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Date:    Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:33:39 -0400

From:    Blakely Pomietto <blakely@UMD.EDU>

Subject: Registration link for Free DC Area Conference!

 

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Apologies that the registration link was not included in yesterday's message!  To register online:

http://malecaregivingconference.eventbrite.com/

 

 

 

 

 

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The Department of Family Science

 

College of Health and Human Performance

 

University of Maryland, College Park

 

 

 

proudly presents

 

 

 

Male Caregiving: Creating a Research, Programmatic and Policy Agenda for an Emerging Public Health Issue

 

 

 

When:  Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 8:30am - 4:00pm

 

 

 

Where:  Marriott Inn and Conference Center

 

  3501 University Boulevard E.

 

  College Park, MD 20783

 

 

 

What:  This exciting one-day conference will examine the unique strengths, challenges, and needs of male caregivers. Sessions will focus on male caregivers of children with special needs, spouses and partners, and the elderly. Attendees will learn about men's caregiving experiences, physical and mental health status, and their interactions with professional health care providers. The conference will also present evidence-based interventions and promising practices for working with male caregivers.

 

 

 

Co-Facilitators:

 

*     Thomas Chapman, Ed.D., President and CEO, The HSC Foundation

*     Suzanne Randolph, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor, Department of Family

Science, University of Maryland, College Park

 

 

 

Agenda:

 

*     Overview of Male Caregiving and Public Health Models of Caregiving

 

 

 

*     Male Caregivers of Children with Special Needs

 

*     Jan Greenberg, Ph.D., MSSW, Doctoral Program Chair, School of Social

Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

 

 

*     Male Caregivers of Spouses, Partners, and the Elderly: Trends,

Challenges, and Research and Policy Gaps

 

*     Edward Thompson, Jr., Ph.D., Director of Gerontology Studies

Program,   College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

 

 

 

*     Male Caregivers: Evidence-Based Interventions and Promising

Practices

 

*     Laura Gitlin, Ph.D., Director of Center for Applied Research on

Aging and Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

 

 

 

*     Personal Insights from Male Caregivers and Professional Providers of

Care

 

 

 

*     Creating a Research, Programmatic and Policy Agenda for Male

Caregiving

 

 

 

 

 

Registration Deadline: August 20, 2007

 

 

 

Complimentary admission, lunch and parking provided to all attendees

 

 

 

Questions or Comments: Email or call Erin McClure at elmc@umd.edu or

301-405-1377

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blakely R. Pomietto, MPH, CHES | Coordinator, MPH Programs

 

University of Maryland | School of Public Health

 

3310H Health & Human Performance | College Park, MD 20742

 

301.405.8272 (P) | 301.405.8397 (F)

 

blakely@umd.edu | http://www.hhp.umd.edu

 

 

 

 

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 #545

Date:    Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:36:51 -0400

From:    "Hawkins, Mary E" <mhawkins@NCCU.EDU>

Subject: Re: HEDIR-L Digest - 12 Aug 2007 to 13 Aug 2007 (#2007-174)

 

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Greetings,

Did any of you have difficulty reading Mark Fulop's post on the Newsweek Cover story?

 

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