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Home arrow Health & Medicine arrow Media invited to national interactive broadcast on men's health disparities
Media invited to national interactive broadcast on men's health disparities E-mail
Monday, June 02, 2008
Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health
Tuesday, June 3
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Auditorium, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, School of Social Work
UNC campus
Media representatives are invited to cover the 14th annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This interactive broadcast will be produced with a live audience on site. It can also be viewed over the Internet via webcast and by c-band satellite link. Questions from remote participants will be taken by e-mail and toll-free telephone.

The topic of this year’s conference is “Men’s Health Disparities: Implications for Research and Intervention.”

Victor Schoenbach, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology and director of the minority health project at the UNC School of Public Health, notes that men have higher death rates from cardiovascular disease, cancer, HIV, cirrhosis, injuries and all causes combined. Men, especially men of color, are also less likely to see a doctor, to have a regular source of health care, to have health insurance and to take time off work to get health care, Schoenbach said. 

The conference will provide an up-to-date look at current research on men’s health disparities and innovative intervention approaches that are being developed.
For a list of speakers and more information, go to: http://www.minority.unc.edu.

NOTE: To avoid distractions during the broadcast, attendees should arrive at the auditorium by 1:30 p.m. and be seated by 1:45 p.m.

To be able to view the live webcast of the event, please register at: http://www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2008/webcast/webregist.cfm

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