August 21, 2024 12:00 pm Central
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Guest Panelists:
Wura Jacobs, PhD, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
Host: Paul Terry, PhD, HERO
The period of young adulthood is a critical stage for health risk behaviors, but health risks are not uniformly distributed even within population subgroups. Wura Jacobs, PhD, will present on the complexities and nuances of substance use risks among Black young adults, highlighting the distinct experiences and challenges faced by U.S.- and immigrant/foreign-born Black young adults. Attendees will gain useful insight on the need for developing tailored, equitable, and culturally competent healthcare interventions and programs crucial for achieving equitable health outcomes and eliminating health disparities.
Guest Speaker:
Wura Jacobs, PhD, Assistant Professor at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, is a social and substance use epidemiologist. Her work seeks to examine and elucidate the biopsychosocial and environmental determinants of adolescent and young adults’ health risk behaviors to improve behavioral health equity. Her body of work primarily revolves around adolescent and young adults’ mental health and substance use. She uses quantitative methodologies and social network analysis, to 1) contribute to the body of knowledge and practice focused on combatting harmful risk factors, and 2) facilitate expansion of protective behavioral, socio-environmental, and cultural factors associated with health risks and risk behaviors among adolescents and young adults, especially racial/ethnic minority adolescents and young adults who are most vulnerable.
Host:
Paul Terry, PhD, is a Senior Fellow at HERO where he leads our learning agenda. Paul is also Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Health Promotion. His prior positions were president and CEO at HERO, president and CEO at StayWell Health Management, and president and CEO at The Park Nicollet Institute. Paul is the author of four books and over 200 research and professional papers. A study he led won the C. Everett Koop National Health Award. He was awarded two Fulbright Senior Scholarships and served on advisory councils for The National Academy of Sciences, the American Heart Association, the CDC, the University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.