Task Talks Webinars
Task Talks were virtual webinars hosted by the KHDSP Task Force via Zoom to keep us all connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each webinar is available to watch on-demand.
August 16, 2022
Title: A Community Approach to Improving Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival
Featured Speaker: Floyd Miracle
Title: Clinical Manager
Organization: Jessamine County EMS
Floyd’s Bio: Floyd is the Clinical Manager for Jessamine County EMS. He oversees their training, quality assurance, and all clinical initiatives. Over the past few years, JCEMS has increased their UTSTEIN out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rates to over 40%! Floyd teaches EMS systems how they can leverage their community stakeholders to increase their survival rates. Recently, JCEMS was recognized by the Resuscitation Academy in Seattle as a EMS Lighthouse Community indicating that they are experts in prehospital resuscitation and are a beacon to other communities. They are one of 8 EMS Departments in the United States that have achieved this designation. Floyd teaches at a variety of venues, and most recently, he taught High Performance CPR to Saudi Arabia Paramedics.
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September 22, 2021
Meeting: Task Talks hosted by the KHDSP Task Force
Episode: #2021-7
Date: Sept. 22, 2021
Time: 11:30 a.m. EDT
Location: Zoom Meeting
Topic: Advocacy
Title: Advocacy and You
Description: What is advocacy and how you can impact policy change? We will discuss the legislative process, the current priorities of the American Heart Association, and how you can get involved.
Speaker: Shannon Smith
Title: State Government Relations Director, American Heart Association
Organization: American Heart Association
Address: 354 Waller Ave, Lexington KY 40504
Contact: Office: 859-317-6889
Email: Shannon.smith@heart.org
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July 15, 2021
Meeting: Task Talks hosted by the KHDSP Task Force
Episode: #2021-6
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Location: Zoom Meeting
Topic: DPH Update
Speaker: Connie Gayle White, MD, MS, FACOG
Title: Deputy Commissioner for Clinical Affairs
Organization: Kentucky Department for Public Health
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July 15, 2021
Meeting: Task Talks hosted by the KHDSP Task Force
Episode: #2021-4
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Location: Zoom Meeting
Topic: Kentucky Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (KyBRFS)
Objectives:
- What is KyBRFS?
- What type of data can partners access? (data examples)
- Where can partners access the data?
- How can partners use the data? (examples of how KyBRFS data is currently used)
- When is it available (logistics or timeframe for release of data yearly)?
Title: Kentucky Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (KyBRFS) Project Director / Epidemiologist III
Organization: Kentucky Department for Public Health, Chronic Disease Prevention Branch
Website:
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March 25, 2021
Meeting: Task Talks hosted by the KHDSP Task Force
Episode: #2021-3
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Location: Zoom Meeting
Topic: USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025
Title: The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: An Overview with a Focus on Cholesterol
Description: In December of 2020, the ninth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans was released. This edition expanded the scope of federal dietary guidance significantly by including infants from birth through 24 months of age as well as pregnant and lactating women; previous editions started at age 2. This presentation will cover the content of the 2020-2025 DGA and how they have changed since the previous edition with a special focus on cholesterol.
Featured Speaker: Jennifer Seymour, PhD
Senior Policy Advisor,
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNAPO),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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March 25, 2021
Meeting: Task Talks
Episode: #2021-2
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Location: Zoom Meeting
Topic: SMBP
Title: Sustaining a Team Based Cardiovascular Risk Clinic with a Focus on Home Blood Pressure Monitoring During a Pandemic
Featured Speakers
Speaker: Kristin Munro-Leighton, MPH
Title: Director of Health Education, Family Health Centers
Office: (502) 772-8588
Email: kmunroleighton@fhclouisville.org
Organization: Family Health Centers
Address: 2215 Portland Ave. Louisville, KY 40212
Website: www.fhclouisville.org
Social Media:
• Facebook
• Twitter
Speaker: Kari Moore, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC
Title: Director, Outreach & Community Scholarly Engagement, Department of Neurology, University of Louisville
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March 25, 2021
Meeting: Task Talks
Episode: #2021-1
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Location: Zoom Meeting
Topic: Health Literacy
Title: Health Literacy: What It Is, Why It Matters, Ways You Can Help
Description:
Health literacy is about communicating health information in ways that patients, caregivers, and the public can understand. Helen Osborne will highlight the importance of health literacy–sharing stories of who it affects and examples of ways to improve health understanding.
The goal is that by the end of this Task Talk call, participants will feel more comfortable with health literacy concepts and eager to improve health communication in their own settings.
Speaker: Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L
President at Health Literacy Consulting
Organization Social Media Accounts:
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
Organization Website:
• Health Literacy Consulting
• Health Literacy Out Loud
Helen’s Book on Amazon
Congratulations to the winners of Helen’s Book:
- Melissa Noyes (Mather) Family Health Centers
- Samantha Gaddie Baptist Health La Grange
- Shelly Canada KY Department for Public Health
- Tammy Geltmaker Qsource