

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM State and Federal Health Programs Targeting Vietnamese Communities

Gloria Lewis, Ph.D. - Director, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health
Mildred Hunter, MSW, M.P.H. - Regional Minority Health Coordinator, Region V, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

10:35 AM Diabetes in Vietnamese and other Southeast Asians in Minnesota

Allison Rick, M.P.H. - Minnesota Diabetes Program

11:15 AM Diabetes a Brief Cultural Experience

Linda Ngoc Nguyen, M.A.

11:30 AM Lunch Speaker - "Voice Your Health Care Needs"

Nguyen Ngoc Bich - Scholar, Educator, former President, National Association of Vietnamese American Education

1:00 PM "Breast and Cervical Cancer Education Program Activities"

Ashley Tuyet Nguyen - Coordinator, Breast and Cervical Education Program, Vietnamese Social Services

1:45 PM "Nutrition for Better Health"

Win Terrell, R.N. - St. Paul Public Health Center (Ret.)

2:15 PM "The DREGAN Project (How Culture Influences Tobacco Use"

Nina Alesci, M.P.H. - Research Project Manager, Center for Tobacco Reduction and Health Improvement, BCBS
Yanat Chhith, M.A. - DREGAN Project Manger

3:15 PM Concluding Remarks

Hung Nguyen - President, National Congress of Vietnamese Americans

3:30 PM Adjourn

4:00 PM Reception

* The above schedule is current as of May 11, 2003. It is subject to change without prior notice.