Women & Tobacco: Consequences and Solutions
April 24, 2007
9 a.m. - Welcome
9:10 a.m. - Comment on Health, Rallie McAllister, M.D., MPH, MSEH
9:30 a.m. - The State of Women’s Health in Kentucky
Ruth Ann Shepherd, MD, FAAP, CPHQ
Director, Division of Women’s Health
Kentucky Department for Public Health
10 a.m. - Break
10:45 a.m. - Cathy Melvin, MPH, PhD, National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit
11:15 a.m. - Amy Barkley, Advocacy Director, Tobacco States, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
11:45 a.m. - Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. - Breakout Sessions – Choose two
1) Implementing Strategies to Reduce Tobacco Use
Kristin Ashford, ARNP, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky
2) Motivational Interviewing
Suzanne Carrier, LCSW, Women’s Treatment Coordinator
Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
3) Nicotine Dependence Treatment
RaeAnne Davis, MSPH
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Governor’s Office of Wellness & Physical Activity
Richard Clayton, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Behavior
University of Kentucky
Celeste Worth, CHES
Kentucky Cancer Program
University of Louisville
3 p.m. - Panel Discussion: The Toll of Tobacco on Women’s Health
Patricia Grodecki, M.D.
Director, Women’s Cardiac Center
Cardiology Associates, PSC
David M. Mannino, M.D., FCCP
Associate Professor, Director
Pulmonary Epidemiology Research Laboratory
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Daniel Kenady, M.D.
Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
L. Creed Pettigrew, M.D., MPH
Professor of Neurology
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wrap Up and Evaluation
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