California Leadership Seminars

Women's Health and Managed Care Leadership Seminars

A Project of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
in partnership with
The Pacific Institute for Women's Health

Sponsored by the James Irvine Foundation

The Women's Health and Managed Care Leadership Seminars is a series of seminars on women's health and managed care issues that brought together health care providers, researchers, community leaders, and women's health advocates in California. The goal of this project was to develop greater understanding and improved communication about the future of health services for women and the opportunities and challenges posed by changes in the health care delivery system, particularly the growth of managed care systems. The seminars addressed issues facing women's health advocates and providers and will increase their ability to communicate effectively about the health issues for women in managed care. Dissemination of information from the seminars will result in greater awareness of the implications for women of changes in the health care delivery system and greater ability to influence the health care system on women's behalf.

The Leadership Seminar Series builds on the Jacobs Institute's two-year project to define issues and monitor trends in women's health and managed care. The seminar series in California complements the ongoing work of the Institute, informing it with the rich and plentiful experiences of patients and providers in California, where there are many well-developed managed care plans.

Founded in 1993, the Pacific Institute for Womens Health is dedicated to improving women's health and well-being locally and globally. The Institute takes a comprehensive approach to the complex realities of womens lives and works through applied research, advocacy, community involvement, consultation, and training. Working together, the Jacobs Institute of Womens Health and the Pacific Institute for Women's Health will help to inform public and policy debates over the implications of managed care for the health of women in California and the country as a whole.

A summary paper of the series, "Women's Health and Manged Care in California: A Laboratory for the Nation," can be ordered for $7.50 per copy. To order, use the order form.

See below for a listing of seminar topics and dates. Click on a seminar topic to access a summary of the program.

Women's Health and Managed Care Leadership Seminars

Seminar Topics, Dates and Locations

Managed Care: Listening to Women
April 25, 1997
Los Angeles

Players in the Marketplace
June 25, 1997
Oakland

Medi-Cal Managed Care and Women's Health
September 9, 1997
San Diego

Policy Perspectives
October 9, 1997
Sacramento

Advisory Committee

Carmella Castellano
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Mary K. Chung
National Asian Women's Health Organization

Julianna S. Gonen, PhD
Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Kathy Jett
Office of Women's Health, California Department of Health Services

Ella Kelly, PhD
Pacific Institute for Women's Health

Renetia Martin
Women's Health Collaborative

Rhoda Nussbaum, MD
Kaiser Permanente

Helen Rodriguez-Trias, MD
Pacific Institute for Women's Health

Martha C. Romans
Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Sarah Samuels, DrPH
Pacific Institute for Women's Health

Roberta Wyn, PhD
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research