10th Annual Rural Women’s Health Symposium

DESCRIPTION

The Rural Women’s Health Symposium brings together public health professionals, community members, and other stakeholders to celebrate and further develop the work being done in our rural communities in support of women in rural Arizona experiencing optimal health and wellness. This year’s theme is From the Mountains to the Valleys: 10 Years of Health for Arizona Rural Women.

Sponsored by: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan

AGENDA OUTLINE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Check-in & Breakfast | 7:30-8:30am

Welcome | 8:30-8:45am

Keynote- Walking with our Relatives: Applying Our Bundle of Care to Support Wellness | 8:45-10:0am

• Natalie Nicholson, DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP-BC, Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming

Break & Visit Exhibitors | 10:00-10:15am

Breakouts* | 10:15-11:15am

Break | 11:15-11:30am

Awards | 11:30am-12:00pm

Lunch | 12:00-1:00pm

Breakouts* | 1:00-2:00pm

Break | 2:00-2:15pm

Breakouts* | 2:15-3:15pm

Break | 3:15-3:30pm

Wholeness & Healing: The Medicine Wheel’s Influence on Rural Women’s Wellness (Closing)| 3:30-4:30pm

• Casandra Stouder, Indigenous Wellness

Thank You & Raffle | 4:30-4:45pm

*BREAKOUTS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

• 2025 Arizona Title V MCH Assessment
• The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Substance Use
• Housing is Health: Support Services for Individuals and Families in Santa Cruz County
• Oral Health & Maternal Health
• Lean on Me AZ: How to Create a Culture Supportive to Families
• Violence Prevention through Access to Care and Advocacy
• Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
• Addressing the Complexities of Maternal Mental HealthCare in Rural Communities
• Congenital Syphilis Prevention, A Bundled Approach
• Responding to Older Adult Survivors in Rural Communities
• Ways of Being My Story: Dance-Making as a Healing Practice
• Stress Strategies for Women: Filling Our Cups

COST

• Early bird: $200 (available until July 22)
• Regular: $250

SPONSORS/EXHIBITORS

Click here to view the sponsorship opportunities and apply! We’ll follow up with you by email to let you know if your application has been approved, and we’ll provide instructions on how to register.

NEARBY HOTELS

The following hotels offer discounted rates for Desert Willow event attendees. Please call the hotel directly to get the special rate.

• Homewood Suites by Hilton Phoenix Airport South: 6 blocks away (602-470-2100)
• Home2Suites: 0.5 miles away (602-414-0099)
• DoubleTree by Hilton: 1 mile away (480-804-5286)
• Marriott Buttes Resort: 1.18 miles away (602-431-2386)
• Courtyard Phoenix Airport: 2.25 miles away (480-629-1793, or use code DZL when booking online)

CANCELLATION POLICY

• Cancellations received at least 30 business days prior to the event will result in a full refund.
• Cancellations received at least 15 business days prior to the event will result in a 50% refund.
• No refunds will be offered for cancellations received 14 business days prior to the event or later.
• Substitutions are encouraged.
• No Shows are non-refundable.
• Cancellations after the conclusion of the event are non-refundable.
• To receive a refund, all cancellations must be received by emailing aachctraining@aachc.org.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• By registering for this event, you grant the Alliance the right to share your information with select sponsors/exhibitors and acknowledge you may be contacted by those organizations.
• By attending this event you grant the Alliance the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you.

Please contact aachctraining@aachc.org if you have any questions!