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The Massachusetts Medical Society
Cultural Competence in Women's Health:
Implications for Cardiac Risk Factors and Disease
JudyAnn Bigby,
M.D.
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and its
Committee on Women in Medicine in collaboration with the American Heart
Association
This course was
developed from a live program, 2nd Annual Women's Cardiac
Health Conference, held on February 16, 2007 at the MMS
Headquarters in Waltham, MA. Utilizing slides and audio you will
experience Dr. Bigby's presentation and discussion on Cultural Competence in Women’s Health: Implications for
Cardiac Risk Factors and Disease.
DESCRIPTION
Heart disease is the leading cause
of death for women, regardless of race and ethnicity. Dr. Bigby's
presentation speaks about cultural competence in terms of
women’s cardiovascular disease in the context of health
disparities. Evidence-based data and several models explore why
health disparities exist and the role that cultural competence
plays.
AUDIENCE
This program is intended for
Physicians: IMs, FPs, Cardiologists, Women's Health specialists, PAs,
Nurses.
FACULTY
Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, MD
-- Immediately prior to her appointment as Massachusetts
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. JudyAnn Bigby was the
Medical Director of Community Health Programs at Brigham & Women's
Hospital. She was also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard
Medical School and the Director of the Harvard Medical School Center of
Excellence in Women’s Health, where she focused on improving the
health care of low-income and minority women, with emphasis on breast
and cervical cancer and infant mortality.
Dr. Bigby has spent her career
addressing health care disparities and the needs of disadvantaged and
vulnerable populations. She has published a number of studies and
participated in conferences and forums across the country related to
these issues. She was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s
Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century Committee and the
Minority Women’s Health Panel of Experts for the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. Dr.
Bigby is nationally recognized for her pioneering work with primary care
physicians on substance abuse education.
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