Minority
Health Disparities Lecture Series:
Role of the Media in Women's Drug Prescription Behavior
Judy Norsigian
Director, Co-Founder,
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Tuesday, May 24th
2005
4:00-6:00pm
UCLA School of Law
Room 1430
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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PROGRAM
| 4:00-5:00pm | Introduction |
| Prof. Christine Littleton | |
| Prof. Vickie M. Mays | |
| Talk | |
| Judy Norsigian | |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Reception/ Book Signing |
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES
Our Bodies,
Ourselves,
the classic book about women’s health and sexuality that is written by women,
for women. Since its first newsprint version in 1970, Our Bodies, Ourselves
has been created and revised by women speaking from their own research and
experiences about our bodies, health, and medical care. This edition reflects
the work of more than four hundred women -- and quite a few men -- who share
both personal stories and health information based on the latest scientific
evidence. The result is a new Our Bodies, Ourselves, rewritten for
today’s realities.
ABOUT THE TALK
Norsigian will
address the current drug and medical device industry’s promotional practices and
the resulting influence on women's preferences for both prevention and
treatment. She will also cover the "pills for prevention" trend, the effects of
misleading advertising of prescription drugs, and the misuse of surveys to
create drug demand even before a particular product makes it to the market.
Norsigian will comment on how public priorities are increasingly skewed to meet
the needs of a few rather than by the needs of the majority of women, especially
groups of women traditionally marginalized and neglected by most institutions
ABOUT UCLA
CRETSCMHD
A diverse group of faculty, health professionals, community-based
agencies, and minority media have joined together though CRETSCMHD to
effectively reduce or eliminate disparities in health among racial and ethnic
minorities. As part of the Center's mission CRETSCMHD will be offering a series
of educational lecture for UCLA faculty, local health care providers and
organizations focused on service delivering and health planning. these sessions
focus on the elimination of health disparities in the areas of cancer, diabetes,
and coronary heart disease.
Center Director:
Vickie M. Mays, Ph.D., MSPH, Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology & Health
Services
ABOUT UCLA CSW
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) is a nationally recognized center
for research on women and gender. Established in 194, it is the only unit of its
kind the the University of California system, and it draws on the energies of
245 faculty from 10 UCLA professional schol and 34 departments. Through its
conferences, seminars and administration of grants, CSW has enabled feminist
scholars to exchange ideas and secure funding.
Center
Director:
Christine Littleton, J.D.
Professor, UCLA School of Law
ABOUT
PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH
The pacific institute for Women's Health believes that women's health is a human
right, and that access to contraception, reproductive freedom and gender
equality are central to women's empowerment and social justice. Their mission is
to increase the ability of women to make informed decisions about their
sexuality and reproduction. They advance reproductive choice and defend sexual
and reproductive rights for women and girls around the world.
Center
Director:
Magaly de Oliveria Marques, MA
ABOUT VA-UCLA-RAND Women's Health Research Seminar
The VA-UCLA-RAND Women's Health Research Seminar is a quarterly health services
research professional development seminar for research fellows and faculty at VA
Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, UCLA, and RAND with an interest in
women's health research. Seminar activities include: journal club, in which
research methods and women's health studies are emphasized; research-in-progress
presentations; and interactive talks with invited guest speakers from the fields
of women's health policy or research.
Seminar
Coordinator
Donna Washington, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare, UCLA
LOCATION & PARKING
Stop
at any of the UCLA parking kiosks to purchase a parking permit for structure #2
or #3.
Attendants will be on duty to collect $7 and direct you to structure #2 or #3.
ABOUT THE LECTURE
Presented by the UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training, and
Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities, The UCLA Center for the
Study of Women, the Pacific institute on Women's Health, and the VA-UCLA-RAND
Women's Health Research Seminar.
Copyright © 2004-2011 Vickie M. Mays, PhD