African-American Health Care
Experiences in Southeast Michigan
"How the Past Shapes Today and Tomorrow"
Charles H. Wright
African-American Historical Museum
Detroit, Michigan
Friday February 26, 1999
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MORNING SESSIONS: Multipurpose Rooms
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| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Welcome and Overview of the Day
Norman L. Foster, M.D., Principal Investigator |
Presentation of the Project
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| 9:15 - 9:45 |
Overview of the Project
George Myers, MA,
Project Coordinator/Research InvestigatorSetting of Southeastern Michigan
Camille Harper, MA, Research Associate
Respondents' Data
Ron Amos, Research Associate |
| 9:45- 10:15 |
African American Perspectives and Attitudes on Illness
Harold W. Neighbors, Ph.D., co-Principal Investigator |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Participation of African Americans in Health Care Systems
Norman L. Foster, M.D. |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Further Opportunities to Utilize the Data
George Myers, MA |
| 11:30 - 1:00 |
Lunch and Exhibits
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AFTERNOON
SESSIONS
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Concurrent Sessions: Classrooms A, B, and C.
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| 1:00 - 3:30 |
Session 1: Strategies for Learning More about Disease in African Americans
Norman Foster, M.D., Moderator
Presenters:
 | Diane Brown, Ph.D.
College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs
Wayne State University
"Social Influences on African-American Participation in Health Research" |
| Ken Jamerson, M.D.
University of Michigan
"Community Involvement in Health Care Research in African Americans" |
| Mary Sano, Ph.D.
Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study
Columbia University
"Overcoming Barriers to Health Care and Health Research in Elderly African Americans
with Dementia" |
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| 1:00 - 3:30 |
Session 2: African-American Leadership in Our Health Care Systems
George Myers, M.A., Moderator
Presenters:
| Nathaniel Wesley, PhD
Black Hospitals in America
Florida A and M University
"The Legacy of Black Hospitals in Today's Health Care Systems" |
| Herbert Smitherman, M.D., MPH
Community Oriented Primary Care Initiative
Wayne State University
"Involving the African American Community in Health Care" |
| Vence Bohnam, J.D.
College of Human Medicine
Michigan State University
"The Role of African Americans in Designing Managed Care" |
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| 1:00 - 3:30 |
Session 3: Incorporating African Americans' Beliefs about Illness in Health Care
Harold W. Neighbors, Ph.D., Moderator
Presenters:
| Keith Wailoo, Ph.D.
Department of Social Medicine
University North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Changing Technology and African American Beliefs about Health Care" |
| Rosalie Young, Ph.D.
Department of Community Medicine
Wayne State University
"The Context of Caregiving among African Americans" |
| Linda Chatters, Ph.D.
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
"The Role of Family and Religion in the Health of Afican Americans" |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Conclusion and Recognition (Multipurpose Rooms) |
| 4:30 - 6:00 |
CHWMAAH and Health Care Exhibit Tour
(Detroit Public Library) |
| 6:00 - 8:00 |
Buffet/Reception (Rotunda) |
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