NH AHEC Health Service Scholars Opportunities
Please Join Us for a Discussion organized by a fellow NH AHEC Scholar:
Gender-Based Violence and Immigration: Provider Panel and Case Discussion
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 (5:30-6:30 pm ET)
Location: Zoom link
Familial Sex Trafficking: What Research Tells Us about Risk and Opportunity
Monday, June 6, 2022 (3:00-4:30 pm ET)
Location: Zoom. Register Here [go2.mailengine1.com]
Description
Familial sex trafficking is uniquely harmful to those affected. Sexual exploitation and/or trafficking by an adult family member violates a most sacred trust, especially when it breaches the parent-child relationship. This presentation will highlight what we know about these cases, current risk and protective factors, and how judges and child-serving professionals can identify and respond to these youth to promote stabilization and recovery. Specific issues related to gender, geography and trauma severity will be discussed to provide context and further tailoring of response strategies.
Faculty
Ginny Sprang, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky, and executive director of the UK Center on Trauma and Children. Dr. Sprang is one of two principal investigators of a CDC funded randomized control trial to prevent child sex trafficking in middle schools. Dr. Sprang has published extensively on topics such as child trauma, trauma informed care, the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, implementation and sustainability, disaster response and secondary traumatic stress. Her work involves the creation of translational tools, and the development, testing and implementation of evidence-based treatments and practices to treat those exposed to these traumatic experiences; Hon. Barbara Mack (Ret.), Member of the Board, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ); Leslye E. Orloff, NIWAP, American University, Washington College of Law
Participation Tracking: What, How, Why
NH AHEC HS Scholars is funded by HRSA, the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA is the primary federal agency for improving health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable. This means, of course, that with the funding comes the need to report on your activities. We aim to make this easy. Here’s how it works:
- Apply to the NH AHEC Scholars program here. Give us a few sentences that describe your interest in doing so. Answer a few questions. Approx time needed: 5 min.
- Once we review and accept your application, we will email you a baseline survey to gather information about you as you begin the program. Approx time needed: 7-10 min.
- You check out our website, with recorded sessions and other didactic resources.
- We will email you regular newsletters about upcoming opportunities that we organize or that we think are of interest and relevant.
- Attended a session organized or advertised by the AHEC? Great! We want to know. There are two ways to report it:
- Go to the link of the event on our calendar, and in the description of the event, click on the Activity Log. Give us a brief response to our questions. Approx eval time needed: 5 min.
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- Keep track of it on your own, and report your attendance in the December or June Participation Tracker Survey, which will be emailed to you.
- If you report some activities via the Activity Log and some via the Participation Tracker Survey, that’s good too!
- Go to the link of the event on our calendar, and in the description of the event, click on the Activity Log. Give us a brief response to our questions. Approx eval time needed: 5 min.
- Attended a non-AHEC session pertaining to one of the following topics? Also great! Report it via the Activity Log, as well as the emailed Participation Tracker Survey, as above.
- Rural health care
- Care for medically underserved populations, including those in urban areas
- Primary care
- Behavioral health integration into primary care
- Telehealth
- Substance use disorders and treatment
- Social determinants of health
- COVID-19
- Addressing health disparities and inequities in NH
- Interprofessional education and health care delivery
- Practice transformation
- Did you do community volunteering? You rock. Seriously. Tell us via the Activity Log or the Participation Tracker Survey—no matter what the activity. Let us decide if we will be able to report it for AHEC purposes.
- Tell us about your clinical work, including volunteering, shadowing, and interning, even that which is required by your academic program. Report it via the Activity Log or the Participation Tracker Survey.
Questions? Let me know!
Scholars’ Bios
Add your bio to our Scholars’ page! Please forward a photo (png, jpeg fine; as high a resolution as possible) and a brief introduction to yourself (150–250 words). You are welcome to re-use something you’ve already used elsewhere!