ARIZONA RURAL WOMEN’S HEALTH NETWORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Network Business and Goals
• Conducted four Network Quarterly meetings. • Expanded the Network with three new members. • Conducted the fourth annual Women’s Health Symposium: Enhancing Women’s Health and Wellness. • Through the HRSA Rural Health Opioid Program Grant, continued support for the SBIRT pilot site with Canyonlands Healthcare in Page, AZ and signed an MOU with Mariposa Community Health Center to start screening.
Publications and Outreach
• March 3-4, 2019, Chandler, AZ - Staffed a table and supported the first Arizona Tribal Opioid Conference. • June 22, 2019, Tucson, AZ - Staffed a table at the Arizona Community Health Workers Association annual conference. • August 1-2, 2019, Flagstaff, AZ - Staffed a table at the 46th Annual Rural Health Conference. • August 21-22, 2019, Tucson, AZ - Staffed a table at the CHR Summit V. • September 24-25, 2019, Prescott, AZ - Staffed a table and supported the AIFC Conference. • September 25, 2019, Tempe, AZ - Staffed a table at the ACES, Trauma & Substance ExposureStandards of Care for Infants and Toddlers Convening. • October 30, 2019, Tucson, AZ - Staffed a table and supported the Southern Arizona Opioid Symposium. • Distributed 840 PillPods, 1,270 Deterra bags and 240 Narcan to rural communities in Arizona.
Trainings and Webinars
• April 16, 2019, Globe, AZ - Sonoran Prevention Works Harm Reduction Training with 12 participants. • May 16, 2019, Webinar - Syphilis 2019: Return of the Great Masquerader with 75 participants. • June 26, 2019, Sedona, Arizona - Pre-Symposium Workshop on Harm Reduction by Sonoran Prevention Works with 26 participants. • June 26-June 27, 2019 - Fourth annual Rural Women’s Health Symposium: Enhancing Women’s Health and Wellness in Sedona, Arizona with 130 participants. The Network presented four Rural Health Champion Awards to: − Emerging Leader in Rural Women’s Health: Yara Castro, Mariposa Community Health Center − Innovative Approach to Rural Women’s Health: Lorena T. Halwood, Ama Doo Alchini Bighan, Inc − Outstanding Achievement in Rural Women’s Health: Antoinette (Toni) Means, Arizona Department of Health Services − Rural Women’s Health Practitioner of the Year: Sara Rumann, Arizona Department of Health Services
Presentations
• November 21, 2019, webinar - Presentation on a webinar panel for National Rural Health Day with 150 participants.
Fourth Annual Rural Women’s Health Symposium: Enhancing Women’s Health and Wellness
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