The Picture of Health in Nassau County

Adelphi University hosts Public Health in the Suburbs seminar

 

Suburbia is often depicted as picturesque, wholesome and orderly, a place of green lawns and healthy people.  To many, Long Island seems a picture of suburban perfection, but deeper examination reveals some troubling facts about social health disparities that exist. With this in mind, Adelphi’s College of Nursing and Public Health in collaboration with the Center for Health Innovation present a look at the current state of public health in Nassau County.

An Introduction to Public Health in the Suburbs: An Adelphi University Summer Seminar is planned for Wednesday, July 24, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in the Ruth S. Harley University Center, Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom located at 1 South Avenue in Garden City, NY.

The program will begin with an introduction by the Dean of Adelphi University’s newly named College of Nursing and Public Health, Patrick Coonan ’78 EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE. Dean Coonan is also the Acting Director of the Center for Health Innovation.

Speakers for the day include Lawrence Eisenstein, MD, FACP, Commissioner of Health for Nassau County, who will discuss the county’s experience with the Wisconsin Health Rankings; Martine Hackett, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Professions, Hofstra University School of Health Sciences and Human Services, who will talk on suburban health inequities; Philip Alcabes, PhD, Professor of Public Health and director of Adelphi’s Master of Public Health program will speak on a regional view of health; and preventing public health epidemics will be covered by Tavora Buchman, PhD, Director of the Division of Quality Improvement, Epidemiology and Research at the Nassau County Department of Health with Celina Cabello, MPH, Epidemiologist, Nassau County Department of Health.

This seminar is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

To register for An Introduction to Public Health in the Suburbs: An Adelphi University Summer Seminar, sign up online at chi.adelphi.edu/newsevent/public-health-in-the-suburbs/

About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Schools of Nursing and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 41 states and 60 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.