Live Blog: TEDxJacksonville Salon on Community Health

[TheCat]

"I'm God or I used to be" she said in a state of psychosis. Her husband replied "did you quit or were you fired."

[TheCat]

Interview with Dr. Richard C. Christensen. Professor at the UF College of Medicine and Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Sulzbacher Center, discussing the concept of "recovery" from mental illness.

http://www.youtube.com/v/V6ZSppMWMAQ

Richard C. Christensen, MD, MA, is Professor in the Division of Community Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He obtained an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Rutgers University, an MA in Philosophy (Medical Ethics) from Georgetown University and his MD from Wright State University School of Medicine where he was elected into the AOA Honor Society. His long-standing clinical involvements as an academic community psychiatrist have been directed toward developing and providing psychiatric services to underserved populations through academic-public sector liaisons.  His past clinical commitments have included serving as medical director for a federally-funded initiative targeting chronically homeless persons suffering the effects of co-occurring disorders and developing an integrated psychiatry-primary care initiative based at UF&Shands.  His current clinical obligations entail serving as the Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Sulzbacher Center where he is responsible for overseeing the clinical services in two psychiatry clinics, participating in psychiatric street outreach work, and teaching medical students and resident physicians.

He has received UF's highest teaching honor, The Hippocratic Award, and has been named an Exemplary Teacher in 2011, 2012 and 2013.   He has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America for 15 consecutive years

He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and reviews on topics related to community psychiatry, medical ethics, access to health care for the poor and underserved with a special focus upon the population of homeless persons who are  mentally ill.  He continues to present at both national and regional professional conferences on issues related to these topics.

[TheCat]

http://www.youtube.com/v/RcGyVTAoXEU

How to make stress your friend...

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.

[TheCat]

This is black comedy ted talk. 

Stress doesn't kill you it's the belief that stress is bad for you that kills you.

[TheCat]

http://kellymcgonigal.com/

[TheCat]

Interview with Susan King, Executive Director of BEAM, discussing a promising new method to combat food deserts in our city.

http://www.youtube.com/v/kwnMuQnQEXI

Susan King is the Executive Director for the Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry (BEAM).  She is a CPA with more than 30 years' experience in financial management and accounting, across a broad range of industries, including public accounting, real estate development and management, and business brokerage.  Immediately prior to joining BEAM, Susan served as the Vice Pres. of Finance for Parc Management, one of the largest regional theme park groups in the U.S. with more than 10,000 employees. 

Since joining BEAM, Susan has led the organization through a successful capital campaign and subsequent construction of a new food pantry facility. A second capital project, completed last summer, established a 6,500+ square foot organic garden that supplies fresh produce to the BEAM food pantry and to other agencies at the beach who assist those in need.  Susan's most recent project is a garden expansion utilizing aeroponic tower gardening with the plan to create a replicable model for other food pantries which serve those in need.
As a beaches resident for more than 28 years, Susan has served a number of local nonprofits as both a board member and volunteer, assisting at all program, fundraising, and leadership levels.

Susan lives in Atlantic Beach and has been married to her husband, John King, a CPA with JP Morgan Chase, for 27 years. Together they have a daughter, Sydney, a graduate of Florida State University and a current graduate student at The Univ. of Georgia.  Their son, Asher is a recent graduate from Florida State University and will be entering UNF's Global MBA program in the fall.

[TheCat]

http://www.youtube.com/v/PfaUkg6s_ko

Christine Sapienza

Dr. Christine Sapienza is the Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Program Director of the new department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Jacksonville University. Dr. Sapienza's area of research interests include the study of adult normal and disordered voice and laryngeal disorders and adult neuromotor disorders such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Her most recent work has focused on the use of respiratory strength training paradigms in these populations as well as with spinal cord injury and others with physical and neurological insult. She has authored over 100 per reviewed publications which can be found in the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (JSLHR), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Voice, AMJSLP and others.  Dr. Sapienza authored the graduate textbook: Voice Disorders (Plural Publishing) as well as the Voice Disorders Workbook and DVD on Vocal Images (Plural Publishing). Formally, Dr. Sapienza was with the University of Florida and chaired the Communication Sciences and Disorders department for 8 years. Her work in respiratory strength training has been ongoing for over 15 years and she has been funded by NIH, MJ Foundation, and Veteran's Affairs.

Bari Hoffman Ruddy

Dr. Bari Ruddy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida.  She also serves as the Director of the Voice Care Center at The Ear Nose and Throat and Plastic Surgery Associates.  She has worked clinically in this center for over 15 years evaluating and treating individuals with voice and upper airway disorders with a clinical emphasis on treating patients with head and neck cancer. Dr. Ruddy's current research interests include documenting treatment outcomes for disordered voice and aerodygestive disorders, implementing physiologic measures such as endoscopy, acoustics and aerodynamics.   Dr. Ruddy incorporates inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength training in her clinical work and has designed several studies for individuals with Parkinson's disease, vocal fold paralysis, paradoxical vocal fold dysfunction, head and neck cancer and normal subjects.  She has served as co-principal investigator for two- funded multidisciplinary studies modeling lung function with 4-D CT during radiation therapy in patients with non small lung cancer.  Her work is published in national and international journals and is co-author of the text book: Voice Disorders 2nd edition.

[grimss]

Great job! Thanks for reporting. This was definitely an enlightening event.

[sheclown]

Great Stuff!! Love the stress talk ---  "Make It Happens" SAVES YOUR LIFE!!  Didn't we know it all along?

[grimss]

Sobering talk from Drs. Sapienza and Ruddi. Take home: Yes, Oral sex causes cancer. Yikes!

[TEDxJacksonville]

TEDxJacksonville Salon Brings Community Health to the Fore
Ashley Emans

On the evening of Saturday, August 2nd, over 100 people gathered in the Phillips Fine Arts Center at Jacksonville University to learn about and discuss local initiatives on community health.

In a packed auditorium, attendees heard remarks from Dr. Christine Sapienza, Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Jacksonville University, before viewing five recorded TED talks covering topics ranging from community gardening to stress management.

After dining on Mediterranean-inspired cuisine, four discussion groups then broke out in the adjoining art gallery to give participants the chance to interact with local community health leaders and gain concrete ways to become involved.  These salon format events are held several times a year by TEDxJacksonville to zero in on the most pressing challenges affecting the public.

The first group discussion was entitled, "Risky Business: Adolescent Sexual Behavior" and was co-led by Dr. Sapienza and Dr. Bari Hoffman-Ruddy, an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida. Teens and parents of teens were particularly interested in sorting through the myths and facts of cancer caused by HPV.

In the next room, Susan King, Executive Director of the Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry (BEAM), discussed "New Methods for Combating Jacksonville's Food Deserts."  Mrs. King even brought and displayed a vertical aeroponic tower of plants.  Aeroponic gardening uses air or mist in place of soil; the vertical design allows for maximization of space in urban areas where conventional farming is impossible.  This economical method can reduce food deserts by providing fresh produce to those unable to easily shop at a conventional grocery store.

Further over, a conversation about "Reversing the Underlying Causes of Jacksonville's Health Disparities" was led by Dr. Kelli T. Wells, Director of the Florida Department of Health for Duval County.  Dr. Wells first gave handouts to the attendees of the Florida Dept of Health Duval County's Health: Place Matters 2013 report, which examines the social determinates of health by city zone.  Socioeconomic conditions and education play huge roles in residents' ability to achieve and then maintain healthy lifestyles, and also their management of disease and chronic conditions.

Dr. Richard Christensen, Professor at the UF College of Medicine and Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Sulzbacher Center led the talk on "What is 'Recovery' in the Context of Mental Illness?"  Members of the group shared personal anecdotes of their experiences with mental illness and navigating the health care system.

The event succeeded in informing and mobilizing local thinkers on the particular topics that interested them most.  Many attendees floated amongst several discussion groups throughout the night to benefit from all of the leadership present.  Just as importantly, attendees got to connect with like-minded neighbors and make new friends and partnerships.