School and College Organization for Prevention Educators (SCOPE) 2012 Annual Conference
SCOPE 2nd Annual Conference October 18-20, 2012 Orlando, Florida
SCOPE is an independent, not-for-profit membership association for prevention educators and professionals. SCOPE embraces an ecological, inclusive, holistic, feminist, public health, evidence-based and multi-disciplinary vision of prevention.
2012 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Reaching Out to Missing Partners
August 1-3, 2012 University of South Carolina Lancaster in Lancaster, South Carolina
2012 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Reaching Out to Missing Partners is a training conference that emphasizes the unique challenges of conducting youth prevention in rural communities. The conference was founded by one of the most successful prevention coalitions in the country, in hopes of raising awareness of the plight that many rural communities face with regards to the growth of youth substance abuse.
Hosted by: USC Lancaster
This year’s conference is hosted by the University of South Carolina Lancaster in Lancaster, South Carolina. Historic Lancaster is located 30 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina.
North American Quitline Consortium Conference 2012
It is with great pleasure that NAQC invites all members and others dedicated to improving the effectiveness of and access to quitline services to register for our upcoming conference. NAQC Conference 2012, QUITLINE INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: Exploring Strategies and Seizing Opportunities in Challenging Times, will take place August 13th and 14th in Kansas City, Missouri as an ancillary meeting to the National Conference on Tobacco or Health.
The promotion and delivery of quality, evidence-based quitline services in the midst of difficult fiscal climates, ongoing healthcare reforms, shifting policy landscapes and an ever-growing demand for cessation services remains a critical priority for the entire quitline community and our partners. NAQC Conference 2012 will be the only North American conference to focus solely on building the capacity of the quitline community to improve the availability and quality of its services while responding to these mounting challenges and opportunities.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
To engage in discussions with colleagues and experts from the quitline community, as well as guests from broader tobacco control and chronic disease areas, with a focus on factors that impact on the effectiveness and reach of quitlines;
To develop concrete strategies for addressing changes in needs, funding, the political landscape and technologies that may transform quitline practice, protocols and our common research agenda;
To strengthen the quitline community’s knowledge and application of best and promising practices;
To participate in the generation of new research questions informed by dialogue about current experience from the quitline practice community, findings from the research community and issues important to partners in tobacco control, chronic diseases and health systems; and
To celebrate 20 years of quitlines in North America and focus on answering important questions about the future of our work.
Sessions will address current challenges, identifying strategies to address operational and implementation roadblocks and the translation of recent research and evaluation findings into improved strategies, practices and services.
29th International Seating Symposium
March 5 – 9, 2013
(March 5 to 6 Pre-Symposium & March 7 to 9 Main Symposium)
Nashville, Tennessee
The symposium will include scientific and clinical papers, a research forum, in-depth workshops, panel sessions, and an extensive exhibit hall. Presentations should address the seating and wheeled mobility issues of people with disabilities across the lifespan such as neuromuscular disorders, spinal cord injury and diseases of the spinal cord, orthopedic conditions, systemic conditions, obesity, or polytrauma.
Family-Based Prevention Conference
June 8-10, 2012 Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Family-Based Prevention Conference 2012 will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This exciting event will bring together experts from around the world to exchange information on the latest research, policy and practice on promoting effective family-based preventive interventions and positive parenting.
The Family-Based Prevention Conference 2012 will focus on the wide range of issues that affect the physical and mental health and well-being of families. This includes: alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use; violence and anti-social behaviour; parenting skills; parenting styles; family-based preventive interventions, practices and policies; and family legislation.
The conference is interdisciplinary, bringing together individuals from a wide range of fields to help develop understanding of family-based prevention and hence promote evidence-based and evaluated prevention interventions in families around the world.
The Family-Based Prevention Conference 2012 is hosted by Institute for Research and Development “Utrip” (Slovenia) and Lutra Group (USA).
Contact us
For further information:
Inštitut Utrip
Trubarjeva 13,1290 Grosuplje
SI-Slovenia
mobitel: +386(0)31/880-520
mail: info@institut-utrip.si
webpage: www.institut-utrip.si
XIX Congress of the European Union of Medicine in Assurance and Social Security (EUMASS)
June 14 to 16, 2012 Padova, Italy
The Scientific Committee proposes the following themes:
Population and work force challenges in Europe
A healthy worker in a healthy workplace
Evidence based benefit decisions
Return to work: what works?
The influence of e-health on healthcare
Organising Secretariat
Sistema Congressi S.r.l.
Via A. Gabelli 7 int. 1
35121 Padova - Italy
Phone +39 049 651699
Fax +39 049 651320
E-mail: eumass12@sistemacongressi.com
Web: www.sistemacongressi.com
For registration and accommodation inquiries please contact
E-mail: registration@sistemacongressi.com
National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Conference
Navigating the Currents: Positioning Local Health Departments for the Future
NACCHO Annual 2012 Conference, July 11–13 Los Angeles, California
NACCHO Annual 2012 is an opportunity to join a thousand of your colleagues for the year's largest gathering of local health officials in the United States. NACCHO is the only national organization that hosts annual conferences that specifically address the needs and concerns of local health officials.
NACCHO Annual 2012 will provide an interactive setting for local health officials and their public health partners from around the country to examine strategies, share ideas, and plan actions necessary for public health leaders to create and build upon a forward-looking vision of local public health through disease-prevention interventions and wellness promotion, elimination of health inequities among individuals and communities, and expanded leadership capacity within local health departments.
Announcing 2012 Conference Theme and Session Tracks…
Navigating the Currents: Positioning Local Health Departments for the Future
Chronic Disease Prevention and Control – Funding Prevention vs Treatment
Policy, System, Environment, and Organizational Change
Making the Case for Local Health Departments with Limited Resources
Transforming and Supporting the Local Public Health Workforce
Building a Disaster Resilient Community: Sustainable Approaches to Planning, Response, and Recovery for Public Health Emergencies
Public Health Research
2012 Annual National Association of Local Boards of Health Conference
"Celebrating Achievements - Shaping the Future"
National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) 20th Annual Conference Atlanta, Georgia, August 8-10, 2012.
Conference Goal: The 2012 Annual NALBOH Conference is designed to provide attendees with information about past public health achievements, current public health priorities, and the role of governance in shaping the future of public health.
Conference Objectives:
Define the governance role boards of health must assume when addressing current public health priorities, including "Winnable Battles."
Describe the benefits of public health achievements in improving the health of communities.
Adapt examples of evidence-based practices to advocate for local public health policies.
Identify resources to create a board development plan that includes education, engagement, and leadership.
2012 National School-Based Health Care Convention
Every year the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) brings together more than 700 child and adolescent health providers and advocates for the National School-Based Health Care Convention.
The 2012 National School-Based Health Care Convention will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico June 24 – 27, 2012.
NASBHC's mission is to improve the health status of children and youth by advancing and advocating for school-based health care
NASBHC
1010 Vermont Ave. NW Ste. 600
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 638-5872
Fax: (202)638-5879
Email: info@nasbhc.org
Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting Promoting Healthy Living Through Prevention Science
May 29 – June 1, 2012 Washington, DC
Join your colleagues for the most important prevention science conference of the year! The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 20th Annual Meeting will take place in Washington, DC at the Hyatt Regency Washington, May 29-June 1, 2012.
The Society for Prevention Research envisions a wellness-oriented society in which evidenced-based programs and policies are continuously applied to improve the health and well being of its citizens, fostering positive human development and citizens who lead productive lives, in caring relationships with others.
The SPR Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to advance this vision by providing a centrally integrated forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; and by providing a forum for the communication between scientists, public policy leaders and practitioners concerning the implementation of evidence-based preventive interventions in all areas of public health.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and network with more than 800 researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from the U.S. and abroad at the premiere meeting for prevention science!
If you have any questions about the SPR Annual Meeting, please contact Jennifer Lewis, Executive Director, at 703-934-4850 ext. 213 or jenniferlewis@preventionresearch.org.
