Presentations
(June 2015)
Latino civic engagement
Vélez Ortiz, D.
Presented at the Cambio de Colores Conference, University of Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
(March 2015)
Culture, gender, and depression: Puerto Rican older adults’ experiences with depression
Vélez Ortiz, D.
Presented at the UAB Health Disparities Symposium
Birmingham, Alabama
(January 2014)
Latino/Hispanic Family Caregivers II
Vélez Ortiz, D.
Cultural competency training series for the Savvy Cargiver Program, Office of Services to the Aging, State of Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
(January 2014)
Improving health and healthcare in Michigan’s Latinos
Vélez Ortiz, D.
Summit: Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
(October 2013)
Viewing mental health: Examining the influence of mental health messages in telenovelas among Latino older adults
Vélez Ortiz, D., & Zepeda, I.
Poster presentation at the University of Michigan Health Services Social Work Research Symposium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(January 2013)
Seniors and Technology II
Vélez Ortiz, D.
Presentation to State Advisory Council on Aging, Office of Services to the Aging, State of Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
(January 2013)
Latino/Hispanic family caregivers I
Vélez Ortiz, D.
Cultural competency training series for the Savvy Cargiver Program, Office of Services to the Aging, State of Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
(January 2013)
Latino older adult cultural competency training: Outreach to Latino communities
Vélez Ortiz, D.
Area Agency on Aging 1B
Southfield, Michigan
(August 2012)
Mental health panel: Mental health and Latinos
Vélez-Ortiz, D.
Ohio Latino Health Summit, Ohio Commission on Latino Affairs
Columbus, Ohio
(January 2012)
Seniors and technology
Vélez-Ortiz, D.
State Advisory Council on Aging, Office of Services to the Aging, State of Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
(January 2012)
Mental health services and Latino older adults’ workshop
Vélez-Ortiz, D.
Cristo Rey Community Center Senior Program
Lansing, Michigan
(January 2012)
Social ties, age, and self-identification of mental health services needs among Latino older adults
Vélez-Ortiz, D., Woodward, A., & Hughes, A. K.
Presentation at the Society for Social Work Research Conference
Washington, D.C.