STD/HIV Program, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Department of Public Health and Social Services
123 Chalen Kareta
Mangilao
Guam
96913-6304
bernadette.schumann@dphss.guam.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Screening Guam's Massage Parlor Workers: How Often Should They Be Screened? Bernadette P. Schumann, M.P.A.. Guam Department Health and Social Services. 2004 National STD Conference. Philadelphia, PA. March 8-11, 2004.
Innovative Interventions in Health Education Risk Reduction, Counseling and Testing to Reach Guam's Hard to Reach Populations, Pilot Project-April 1999-June 2000 (Abstract 606 Submitted and presented at the 1999 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA) and 2002 Global Public Health Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
Planning For Action, A Guide To HIV/AIDS/STI Strategic Planning for Pacific Island Countries and Territories, International Health Unit, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research and the
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Melbourne, Australia, 2001. (Participant and Reviewer)
Experience:
July, 1998 to Present
Program Supervisor, STD/HIV Program Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services, Mangilao, Guam. Responsible for overseeing the program operations and activities of the STD/HIV Prevention Program activities in the jurisdiction.
March 1990-July 1998.
Health Educator, STD/HIV Prevention Program, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services, Mangilao, Guam, March 1992-July 1998. Coordinated HIV/STD Health Education/Risk Reduction Activities, Public Information Campaigns and Outreach to targeted populations most at risk for STDs and HIV infection.