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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:52:48 -0500
From: Blakely Pomietto <bpomietto@SOPHE.ORG>
Subject: SOPHE 2005 Midyear Scientific Conference
Please excuse any cross-postings.
The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) is pleased to invite you to our
2005 Midyear Scientific Conference taking place April 13-16, 2005 in Boston, MA
at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel. Please visit <http://www.sophe.org/>
www.sophe.org to view the preliminary program, and download the conference
registration.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to attend one of the premier national health
education and behavioral health conferences! This year's conference will be held
concurrently with the Society of Behavioral Medicine's (SBM) Annual Meeting and
provides an opportunity to share innovative and effective research and practice
methodologies in health education, health promotion, and community health.
A host of pre conference workshops, and plenary and concurrent sessions by
nationally recognized speakers will engage you to: explore the various and
diverse settings of practice and research in health education; develop skills to
overcome obstacles in translating research to practice; and negotiate challenges
in the collaboration between health education, health promotion and behavioral
medicine.
Featured speakers include:
* David Abrams, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Office of
Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
* John P. Allegrante, PhD, National Center for Health Education
* Peter A. Briss, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
* Sandra Crouse Quinn, PhD CHES, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate
School of Public Health
* Karen Denard Goldman, PhD CHES, Health Education and Social
Marketing Expert
* Eugenia Eng, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, School of Public Health
* Vincent Francisco, PhD, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, Department of Public Health
* Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD, Harvard School of Public Health
* Kathleen Roe, DrPH, MPH, San Jose State University
Through its well recognized Midyear and Annual Meetings, SOPHE provides more
continuing education credits for Certified Health Education Specialist
(CHES) than any other national non profit dedicated to health promotion and
health education.
Hurry! Early Bird registration ends March 11; Final Pre-Registration ends March
25,2005.
Blakely
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Blakely R. Pomietto, MPH
Manager, Education and Technology Outreach
Society for Public Health Education
750 First Street, NE Suite 910
Washington, DC 20002
Ph: 202.408.9804
Fax: 202.408.9815
bpomietto@sophe.org
www.sophe.org
SAVE THE DATE!
SOPHE 2005 Midyear Scientific Conference
"Health Education & Behavioral Medicine Working Together: A Marathon, Not a
Sprint"
April 13-16, 2005
Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston, MA
Ask ME about exhibit opportunities!
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#130
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:51:35 -0500
From: "Burwell, Cynthia" <cburwell@NSU.EDU>
Subject: Physical Activity Inquiry
Dear Colleagues,
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We are looking to improve the nutritional habits and increase physical activity
of our students. If any of you are at a HBCU or have a large population of
African American or Latino students and are undertaking a project for increasing
physical activity or improving nutritional = habits, please contact me at
cburwell@nsu.edu. If possible would you please = share your projects with me.
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Thanks,
Cynthia
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Cynthia B. Burwell, Ed.D, CHES
Director of Internship Programs
Past-President Mid-Atlantic College Health Assn.
Norfolk State University
Department of Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science 700 Park Ave.,
Echols Hall rm 165 Norfolk, VA, 23504
ph: (757) 823-9494
fax: (757) 823-9412
Email: cburwell@nsu.edu <mailto:cburwell@nsu.edu>=20 =20 =20
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#131
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:57:53 -0500
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: FDA Announces Reforms for Drug Safety
CHHCS News Alert – 2/15/05
FDA Announces Reforms for Drug Safety:
One day after President Bush named a new head of the federal Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt
announced today that FDA will take steps to manage safety issues that have
plagued the drug industry in recent months.
http://www.healthinschools.org/2005/feb15_alert.asp
Nancy Eichner
Senior Program Manager
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW #505
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 466-3396
Fax: (202) 466-3467
www.healthinschools.org
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