Symposium Schedule

The Movement to Prevent and Mitigate Environmental Trauma and ACEs

Afternoon Presentations (Continued)

Thursday, April 20, 2023 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ensuring a Strong Start for Children, Adults, and Communities: The Movement to Build and Sustain Positive Childhood, Adult, and Community Experiences

Edith-Smith Rayford, MD, OB-GYN Central Mississippi Health Services

Charlene Collier, MD, VP of Clinical Programs, Cayaba Care

2:10 p.m.

Laura Dickerson, RN Labor & Delivery, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Amanda Rice, MD Chief Medical Officer, G.A.Carmichael Family Health Center

Break

Symposium Synthesis

3:25 pm - p.m.

Call-to-Action and Key Takeaways

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3:20 p.m.

4:20 p.m.

Objectives

• Connect historical and contemporary contexts to understand that policy is not race-neutral Understand the socio-political determinants of health inequities among under-resourced, vulnerable, and marginalized communities in the US

• Advocate for the exchange of research, ideas, and information relative to the advancement of evidence-based health equity-related policies and programs

• Examine social determinants of health and vulnerabilities of underserved communities Devise recommendations and strategic plans that drive systemic goals, regional partnerships, and community-facing programs for improving health and wellbeing for vulnerable populations Identify and leverage catalysts for health systems reform

• Understand risk factors for adverse mental, behavioral, and physical health outcomes due to poisoning from lead and other water contaminants

• Identify socio-political factors contributing to the lead poisoning, disaster Flint Water Crisis

• Discuss the journey of policy reform and recovery efforts to improve the Flint, Michigan water source supply and infrastructure

• Discuss grass-roots advocacy efforts for bringing about policy reform for health equity

• Discuss associations of poverty and stigma with poor oral health care education and practice Demonstrate the correlation of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), disaster, and oral health care adversity in impoverished environments

• Examine evidence-based approaches to mobilize and sustain prevention and chronic illness and disease mitigation strategies

Objectives

• Explain historic systemic inequities that plague underserved communities and contribute to generational adversity

• Discuss the disproportionate adverse impacts of man-made and natural disasters on people of color and marginalized communities

• Understand and identify where and how to take action in support of vulnerable communities before, during, and following man-made and natural disasters

• Provide evidence of the impacts of environmental factors on maternal, fetal and child health outcomes

• Discuss populations and communities that are at risk of increased maternal, fetal and child health disparities

• Identify opportunities to prevent poor health outcomes related to maternal, fetal, and child health

• Describe strategies to promote thriving communities

• Provide an overview of how corporate investments/philanthropy promote social change Provide resources for the aforementioned interventions

• Outline the intersections of key symposium themes/topics

• Describe action steps to address environmental insults and trauma Discuss policy interventions to address/mitigate the impacts of trauma

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