Comprehensive Health for the LGBTT Community in Puerto Rico – Panel and Discussion


 4th Educational Poster

by guest blogger, Juan Carlos Vega

THIS IS A BILINGUAL MESSAGE

ESTE ES UN MENSAJE BILINGUE 

 ————————————————————————————-

Panel y Discusión: Salud Integral para la Comunidad LGBTT en Puerto Rico

4to Congreso Educativo: Apoderando Nuestra Comunidad LGBTT

Sábado, 20 de noviembre del 2010 (9:30am – 11:00am)

Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, P.R.

Invita: Saliendo del Clóset, Inc.

Resumen del Tema: Escucha los resultados de la Encuesta sobre la Salud en la Comunidad LGBTT realizada por un año en Puerto Rico con el propósito de ayudar a identificar las realidades, necesidades y el desarrollo de servicios y eventos que promueven la salud y el bienestar de nuestra comunidad.  Participa en una discusión sobre este tema y aprende de medicina holística para matener una vida saludable en el Puerto Rico de hoy.

 Panelistas:

 Elba C. Díaz-Toro*, DMD, MSD, MPHc, Escuela Medicina Dental, Centro de Cáncer de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Puerto Rico

 Dra. Selene Portillo, Médica Holistica con Especialidad en Medicina Quántica

 Juan Carlos Vega*, MLS, Bibliotecario Activista & Consultor en Informática

 

 Moderadora: 

Lissette Rodríguez*, MA, BSED, Educadora en Salud

*Representantes en Puerto Rico de las Redes Nacionales Latinos y LGBT para el Control del Tabaco y de la Coalición para un Puerto Rico Libre de Tabaco.

 Auspiciado por las Redes Nacionales Latinos y LGBT para el Control del Tabaco y por el Centro Comprensivo de Cancer de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

 

——————————————————————————————————————————

Panel and Discussion: Comprehensive Health for the LGBTT Community in Puerto Rico

4th Educational Summit: Empowering Our LGBTT Community 2010

November 20, 2010

 Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico

This Summit is sponsored by local LGBTT group, Saliendo del Clóset, Inc.

Abstract: Listen to the results of the Health-Tobacco Survey in the LGBTT Community of Puerto Rico collated the last twelve months in order to identify the realities, needs, and the development of services and events that promote a healthy local LGBTT community.  Participate in group discussions and learn how to integrate holistic approaches to stay healthy in today’s society.

 

Panelists:

Elba C. Díaz-Toro*, DMD, MSD, MPHc, School of Dental Health, Comprehensive Cancer Center of Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico

 

Dr. Selene Portillo, Holistic Medicine with a Specialty in Quantic Medicine

Juan Carlos Vega*, MLS, Activist Librarian & Information Consultant

 

Moderator:

Lissette Rodríguez*, MA, BSED, Health Educator

 

*Representatives and members of the CDC-sponsored National Latino & LGBT Tobacco Control Networks and the Puerto Rico Tobacco Free Coalition.

 

Panel and Discussion are sponsored by the National Latino & LGBT Tobacco Control Networks and the Comprehensive Cancer Center of at the University of Puerto Rico.

 

University of Puerto Rico/M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research (Outreach Program) 

Published by Activist Librarian

Mi nombre es Juan Carlos Vega. I am constantly exploring the role that information access and libraries play in community development and engagement and in the reduction of health and social disparities. I was part of the original team digitizing cartographic materials at the Library of Congress and have managed special libraries at the National Latino Council on Alcohol & Tobacco Prevention, The Praxis Project, the Art Museum of Puerto Rico, and the Sila M. Calderón Foundation. I have lived in Michigan, Maryland, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C. Visit www.ActivistLibrarian.com to learn more about my work and let's engage in a conversation about how to create change!

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this: