Time: 8:30AM to 5PM

Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor
between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan

Fee: $30 (General Public) | Free (Students)
(Limited Space Available)

Online registration: www.cbwchc.org/project/WHsymposium/symposium.html
 

Women’s Health Symposium: Rising to the Challenges of Being a Woman is designed to help community healthcare providers learn more about issues affecting Asian American women living in New York City. Topics will include suicide; cultural and communication differences within generations and youth discrimination. There will also be lively discussions focusing on pregnancy when diabetes, hepatitis B or HIV/AIDS is involved; health issues such as menopause, osteoporosis and lupus as well as a panel on what Asians may expect from President Obama’s health care reform plan. In our ongoing effort to represent the health concerns of Asian American populations such as Chinese, Korean, South Asian, Filipinos, Vietnamese and others, we have identified speakers whose outreach efforts within a particular community have proven successful. We hope their shared insight will inspire a spirited dialogue about how we can continue to build on maximizing the health care of Asian Americans. We invite health care professionals, health educators, social service providers, students, advocates and individuals from the community to attend this symposium. Following the conclusion of this symposium, participants will have: An increased awareness of health and social issues that affect Asian American women, as well as those issues that are more prominent in one population versus another; Achieved a better understanding of the mindset of Asian American women during different stages of their lives; An understanding of Asian American health across the generations Gained insight how the new health care reform bill may affect immigrant communities. Press Coverage Korean Daily | Sinovision | World Journal Program 8:30AM - Registration & Breakfast 9:15AM - Welcome/Opening Remarks Antony Wong, Asian American / Asian Research Institute-CUNY Henrietta Ho-Asjoe, MPS, NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health   9:45AM -Health Reform – What’s the Impact on Us? Moderator:  Peter Gee, Asian Americans for Equality Panelists Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, MPH, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families Adam Gurvitch, National Immigration Law Center Regina Lee, ESQ, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center   10:45AM - A Woman’s Health Across a Lifespan Moderator:  My-Lan Tran, LCSW, LANTern (Lupus Asian Network) Panelists Cindy Meng Hou, DO, MBA, Kennedy Memorial Hospital Potri Ranka Mania, RN, Kalusugan Coalition Lois Lee, Chinese-American Planning Council   11:45AM - BREAK 12:00PM - You Can Have a Healthy Baby – Pregnancy Care options when dealing with Diabetes, Hepatitis B or HIV/AIDS Moderator: Krittika Ghosh, MSC, NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health Panelists Punima Naik, MD, Morris Heights Health Center Suki Terada Ports, Family Health Project Su Wang, MD, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center   1:00PM - Lunch 1:45PM - Greetings from NYC Councilmember Margaret Chin   2:15PM - Bridging the Generational Gap within Families and Communities Chi-Kit Ho, LCSW, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center   2:30PM - Surviving Discrimination as You Grow Up in Today’s World Moderator: Mitchel Wu, Coalition of Asian American Children and Families Panelists Celine Liu, New York Asian Women Center Khin Mai Aung, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Rucha Kavathe, United Sikhs   3:30PM - BREAK 3:45PM - Youth Suicide - Too Young to Die Runi Mukherji-Ratnam, PHD, SUNY College at Old Westbury   4:30PM - Closing Remarks Rebecca Sze, FNP, MSN, MPA, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center - Co-Sponsors NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health Charles B. Wang Community Health Center Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV / AIDS Chinese American Planning Council Chinese American Nurse Association Cicatelli Associates Inc. LANtern (Lupus Asian Network) Program, Hospital for Special Surgery New York Downtown Hospital New York Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia & Cornell OraQuick Advance Public Health Solutions Quest Diagnostics Visiting Nurse Service of New York

25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 New York, NY 10036   
Phone: 212-869-0182/0187   
Fax: 212-869-0181 | E-mail: info@aaari.info