THE FLORIDA PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE JULY 2018

Florida Public Health Association

14646 NW 151st Blvd.

Alachua, FL 32615

Greetings FPHA,

It is my honor and privilege to be this

year’s FPHA President! I truly believe we

have an exciting year ahead of us as we

work together in sharing expertise

resources, public health priorities, and

collaborate for greater influence on public

health policies at the local and state

levels. We are Florida’s only public health

association for students and

professionals from all fields of public

health.

A big thank you to all who supported and attended this year’s FPHA

Annual Conference in Orlando, July 24th-25th and next year’s meeting

presents an even more exciting opportunity to partner and promote

the cause in public health.

It is my desire for our association to champion the public health of all

people in Florida and communities by strengthening the overall public

health profession, promoting best practices and sharing the latest

public health research and information.

I encourage you and those you work with to join and get actively

involved with FPHA and help make our association the best it can be.

We, as fellow Floridians, have much to be thankful for living in such a

great state and being leaders in our respective public health

professions.

I look forward to serving FPHA and its members as we strive to

promote public health in Florida.

Wishing good health,

- Sandon S. Speedling

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From the President’s Desk… In This Issue...

AEC Poster Winners

AEC Award Winners

Exhibitor Thank You

Welcome New Board

Members

We Too Are Public

Health

Give Back to FPHA

New Members

Training

Opportunities

Job Board

ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018

Florida Public Health Association

14646 NW 151st Blvd.

Alachua, FL 32615

TUESDAY, JULY 24

Most Innovative

“Improving Long-Term Outcomes for Florida’s Foster Youth and Families”

Derrick Stephens

Best All Around

“Infertility Experiences Among College Students”

Noor Zaman, Marissa Rickloff, Waleska Santiago-Datil

“Optimizing Access to STI Evaluation and Treatment Services through Quality

Improvement”

Ryan Mims, Tracy Ward

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

Most Innovative

“Promoting Safe Sleep with the Baby Box Program”

Mary Wachira

Best All Around

“Bullying Among Refugee Student Populations in

Hillsborough County”

Carson Bell, Ashleigh Blersch, Reatta Ram

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Poster Winners

ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018

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Awards Winners

Homer D. Ventors Award

Carolyn Tales

Hall of Memory Award

Bobbie Thackeray

Legislative Award

Senator René García

Presidential Award

Ethel Edwards

Presidential Award

Virginia McCoy

Scholarship

Etinosa Sharon Oghogho

Meritorious Award

Rick France

ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018

Florida Public Health Association

14646 NW 151st Blvd.

Alachua, FL 32615

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Thank you to our Exhibitors!

3M

BioLytical Laboratories

Bio-Rad Laboratories

Carfora Mediation

Delta Dental Insurance Company

DentaQuest

DNTLworks Equipment Corporation

Environmental Public Health Tracking

Florida Department of Health

Florida Department of Health (Walton)

Florida Department of Health (Miami-Dade)

Feel Good, Inc.

First Florida Credit Union

ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018

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Thank you to our Exhibitors!

Florida International University

Henry Schein

Hologic

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Liberty Dental Plan

Men’s Health Initiative

QIAGEN

Retractable Technologies, Inc.

Rollins College Masters of Public Health

United Healthcare Community Plan

University of Florida College of Public Health

University of South Florida College of Public Health

Venue on Hold

Young Dental

NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Florida Public Health Association

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President

Sandon S. Speedling

President-Elect, Educational Conference

Planning Committee

Ethel Edwards

1st Vice President, Membership Committee

Jessica Weissman

2nd Vice President, Poster Committee

Mark S. Lander

Secretary 2017-2019

Chintan Bhatt

Treasurer 2018-2020, Finance Committee

Brenda Brown

Member at Large 2016-2019

Angela S. Garcia

Member at Large 2017-2020

Beth Paterniti

Member at Large 2018-2021

Allison Rapp

Immediate Past President, Nominating

Committee

Jennifer Waskovich

Editor—Newsletter

Ayesha Johnson

Editor—Website, Silent Auction

Yvonne Salfinger

APHA Representative, Awards & Scholarships Committee

Lori Jordahl

SHA Representative

Ernesto (Tito) Rubio

ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018

Florida Public Health Association

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We Too Are Public Health!

Venise White, Community

Programs Manager of the Office

of Health Promotion and

Education at the Florida

Department of Health in

Seminole County is a longtime

participant at the FPHA Annual

Conferences, since 2005. She

has been a speaker and vendor

at several FPHA conferences and

this year she gave an excellent

presentation titled "Building a

Culture of Health Equity in

Seminole County." Mrs. White

absolutely loves Public Health

and is known by her mantra, “We

too are Public Health!” Venise compares the FPHA conference to a revival

or retreat to gain new skills, network with like-minded professionals,

inspire new members and recharge those who have been in the game for

a while. She is committed to enhancing the field of Public Health and is

always willing to coach and mentor new professionals and students

interested in the field. Venise accepts the theme of this year’s conference

“Striving for Excellence in Public Health" as a charge for all county health

departments and stakeholders working to make Florida the healthiest

state in the nation. “It’s time for us to work closer together across sectors

and cultures to empower all communities to adopt healthier lifestyles and

improve public health outcomes that benefit us all.”

GIVING BACK TO FPHA

Florida Public Health Association

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Alachua, FL 32615

FPHA is a registered charitable organization with Amazon Smile. What does this mean

to you? Once you begin shopping through Amazon Smile (with FPHA selected as your

charitable organization), Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchases to FPHA at no

extra cost to you. Therefore, shopping on Amazon Smile can make a huge impact on

the sustainability of FPHA!

Through Amazon Smile, you will shop the same products at the same price using your

same login information as Amazon or Amazon Prime. Fun Fact: Our Advocacy

Committee Chair donated $29 to FPHA last year just by switching from Amazon to

Amazon Smile.

If all of our public health Amazon users switched from Amazon to Amazon Smile, we

could provide more student scholarships and other awards to our members, along with

the capability to hold bigger and better regional and state conferences!

You don’t need to be a member of FPHA to contribute. It is simple!

Just go to smile.amazon.com and select FPHA Foundation, Inc. as your charitable

organization.

Now, we challenge you, your friends, and your family members to use Amazon Smile

for your Amazon purchases.

Thank you for your contribution and happy shopping!

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NEW MEMBERS

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We are glad to have you as part of FPHA & hope to see you soon at one of our events!

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Tessa S.

Rachel M.

Blake M.

Fidel V.

Kevin R.

Jeff F.

Bob E.

Mary S.

Morgan P.

Ashleigh B.

Carson B.

Donna W.

Shantell H.

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Florida Public Health Association

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Alachua, FL 32615

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Florida Public Health Association

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Alachua, FL 32615

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Patients often seek the services of an RDN because they are sick and tired of feeling “sick and tired.” Bloating, stomach discomfort after eating, inconsistent bowel habits, and similar complaints are commonplace. While diagnosing is not within the RDN’s scope of practice, we can help clients with symptom management. The comprehensive nature of RDNs’ counseling sessions permit us to dig a bit deeper into solving the complex mystery of what may be ailing patients and clients — without invasive diagnostics! This webinar will discuss food allergies/intolerances, SIBO, FODMAP, IBS, motility issues, and GERD and provide practical strategies for assisting with symptom management.

This webinar will be presented by Felicia D. Stoler, DCN, MS, RDN, FACSM, FAND on August 15, 2018 from 2-3 pm ET.

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JOB BOARD

Florida Public Health Association

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Alachua, FL 32615

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Posted 5/25/18 Job Title: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Medicine- Population Health Company Name: University of Central Florida College of Medicine Location: Florida, United States Please click here for additional information and how to apply.

Posted 7/26/18 Job Title: Medical/Health Care Program Analyst (HIV/AIDS section within the Division of Disease Control and Protection) Company Name: Florida Department of Health Location: Tallahassee, Florida Click here to apply.

Posted 8/10/18 Job Title: Wellness Coordinator Company Name: GatorCare Location: Gainesville, Florida Description: GatorCare is looking for two full time wellness coordinators to join their wellness team! GatorCare is a large self insured health plan based out of Gainesville, FL that provides health and wellness programming for it’s 40,000 members of UF, UF Health and UF affiliates. This role will work with the wellness team to plan, implement and evaluate new and ongoing programming related to eight dimensions of wellness. These individuals should work well independently and with others, should be comfortable presenting to large groups on a variety of health topics, and should have experience planning and evaluating programs. For more information on the wellness program, visit http://gatorcare.org/wellness/. Both positions will be UF Health employees.

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Posted 8/10/18 Job Title: FIMR Quantitative Abstractor Company Name: Florida Institute for Health Innovation Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Description: The Quantitative Case Manager/Data Abstractor will be an integral member ofPalm Beach County's Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) programteam. The aim of the FIMR project is to enhance the health and well-being of women, infants and families by improving the community resources and service delivery systems available to these families. This position is responsible for abstracting, compiling and presenting each case for review at monthly FIMR meetings. Interested candidates should please email resume to Fay Glasgow at fglasgow@flhealthinnovation.org.

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