Public Health Nursing Annual Conference:

Officers:

• Belinda Aberle MSN, RN, APHN-BC | Chair 2025-2026
• Katherine Balint DNP, PHNA-BC, CHSE, CRRN | Chair-Elect
• Dayna Bennett, MSN, APRN, FNP-C | Past Chair
• Lynn McDaniels MSN, RN, PHCNS-BC | Secretary
• Crystal Hepburn, BSN, RN, CCM |Treasurer & Member-at-Large
• Christie Clement-Halladay MSN, RN | Member-at-Large
• Andrea Agboka RN, MPH | Member-at-Large
• Naomi E. Ervin, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC-Retired, FNAP, FAAN | Member-at-Large
• Jaclyn Badger, BSN, RN | Member-at-Large
• Keri Urquhart, MPH, BSN, RN | Member-at-Large
• Teresa Wehrwein PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF | Nominations Committee
• Paula Tomczak, DNP, RN, LMT, CPH, HHP | Nominations Committee
• Michelle Klein, MA, BSN, RN, PHC | Nominations Committee

2025-26 PHN Section Committee Members

Program Committee Members: Joan Bickes (Chair), Crystal Hepburn, Lynn McDaniels, Judi Fouladbaksksh, Naomi Ervin, Pam Anzicek, David Roth, Belinda Aberle, Dayna Bennett, Kathy Balint, Larissa Miller (MSU)

Academic Partnership Committee Members: Suzanne Keep, Joanne Goldbort, Joanne Hogenson, Peggy Hamel

Membership Committee Members: Crystal Hepburn, Andrea Agboka, and Lynn McDaniels

Awards Committee Members: Terry Wehrwein (Chair), Michelle Klein, and Keri Urquhart

Provide nursing services in various programs

• WIC nutrition counseling; Breastfeeding support
• Family Planning counseling and screening services
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
• Hearing and Vision Screening for all elementary and middle school children in Michigan
• Immunizations for adults and children
• Home visits to high risk pregnant women
• Home visits to families with new babies
• HIV testing and counseling
• Case management for children with special needs through the Children’s Special Health Care Services program
• Case Management for families in our communities/Link families to community programs and services.

Respond to emergencies including infectious disease outbreaks, natural or man-made disasters, and bioterrorism.

Help families enroll in health insurance programs

• Assure that no child is uninsured
• Link adults to various health resources

Provide Health Education to families, schools and community

• Educate populations about smoking, obesity risks and health lifestyle choices
• Assure that schools adequately monitor immunizations for their students
• Support teachers in their provision of Health Education and implementation of the Michigan Model

Prevent communicable disease through monitoring occurrences, providing treatment, tracking outbreaks and providing immunizations.

Advocate for good health policy through community organizing and collaboration with various groups such as Tobacco Coalitions, Safe Kids Coalitions, Diabetes Initiatives, Human Service Collaborative Bodies, and Breastfeeding Coalitions.