MEETING OBJECTIVES:

Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, is Professor and Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health; and a nurse practitioner dually licensed in primary care and psychiatric-mental health nursing.

Title: Emerging Issues Surrounding Social and Structural Determinants of Health and Implications for Nursing Science

Learning Objective (s): Demonstrate an understanding of:

  1. Health inequity and the ways it appears (i.e., health status, distribution of health resources, and social conditions).
  2. How the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) shape health inequity.
  3. The CLAFH framework of SDOH mitigation designed to inform the development and implementation of nurse-led interventions to mitigate health inequity.
  4. Available resources for developing and evaluating applied nurse-led SDOH interventions.
George Demiris, PhD

George Demiris, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

George Demiris, PhD is a is a Mary Alice Bennett University Professor and a PIK (Penn Integrates Knowledge) Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds joint faculty appointments in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences of the School of Nursing where he serves as Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, and holds position at the Informatics Division of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Demiris’ inspiration for this line of work on aging and technology originated from the University of Minnesota while working on his PhD in Health Informatics.

Title: Designing Technologies for Health: The Role of Nursing in Promoting Inclusivity

Learning Objective(s): Participants will be able to:

  1. Highlight the role of nursing in health technology system design and implementation.
  2. Examine ways to address user needs in design and implementation of Health Informatics Systems.
  3. Describe examples of how nursing science addresses access to care.
  4. Understand ways to promote inclusivity in design of technological applications in nursing.