Wisconsin – Prevea Health announces the Fall 2022 Implicit Bias Conference - a daylong virtual presentation on Thursday, Oct. 20., as part of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The conference will demonstrate how gender-based victimization is a social determinant of health and address the impact implicit bias has on advocacy work, health care and victim services.

The conference is presented by Prevea and the Brown County Coordinated Community Response Team’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. It is designed for the general public, health professionals, supporters of victims of violence, survivors of violence, and those who offer health care or advocacy services to survivors of violence. The event will bring local and national speakers together, to provide tools and perspectives that may help individuals better care for clients, patients or extended family experiencing domestic violence.

“Many of our presenters will expose the audience to stories demonstrating the impact that implicit bias has on both victims and survivors of domestic violence in Wisconsin,” said Renita Robinson, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Prevea Health. “Our goal is to provide the tools needed to address personal bias so individuals can become part of the solution.”

Attendees of the virtual conference will also learn how implicit bias is connected to a variety of negative individual and community health outcomes related to victimization through violence, and how such bias can get in the in the way of many victims receiving the support they need.

The Fall 2022 Implicit Bias Conference will be presented virtually at no charge to participants, however, registration is required. A link for the virtual, Oct. 20 event will be sent to participants upon registration.

 Fall 2022 Implicit Bias Conference

• 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Oct. 20
• To register and learn more, visit: www.prevea.com/conference

 The Fall 2022 Implicit Bias Conference is the second listening event Prevea has hosted for the community and the fourth coordinated by the Brown County Coordinated Community Response Team’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. This educational event will continue to explore ways to create equity in light of historical events and decisions that have led to major inequities in health today.

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About Prevea Health

Founded in Green Bay, Wis. in 1996, Prevea Health is a health care organization that provides high-quality, primary and specialty health care in 80+ locations across Northern, Eastern and Western Wisconsin in clinic and hospital settings. It is partnered with six Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals across Wisconsin to provide patients a system of highly coordinated care, close to home: HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay; HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan; HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls; HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire; and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls. For more information, visit www.prevea.com.