Civics 104 Spring 2008
Civics 104 sponsors:  Greater Greensboro Medical Society/Alliance Endowment Fund, Greater Greensboro Society of Medicine Alliance and Medical Alliance Foundation, League of Women Voters of North Carolina Citizen Education Foundation, Moses Cone ~Wesley Long Community Health Foundation, Proximity Hotel. 
Each session will provide participants with tools for informed advocacy.
 The sessions will take place at Wesley Long Community Health Education Center, 501 North Elam Avenue, just off Wendover Ave. (south of Friendly Shopping Center) from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. This program is FREE to the public.  Plan now to attend. Send your registration to lwvpt@earthlink.net. Include your full name, your address with city and state, your preferred email address and your telephone number. Tell us if you will attend all sessions or specify which ones. Or send paper mail by completing the form in thebrochure.

I   Health Care Spending:  Follow the Money - March 11

The series begins with a presentation by Dr. Jon Oberlander, UNC-CH School of Medicine.  Dr. Oberlander will describe how health care dollars are spent in our current system.  Participants will gain an understanding of how the flow of money through the system influences health care decisions and policies.  

II  Addiction, Mental Health and Mental Health Reform- March 25                 

This session will cover what is happening in the care of individuals with addiction and mental illness and how mental health reform in NC has impacted access to care.  Clips from a documentary and presentations by Dr. Masoud Hejazi, a Greensboro psychiatrist and Robin Huffman, a long time patient advocate, will enable participants to understand the most important issues associated with addiction and mental illness.  

III  Your Health Care:  Who’s the Decider? - April 22, 2008

Facilitator Bob Newton with nationally known speakers Dr. Ed Weisbart and North Carolinian Dr. Pam Silberman will discuss recent developments in health care delivery:

• New roles and players in health care delivery

• Consumer driven care and the effects of direct-to-the-consumer advertising

• Expansion of public programs

At the end of this session, participants will have the tools to identify the reforms most likely to create positive change.   

IV  Determinants of Health:  Is it ME or is it WE? - May 13, 2008

The concluding session in the series will begin with a presentation by Dr. Robert Strack, UNC Greensboro Department of Public Health.  He will provide an interesting twist to the notion that personal responsibility is the solution to common health problems.  A follow-up conversation with a panel of experts will be moderated by Jeri Rowe of the News & Record.  The session will address specific ways to stay healthy, and will explain why some are particularly vulnerable to the effects of unhealthy environments.   

Directions to Wesley Long Health Education Center

From East Greensboro Center City Park:  Travel west on Friendly.  Approximately 2 miles from center city, turn right onto N. Elam, following blue “Hospital” signs.  Enter parking lot on left just before the Community Education Center.

From South Greensboro/Coliseum area:  Take Holden Road North until it intersects with West Wendover Avenue.  Merge onto Wendover (going east) and travel approximately 1 mile before taking Friendly Avenue exit.  On exiting, move all the way to the right and turn right onto W. Friendly Avenue. Take  first  left onto N. Elam Avenue and enter the parking lot on the left just before the Community Education Center. 

From West Greensboro/I -40:  Take West Wendover Avenue traveling east. Take Friendly Avenue exit.  On exiting, move all the way to the right and turn right onto W. Friendly Avenue. Take first left onto N. Elam Avenue and enter the parking lot on the left just before the Community Education Center.

From North Greensboro/PTI Airport/Bryan Boulevard:  Travel south on Bryan Boulevard until it becomes Benjamin Parkway.  Turn right onto N. Elam Avenue following the blue “Hospital” signs.  Just after the Wesley Long Community Education Center you will see a parking lot.   

Health/election links:
www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org
  http://www.webmd.com/election2008/default.htm

LWVPT