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SPECIAL
ISSUE
REGISTER NOW AND BE A
PART OF THIS MAJOR EVENT
IN WASHINGTON DC!
24th National
Conference on Health Promotion and Education
“Advancing the National Health
Promotion and Health Education Agenda
Through Effective Policies and
Practices"
MAY 23-26, 2006
EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS APRIL
21, 2006
Register today by
following website
link
You
don't want to miss our distinguished speakers:
  
Sen. Tom
Harkin (D-IA) Mary Mincer-Hansen John O.
Agwunobi
and other
nationally recognized presenters.
The
following supporting organizations encourage their members and
partners to attend and exhibit:
National Capital Area of SOPHE; American Public
Health Association-Public Health Education & Health Promotion
(APHA-PHEHP); D.C. Department of Public Health; American Association for
Health Education (AAHE); West Virginia Department of Public Health
 The DHPE/CDC National Conference on Health Promotion and Education,
now in its 24th year, is the premier conference that outlines a
progressive agenda for health promotion and health education; setting
forward policies and practices advancing the nation's public health.
To be held in Washington, DC, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal
City in Arlington, VA, health promotion and public health education
professionals of all levels and disciplines will converge in order to plan
courses of action for the coming years. Learn how to stay on top of
emerging issues and trends in the profession through essential conference
tracks, plenary sessions, pre-conference workshops, networking
opportunities and events as well as exhibits to equip you with better tools
for your jobs, Attend the conference and explore ideas and expertise
from nationally recognized speakers and leaders in the field.
- Deadline for Early Registration
is Friday, April 21, 2006. Please register by then in
order to take advantage of the discount. Payment and registration cut-off date is May 19, 2006,
after which ALL payments must be made on-site.
- There are four easy ways to register –
online, fax, mail and on-site.
- The 2006
Program at-a-Glance - get a quick overview and preliminary agenda
of the program
- Accommodations and Travel – for hotel information
and more specific details, please click here.
- Continuing Education
Contact Hours (CECHs) awarded for attendance, including the workshops
- For complete information
about the national conference, visit DHPE website.
Learn
from to the experts and leaders in the field of health promotion and public
health education from the government and private sector. Don’t miss a chance to listen to Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), a ranking
member of Labor, Health & Human Services and Education Appropriations
subcommittee; network and exchange ideas with your colleagues and other
professionals in attendance; browse in our exhibit hall and sign-up for the
pre-conference workshops. Here are
just some of the highlights:
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Distinguished leaders
from the CDC and DHHS set the stage for the five conference sub-themes.
These include Janet Collins, PhD, Director, National
Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion,
CDC; Toby
Merlin, MD, Director, Division of Public and Private Partnerships,
National Center
for Health Marketing, Coordinating
Center for Health Information
and Services, CDC; Kerry
Paige Nesseler, RN, Associate Administrator for Health Professions in
the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dr.
John Agwunobi, Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS, Dr.
Gregg Pane, Director, D.C. Department of Health just to name
a few.
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Speakers from
the field of public health, research, state public health departments,
health coalitions such as Dr.
Mary Mincer Hansen, Director of Iowa Dept. of Public Health; Andrew
Webber, President/CEO, National Business Coalition on Health; Sarah
Strunk, Director of Active Living by Design run by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, Dr. Joe Thompson, Chief Medical Officer for Arkansas
Department of Health and many more well-known speakers.
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Plan to attend any
of the six pre-conference
workshops on such topics as evidence-based public health; improving
adolescent health, communicating with legislators, effective partnerships,
workforce career development and emergency management, all led by experts
in each field.
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Visit our exhibit
hall and equip yourself with new and better tools to aid you in your
jobs from other public health professionals and organizations.
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Spotlight ing on NEW NETWORKING
events this year! Join other attendees in various network opportunities
such as Wednesday’s “Networking Gala with the Exhibitors,” an exciting
chance to renew acquaintances, meet new people, mingle with your old
friends and share best practices and ideas. A "no-cost" networking box lunch is available on
Wednesday the 24th You can sign-up
to participate in an informal “Special Interest Dinners” on Thursday, the
25th at an area restaurant with other conference participants
and this event is only limited to 10 people for each topic area. Also, don’t forget those wellness events
to keep us healthy.
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This year’s
conference will be at the nation’s capital, Washington,
DC, where political decisions
are being made that may affect your field of work; as well as government agencies
charged with promoting the health and safety of all citizens.
     
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