2012 NCFR Conference Recordings

Streaming audio and video of selected 2012 NCFR Annual Conference sessions.

Also see Conference Schedule where you can view the schedule online for each day and click on individual sessions which include the description (abstract), presenter information, and links to that session's handouts and video or audio recording (if available).

Recordings are available for purchase also (video $29, audio $7, plus $5 shipping). Contact NCFR, info@ncfr.org

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Jacquelyn Campbell speaks about domestic violence

Plenary speaker Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD speaks about domestic violence, the intergenerational transmission of family violence and the costs thereof for families and society.

Barbara Fiese talks about the alarming rise of child obesity

Plenary speaker Barbara Fiese, PhD talks about the alarming rise of child obesity. Listen to this recording to hear about some surprising evidence as to its etiology. She then recommends some evidence-based ways in which public policy and individual families can make changes to reverse the trend.

Brian Smedley on the reality of health disparities between diverse populations

Plenary speaker Brian Smedley, PhD introduces the reality of health disparities between diverse populations in the U.S., beginning with infant mortality, to chronic diseases and disability throughout the life cycle, to the shortened life expectancies that disproportionally occur among communities of color or disadvantage.

Sara Honn Qualls talks about demographic shifts to come

Plenary speaker Sara Honn Qualls, an expert on Aging and Gerontology, walks her audience through the demographic shifts to come and how the global trend of beanpole fertility will profoundly affect the demands on families, who are still the primary providers of elder care throughout the world.

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Religion and Well-being: Individual, Marital, and Family Connections - Video Recording

Religious participation produces better relationships. Using national data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study, we show how the effects of regular church attendance on relationship satisfaction varies by sex and marital status.

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Womb to Womb: The Persisting Influence of Health Disparities Across the Lifecourse - Video Recording

This invited symposium addresses the critical problem of health disparities facing women of color and other women living in the margins of society, and their families. Drs. Norwood and Coehlo will review briefly the literature on health disparities related to women’s health (preconception, prenatal care, infant mortality) and those evidenced in among children with special health care needs.

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Interaction of Physical and Mental Health Responses to Family Violence: A Lifespan Approach - Video Recording

Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., Anna D. Wolf Chair and Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, has conducted research in the areas of family violence and health disparities related to trauma since 1980. She has received 10 major NIH, National Institute of Justice or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research grants and published more than 150 articles and seven books on violence against women.

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Family Education Diabetes Series: Improving Health Urban-dwelling American Indian Population

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Burgess Award Address: Replication in Family Research - The Family Stress Model and Mexican American Families

Presented by Rand Conger, Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 2012 Burgess Award Winner

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Immigrant Health

Alex Ortega, Ph.D., Professor of Public Health, Professor of Psychiatry and Bio-behavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Health Services

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Childhood Obesity: From the Family Dinner Table to Public Policy - Video Recording

Barbara Fiese, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign and Director of the Family Resiliency Center. Her research focuses on family-level factors that promote health and well-being in children. Under her leadership the Family Resiliency Center is engaged in numerous initiatives related to families, food, and child health.

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Community Capacity Building and Health in the US Military - Video Recording

Jay A. Mancini, A. Laura Arnold, James A. Martin, Gary L. Bowen, Danielle Swick, Anne F. Farrell, Irene Nathan Zipper, Denise Lindley

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What We Must Do... (Marie Peters Award Address) - Video Recording

William D. "Bill" Allen, Ph.D., Healing Bonds, Minneapolis, MN, 2011 Marie Peters Award Winner

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Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: Moving From Science to Policy and Practice - Video Recording

Brian Smedley, Ph.D., Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The Institute's mission is to generate policy recommendations on long-standing health equity concerns. Dr. Smedley was co-founder of The Opportunity Agenda, an organization dedicated to ensuring equity in health care reform.

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Parenting Styles and Children's Obesity Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues - Video Recording

Thomas Power, Ph.D., Washington State University

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Family Science and Public Health: Our Shared Future - Video Recording

Panel: Robert Gold, Ph.D, University of Maryland.; Elaine Anderson, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Alan Acock, Ph.D, Oregon State University; Kathleen M. Roche, Ph.D., George Washington University

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Feminist Section Celebration of Alexis Walker

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Transgender Youth - Video Recording

Kim Pearson, Executive Director, TransYouth Family Allies

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"Caregiving is Just What Families Do": Challenges of Aging Families and Health - Video Recording

Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D., Kraemer Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is a practicing clinical psychologist who helped establish the CU Aging Center in Colorado Springs which provides mental health services for older adults.

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Adolescent/Young Adult Prevention/Education - Audio Recording

Presenters discuss Ending Psychologically Aggressive Relationships: Does College-based Relationship Education Work? ; Variations in the Impact of Youth-focused Relationship Education ; Engaging Early Adolescents and School Staff in Dating Violence Prevention ; Online Program Development: Engaging Older Adolescents in Online Outreach Efforts

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