The CFR Closing the Gap Series Presented by The Center for Family Resilience: Discovering Solutions for Today's Families.
Dr. Antonia Villarruel
Thursday, June 23 • 1:30 – 5 p.m.
Registration begins at 12:30 p.m.
OSU-Tulsa Campus
North Hall • BS Roberts Room
Cost: $10 (includes CEUs)
Dr. Villarruel from the University of Michigan School of Nursing will present a workshop
on the latest research developments highlighting individual and contextual factors
linked to increased risk for teen pregnancy and what these developments mean for practitioners. She will also describe ¡Cuídate! (or Protect Yourself!) a researched based, empirically supported prevention program developed by Dr. Villarruel that is part of the CDC's Diffusion of Evidence Based Interventions program.
Schedule:
12:30 p.m. Registration opens
1:30 to 1:40 Welcome and introductions
1:40 to 2:40 Research findings on teen pregnancy and best practice
2:50 to 3:50 What is ¡Cuídate! (or Protect Yourself!) and how it works
4:00 to 4:50 Panel discussion
4:50 to 5:00 Closing comments and evaluations
Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Antonia Villarruel is the Associate Dean for Research and Global Affairs and the Nola J. Pender Collegiate Chair at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. She has an extensive background in health promotion and health disparities research and practice. Her research focuses on the development and testing of interventions to reduce HIV sexual risk among Mexican and Latino youth.
Utilizing a community participatory approach, Dr. Villarruel has been the Principle Investigator and Co-Investigator of several NIH and CDC funded studies. She developed an effective evidence based intervention to reduce sexual risk behavior among Latino youth titled ¡Cuídate! (or Protect Yourself!), which is currently being disseminated nationally by the CDC as part of their Diffusion of Evidence Based Interventions program.
Dr. Villarruel has assumed leadership roles in many national and local organizations. She is the Vice-President and founding member of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nursing Associations and past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. She was appointed by Secretary Thompson to the HRSA/CDC HIV/STD Advisory Council, and also served as a charter member of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities. She is currently serving on an IOM panel to review NIH's Strategic Plan to Address Health Disparities.
Dr. Villarruel has been recognized by numerous local and national agencies for her service and scholarship. She was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and was a recipient in 2004 to the Michigan Nurses Hall of Fame.
