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  Root and Branch: The Search for Healing Among African Americans

  Kevin Anderson

  This presentation will cover the history of discrimination in medical access and treatment and how this exclusion led to a number of nontraditional treatments and cures, some of which are still believed to be effective today. The historical introduction should give context to some of the treatments discussed and provide for an understanding regarding distrust of contemporary medicine and the persistence of nontraditional cures today.

  Dr. Anderson (Ph.D. Missouri) teaches courses in American government, political theory and African American politics. Professor Anderson focuses his research on American and African American Political Thought, seeking to understand the tensions between individual liberty, collective good and American political values. His first book Agitations: Ideologies and Strategies in African American Politics (University of Arkansas Press 2010), explores this theme within African American politics. His second book is a co-authored work, State Voting Laws in America: Historical Statutes and Their Modern Implications (Palgrave Pivot 2015) with Professors Michael A. Smith of Emporia State University and Chapman Rackaway of the University of West Georgia. This book explores the history and evolving politics surrounding the right to vote in American politics. Professor Anderson has also published book chapters on media and politics and written a book chapter on working in the 1992 Presidential campaign.

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  The HIV Crisis in America: The Long Road to Action

  Sheila Simons

  The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States has a long history with offerings of important lessons for practitioners and public alike. Building upon the momentum of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the gay community formed citizen action groups in cities across the nation. Citizen action became especially necessary as the federal response to HIV/AIDS research and policy stalled. Initially, these citizen action groups worked to educate gay men about Hepatitis B and promote research on sexually transmitted diseases. The pathogen that would come to be know as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) likely circulated for decades before attracting systematic attention. Many citizen action groups began to produce sex-positive, norm-based prevention programs that curtailed infection rates among gay men within the first three years of the epidemic. The passage of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act opened the next chapter of the American HIV/AIDS story which saw the transition from a nascent, largely reactive national response to a more forward-looking approach.

  A specialist in the field of epidemiology and human diseases, Dr. Simons’ research interest involves infectious diseases and their respective preventive methods, surveillance and distribution. Dr. Simons serves as a Certified Reporter for EpiCore, a disease notification dissemination service associated with ProMED (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases). Dr. Simons is a Professor in the Department of Health Promotion where she is the graduate coordinator and teaches Principles of Epidemiology and Epidemiology in Public Health. Dr. Simons joined the Department of Health Promotion Faculty in August of 1992.

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  Writing Reproductive Activism, from Abortion Reform to Reproductive Justice

  Jeannie Ludlow

  The arts and humanities play important roles in political reform movements: authors, artists, musicians, performers, and critics work to raise awareness, inspire empathy, and incite action. U.S. authors from different time periods and different cultural backgrounds have represented experiences related to reproductive health and rights activism since the 1890s, often in response to health care reform. This presentation analyzes several of these works in the context of various legal and social debates. The presentation includes discussion of sexuality, pregnancy, and abortion.

  Jeannie Ludlow is a professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at EIU. She has worked as a patient advocate/peer counselor at abortion clinics and as an antiracist advocate and trainer. Recent publications include “Graphic Abortion: The Grotesque in Diane Noomin’s 1990s Abortion Comics” in Feminist Formations (Summer 2019) and “Inappropriate/d Generations: Artifactual Pregnancy and Diffracted Choice in Comics Narratives” in Monstrous Women in Comics (forthcoming from University Press of Mississippi).

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  Faith Community Nursing: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?

  Faith Roberts

  Parish Nursing has evolved since the 1980’s to Faith Community Nursing. It involves a registered nurse blending their knowledge of health with their own spiritual beliefs.

  Did you know that over 500 nurses in central Illinois have completed the training to bring health ministry to their own congregation?

  Faith Roberts, RN, MSN is the Executive Director Magnet, Pathway, Professional Practice and Parish Nursing at Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group, Urbana, IL

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  For All the People: Gatrell Welcome

  Jay Gatrell

  Opening Remarks by Provost Jay Gatrell at the opening program for the exhibit "For All the People."

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  For All the People: Newell Opening Remarks

  Zach Newell

  Opening Remarks by Dean of Library Services Zach Newell at the opening program for the exhibit "For All the People."

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  Social Determinants of Health

  Darren Hendrickson

  Over the last century in the U.S. we have relied on the health care system as the primary mechanism for improving health outcomes. While the health care system will continue to play a critical role in improving health outcomes, there is now widely accepted evidence that efforts to improve health also require broader approaches that address the social, economic, and environmental factors that impact health. This presentation identifies and discusses some of the key social determinants of health and how an understanding of the social determinants of health can be used to create policies to improve health outcomes.

  Darren Hendrickson is the chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Illinois University. His areas of specialization are in the fields of medical sociology and environmental sociology. Dr. Hendrickson’s research interests include the social and economic aspects of complementary and alternative medicine in the United States and the sociodemographics of environmental concern.