Here forwards details of an upcoming Health Care Forum the Asian American
Commission will hold, in co-sponsorship with Tufts Clinical and Translational
Science Institute, on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2014, that will focus on behavioral
health issues and disparities affecting our AAPI (Asian American & Pacific
Islander) communities in MA.
Details are in
the below email message, and draft program agenda is below.
Please consider
attending this event, and register online NO LATER than THIS EVENING, OCTOBER
30, 2014 (11:59pm).
This is a FREE
event, with lunch and parking (if needed) provided.
Feel free to
forward this event information to any and all in your networks.
Registration is
brisk and attendance is very good, but we have capacity and space for more
attendees and we want to make this event known and available to as many
interested parties as possible!
We would love
attendees from colleges, universities, graduate schools, as well as "first
generation" AAPI immigrants from our local communities, and ANYONE who is
interested in AAPI behavioral health issues (clients, patients, consumers,
etc.).
If you can only
stay for part of the time, you can also register.
The Asian
American Commission hopes you can join us for this unique opportunity to learn
about behavioral health issues and disparities that affect our AAPI community
in MA.
Looking forward
to ongoing dialogue and advocacy to support health and wellness in our AAPI
communities.
P.S. If you run
into ANY technical glitches in trying to register by this evening, please email
the Commission's Executive Director, Jason Chou, directly, BEFORE tomorrow
morning 8am, at:
Best regards,
Elisa Choi,
M.D., FACP
Vice-Chairperson
& Commissioner
Chair,
Healthcare Subcommittee
Asian American
Commission of the Commonwealth of MA
One Ashburton
Place, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
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DRAFT PROGRAM (subject to
change, with FINAL program available on the event day)
"Breaking Barriers,
Shattering Stigmas: Addressing AAPI Behavioral Health Issues and
Disparities"
Saturday, November 1, 2014
10am-4pm
Tufts University Sacker
Building
145 Harrison Avenue,
Boston, MA 02111
9:30 am: Registration
& coffee/breakfast
10:00 am: Welcome
from the Commission –
- Mr. Kajal Chattopadhyay –
Chairperson, Asian American Commission
- Dr. Elisa Choi - Vice
Chairperson, Asian American Commission; Chair of AAC Healthcare Subcommittee;
and Event Moderator
10:10 am:
Introduction and Opening Remarks –
- Dr. George King - Chief
Scientific Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center
10:15am: Boston City
Councilor Michelle Wu
10:25 am: Opening
address
- Professor Marylou Sudders
- Chair of the Mental Health & Health Program, Boston College Graduate
School of Social Work
10:45 am: "The
blueprint of AAPI behavioral health: national perspectives and
implications for Massachusetts"
- Dr. Ed K.S. Wang -
Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Massachusetts Department of Mental
Health
11:10 am: "A
Personal Story: Reflections on Culture, Stigma, and Endurance" - Dr.
Pata Suyemoto
11:30 am: Lunch
12:00pm to
2:15pm:
Concurrent panel and
workshop sessions, varying start and end times (Final titles and times
TBD)
- "Human Resiliency - As Witnessed Among Southeast Asian
Americans"
- This session will be a
panel discussion focusing on PTSD and self-esteem issues facing Southeast Asian
Americans.
- Moderator:
Ms. Sophy Theam –
Treasurer, Asian American Commission & Healthcare Subcommittee Member
- Panelists:
Mr. Joey Banh
Mr. Michael Ouk
- Enrollment Department with the All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly at
Element Care, Inc., in Lynn, MA
Mr. Sayon Soeun
- Executive Director for Light of Cambodian Children, Inc. (LCC)
Ms. Linda Sopheap Sou
- Director of Lowell Community Health Center’s Teen BLOCK Programs
Ms. Sopheap Theam –
Director, Future Stars Sports and Leadership Development Program;
documentary filmmaker, “Lost Child”
Ms. Svang Tor - Senior
Clinician and Consultant/Liaison in Behavioral Health at Family Health Services
in Lynn and at Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma in Cambridge
- "Depression, Substance Abuse, and Suicidality among AAPIs -
Uncovering Disparities and Promoting Successful Strategies for Care and
Prevention"
- This session will consist
of didactic presentations about depression, suicidality, and substance abuse as
they affect AAPIs, followed by an interactive Q&A and discussion focusing
on models of care and intervention strategies.
- Moderator:
Dr. Elisa Choi - Vice
Chairperson, Asian American Commission; Chair of AAC Healthcare Subcommittee
- Panelists:
Dr. Albert Yeung -
Director, Behavioral Health at South Cove Community Health Center
Dr. Hyeouk Chris Hahm -
Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
- "Lessons from Experience: Strategies for Surviving, Coping, and
Thriving"
– This session will be an
interactive discussion about personal experiences of AAPI behavioral health
issues.
- Facilitators:
Dr. Pata Suyemoto
Mr. John Zrebiec, LICSW,
CDE - Director, Behavioral and Mental Health Services, Joslin Diabetes Center,
Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
- "Hidden Addiction: Problem Gambling in the AAPI Community and
Approaches to Culturally Sensitive Intervention"
– This session will be a
panel discussion on problem gambling among AAPIs.
- Moderator:
Mr. Kajal Chattopadhyay -
Chairperson, Asian American Commission & Healthcare Subcommittee Member
- Panelists:
Mr. Nathan Smith
- Program Officer at the National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG)
Mr. Mark Vander Linden
- Director of Research and Problem Gambling for the Massachusetts Gaming
Commission
Ms. Marlene Warner
- Executive Director, Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
Dr. Carolyn Wong
- Research Associate for the Institute for Asian American Studies at the
University of Massachusetts, Boston
- “Stress and Asian Americans: What does it look like and what can
you do?”
- This session will
address the myriad of ways that stress can manifest for Asian Americans and the
ways that it can be addressed via enhanced coping strategies and support
options. There will be a demonstration of a few strategies to take away.
- Facilitators:
Ms. Fanny Ng – Senior graduate student in the Clinical Psychology
program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
Dr. Julie Yun
- Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Counseling Center at the
University of Massachusetts, Boston
2:20pm to 3:30 pm: Closing plenary panel - "Enhancing access to culturally and
linguistically competent behavioral health services”
- Moderator:
Ms. Karen Tseng -
Commissioner, Asian American Commission & Healthcare Subcommittee Member
- Panelists:
Ms. Ipek Demirsoy
- Policy Director for Accountable Care at the Commonwealth’s Health Policy
Commission
Dr. Aileen Lee – Clinical
Psychologist, Asian Community Counseling Program (ACCP), South Shore
Mental Health
Dr. Kim Nghiem - Staff
Psychologist and Director, Asian Mental Health Program of Cambridge Health
Alliance
Dr. Joel Rubinstein -
Medical Director for Network Medical Management & Behavioral Health,
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Dr. Ed K.S. Wang -
Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Massachusetts Department of Mental
Health
Dr. Albert Yeung -
Director, Behavioral Health at South Cove Community Health Center
3:40pm-3:50pm: Closing remarks and Event Summary
-Dr.
Elisa Choi - Vice Chairperson, Asian American Commission; Chair of AAC
Healthcare Subcommittee; and Event Moderator
