Arizona Public Health Association 2026 Annual Conference
From Crisis to Care: Improving Outcomes in Arizona’s Behavioral Health System
May 1, 2026
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Conference Materials:
2026 Conference Program
Presentations
Keynote Session
- Public Health Under Siege: Building the Next Generation Health System
Morning Breakout Sessions
- A Statewide Medicaid Initiative to Advance Behavioral Health
- Innovative Partnerships: Advancing Member Engagement through Peer Support at the Navigator Level and Assertive Community Treatment
- Transforming Crisis into Hope: Innovative Mobile Crisis Solutions in Arizona
- Improving Perinatal Behavioral health Access in Rural Northern Arizona: A Medicaid Pilot Program
- Charting a Course for Digital Health in Arizona: The Arizona Digital Health Pathways Report
Lunch & Learn Session
- Responding to Black Overdose Disparities Through Harm Reduction, Lived Experience, and Trusted Community Response
Afternoon Breakout Sessions #1
- Clozapine: Hope for a New Beginning
- From Lived Experience to Measurable Outcomes: Co-Designing Solutions for People with Serious Mental Illness
- Trauma Recover Centers in Arizona: Implementation in Practice
- Maternal Mental Health – Community Doula Access
- Public Health Technology: Past, Present, Future
Afternoon Breakout Sessions #2
- Beyond Healthcare: Coordinating Housing, Behavioral Health, and Community Services to Improve Outcomes for Arizonans with SMI
- Comparing Treatment Approaches for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Helpers for Behavioral Health Tobacco Cessation
- Designing Integrated Care Outside Traditional Settings: Early Findings from Terros Health’s Portable Clinical Care Pilot
- Crafting Data – Driven Digital Twins for Precision Glucose Control
- Public Health has a data problem – and AI might fix it (or make it worse)
Presentations will continue to be updated and uploaded here.