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Dr. Norma Martinez Rogers, a longtime School of Nursing faculty member, assumed the presidency of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses in 2008 for a two-year term.
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SAN ANTONIO (July 14, 2009) — Hispanic nurses and other professionals will convene in San Antonio July 21-24 for the 34th Annual Conference of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN). Sessions will take place at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel, 111 Pecan St. East.

Dr. Norma Martinez Rogers serves as NAHN president
Norma Martinez Rogers, Ph.D., R.N., associate clinical professor of family nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is the national organization’s president. Dr. Rogers is a Fellow of the American College of Nursing (F.A.A.N.).

The conference is for nurses, nurse educators, clinicians, social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, students and others who work with the Hispanic community.

Topics will include Hispanic health disparities, Hispanic health care research, policy development, issues related to rural Hispanic health care, and behavioral and social environmental issues affecting the health of Hispanics.

Health Science Center faculty presentations
UT Health Science Center presenters will discuss research topics including:

• Mi Decisión-PCa: a prostate cancer decision aid for Latino men
  
• Cultural influences on violence in Hispanic and non-Hispanic men’s intimate relationships
  
• Dating violence among Latino and Anglo college students
  
• Advancing retention of minority pre-nursing students in nursing school
  
• Violence and pregnancy in Chile and Mexico
  
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and raising awareness about protecting young Hispanic women from cervical cancer

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson have been invited to attend, and former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros will serve as one of the keynote speakers.

Keynote presenters
Keynote speakers from the nursing profession will include sisters Carol and Carolyn Bloch of Los Angeles, Calif., both registered nurses who are certified as trans-cultural nurse specialists as well as in diversity management/customer service. Geraldine Bednash, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., chief executive officer and executive director of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, will also give a keynote address.

Continuing education credits
The UT Health Science Center School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education and social work continuing education. This activity provides up to 17 nursing contact hours and 17 social work continuing education contact hours. Our Lady of the Lake University will provide psychologist, licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and licensed master of social work continuing education.

Sponsors
Conference sponsors are the UT Health Science Center, University Health System, Our Lady of the Lake University, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care, the Advance for Nurses publication, the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, the U.S. Army and the United Health Group.

Registration information
Visit the NAHN Web site for more information about the conference and how to register.

According to its Web site, “NAHN is designed and committed to improving the quality of health and nursing care of Hispanic consumers, and toward providing equal access to educational, professional and economic opportunities for Hispanic nurses.”

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