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About the Public Health Summit 2025

RIPHA, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Health, RIPHA is hosting its 3rd Public Health Summit, titled "Innovative Approaches to Advance Public Health: A Call to Collective Action".

 

This conference is open to anyone interested in health equity and public health. It welcomes a diverse audience, including public health professionals, community members, community Health Workers, community organizations, patients, healthcare providers, faith-based organizations, health plans, health centers, public health officials, researchers, and students.

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Join us on April 28, 2025, for RIPHA’s third annual Public Health Summit. Our primary goal is to provide an engaging opportunity for focused dialog on Health Equity and improving Community Health.  Let's come together to make a difference!

 

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8:00AM

Registration and breakfast

9:00AM

Keynote Dr. Michael Curry

President & CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (The Mass League)

9:50AM

Health In All Policies: How Local Leaders Do It

10:40AM

Morning Breakout Sessions

  • Integrating Health Equity into Primary Care Transformation: Addressing Alcohol Use Disorder Through Collaborative Innovation

  • How Pioneering Community Leaders in Rhode Island are Developing Successful and Innovative Harm Reduction Services

  • Improving referral pathways and information sharing for CHWs and direct service providers

  • Building a Sustainable and Robust Community Health Worker Workforce

11:40AM

Lunch/Visiting Vendors/ Students & CHWs Poster Session "Public Health; The Future is Now

1:00pm

1st. Afternoon Breakout Sessions

  • Centering the Voices of BIPOC and PWUD in Research Generation, Methodology, and Dissemination

  • Advancing Public Health Through Mobile Integrated Health and Community Paramedicine

  • Rhode Island Maternal Health Taskforce

  • Prevention is priceless: Connecting heart health and diabetes

2:10PM

2nd Afternoon Breakout Sessions

  • Best Practices for Community Engaged Research

  • Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention in Rhode Island

  • Exploring Partnerships and the Impact of Community Engaged Health Models

  • Facilitated Networking

3:20PM

Closing Panel: “Driving Collective Action: Health Equity Zone (HEZ) Statewide Governance"

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