Women's and Girls' Health: Across Identities, Places, and Life Stages

Overview

Experts will discuss the multi-dimensional lives of women, and how social and structural barriers may impact her health across the life stages. Speakers will provide theoretical and actionable public health approaches that create a fair and just opportunity for women and girls to attain their highest level of health.

Session Objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Explain intersectionality as a public health theoretical framework.

• Discuss the critical need for data systems reform to improve equitable health outcomes for women and girls across the life course.

• Explain the social and structural drivers of health disparities among disproportionately affected populations of women and girls.

• Describe approaches to address challenges faced by women and families during public health emergencies.

• Describe the importance of interprofessional collaboration in addressing health equity for women and girls.

• State actionable cross-cutting recommendations for addressing gender equity in public health.

Agenda

10:00 a.m. - Webinar Begins

10:10 a.m. - Welcome

10:15 a.m. - Opening Remarks

10:25 a.m. - Understanding the Complex Intersections of Women’s Lives

10:40 a.m. - Closing the Women’s Health Gap with Data Collection Health Action

10:55 a.m. - BREAK

11:00 a.m. - Intergenerational Dialogues in Women’s and Girls’ Health

12:00 p.m. - Understanding Risks and Resiliency for Women and Young Families during Public Health Emergencies

12:25 p.m. - Closing Remarks

12:30 p.m. - Adjourn

Speakers

Welcome

Pattie Tucker, DrPH, RN

Director, Office of Women’s Health, CDC

Opening Remarks

Nirav Shah, MD, JD

Principal Deputy Director, CDC

Keynote Address

Nancy López, PhD

Understanding the Complex Intersections of Women’s Lives

Immediate Past Director/Co-founder, Institute for the Study of "Race" & Social Justice

Using Data to Tell Stories

Kathryn Godburn Schubert, MPP

President and CEO, Society for Women’s Health Research

Intergenerational dialogues in women’s and girls’ health

Langan Denhard, MPH, Health Scientist, Global Health Center, CDC

Kristen Van Buren, DrPH, Research Epidemiologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC

Cheryl Woodson, MD, Member of National Council on Aging's Board of Directors, and Director at Dr. Cheryl E. Woodson, LLC

Understanding risks and resiliency for women and young families during public health emergencies

Sarah Blake, PhD, MA, Assistant Research Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

Fowzio Jama, MPH, Director of Research, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia

Shan Qiao, PhD, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health

Terri Jowers, South Carolina Community, Health Worker Association

Closing Remarks

Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA, Acting Director Office of Health Equity, Immediate Office to Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Moderators

Briana Jackson, BS, Public Health Analyst, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Shannon Griffin-Blake, PhD, Chief Disability Officer, Office of Health Equity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Denise Carty, PhD, Health Scientist, Office of Women's Health, Office of Health Equity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Resources

Disclaimer

• The presentations, findings, opinions, and conclusions from these sessions are those of the speakers and presenters and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or, its Operating Division, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Reasonable Accommodations

• This live streamed Zoom event will be presented with Web CART captions and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact OWH@cdc.gov at least 2 business days prior to the event to ensure timely accessibility services are provided.