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November 4, 2009 |
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12:00 PM -
1:00 PM
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Environmental and Occupational Health Interdisciplinary Seminar Presents:
"Nurses with Disabilities and Cultural Competence: A Research Agenda for Inclusion in Occupational Health"
When: November 4, 2009
12pm-1pm
Where: Rm.122 SPW
Speaker: Beth Marks
Beth Marks is Associate Director for Research in the Rehabilitation
Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities
(RRTCADD), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), President of the
National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND), and a
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Disability and Human
Development (DHD), UIC. She directs intervention research programs
related to the empowerment and advancement of persons with
disabilities through primary health care, health education, and
occupational health and safety activities.
Dr. Marks has developed and implemented community-based surveys related to health
and safety for people with disabilities and has written publications and presented
papers in the areas of disability, health promotion, and community
engagement in the U.S. and internationally. In February 2009, Dr. Marks
co-produced a documentary with Bronwynne Evans, RN, PhD entitled
Open the Door, Get'Em a Locker: Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities.
She has two books entitled 1) Health Matters: The Exercise and Nutrition
Health Education Curriculum for People with Developmental Disabilities
and 2) Health Matters for People with Developmental Disabilities:
Creating a Sustainable Health Promotion Program that will be published
by Brookes Publishing Company in the winter of 2010. Currently, along
with her colleague Jasmina Sisirak, MPH, she is developing a
moderated, interactive distance learning health promotion course for
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) to build capacity in providing
health/wellness initiatives in day/residential programs for adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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122 SPHW School of Public Health West |
| Audience: | General public/Campus community/Faculty/Staff/Students/Alumni |
| Contact: |
agattu2@uic.edu
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Lectures, Seminars and Meetings |
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Last updated on 11-02-2009.
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