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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
 In May, over 500 health promotion and public health
education professionals will converge in Washington, D.C. for the 24th
National Conference on Health Promotion and Education, jointly sponsored by
the CDC and DHPE. Members of
program planning and other conference-related committees have worked hard
to develop the conference framework.
This year we have added features intended to increase the
opportunity for you to network. A
“networking gala” at the exhibitor reception will allow you to sit with
your colleagues in tables grouped according to regions. This format gives you the opportunity to
share and learn from each other.
Attendees who choose to participate and mingle with their peers are
encouraged to bring any materials from their states that they would like to
share. An informal gathering with a
great opportunity for networking!
How
about participating in one of those “special interest dinners?” Join other attendees on Thursday, May 25th
at an informal dinner in an area restaurant. These dinners are designed to promote networking and
discussion of topics among people working in similar areas. The event requires you to sign up in
advance, as each topic area is limited to 10 participants.
Importantly,
a line-up of informative sessions awaits you. I encourage you to attend the plenary sessions focusing on
five theme areas: workforce
development, the federal perspective of keeping America
healthy, legislative directions to enhance public health, collaborating
with non-traditional partners and meeting the funding organizations.
Pre-conference workshops are definitely of interest to many, whether you
are new to your job or a veteran in the field. They will be held on Tuesday, May 23rd and are designed to
provide information on evidence-based public health, communicating with
legislators, workforce skill development and working with traditional and
non-traditional partners.
Interested in-depth review of program areas? Then don’t miss
attending the concurrent sessions.
Finally, meet the national, state and local leaders of the field we
have invited to attend the event.
With so
many issues and topics affecting our profession, keeping up with all the
information out there is impossible, because we also need to run our
departments on a day-to-day basis. That’s why these sessions are so
important and they come handy because you can learn in a short period of
time from those who know them best!
Let me
take this opportunity to invite you to attend the 24th National
Conference on Health promotion and Education on May 23-26, 2005 in Washington,
DC. Please go to DHPE website to
register or to find more information.
See you in D.C.!
Sincerely,
Jim
McVay
DHPE
President
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
President's
Council Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The President's
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is celebrating its 50th
anniversary this year. Be a 50th
Anniversary Partner to Get America
Moving, click here.
Bill to Amend No
Child Left Behind Act Introduced
A bill to amend the No
Child left Behind law to include physical education was introduced in
Congress (S1276 & HR4359).
View text and summary at http://thomas.loc.gov/.
OMB Publishes the
President’s Budget
The
Office of Management and Budget released information on the President’s
budget proposals and other budgetary publications. More
NEWS FROM DHPE
DHPE
Sends Three Members to Health Education Advocacy Summit
Three
associate members were selected by DHPE to attend the Health Education
Advocacy Summit in Washington,
DC on March 11-13, 2006. They were Vickie Mudra (IL), Liane
Cox-Tomlich (CA) and Canditra McLemore (GA).
DHPE Interviews
Members and Friends
DHPE Interviews Getty Israel…
Recently,
DHPE interviewed one of the interns of its DHPE/CDC Internship Program
for Students of Minority Serving Institutions. Read
Interview.
MEMBERS CORNER
VOTING MEMBER: DHPE
welcomes Christine Lyman (ME), Dr. Kimberly Redding (GA) and Doreleena
Sammons-Posey (NJ)
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: DHPE welcomes Ali Asubaie (U.K.), Marjorie
Doremus (NJ), Dana Kennedy (TN), Therese Falk (P.R.), Jeannine Mallory
(FL), Koua Cha (CA), Michael Sciortino (IL), Stephanie Walker (TX), Yolonda
Freeman (GA), Jana Ortiz (CO), Jeff Bachar (NC)
Don’t forget to submit your nominations to the 2006
CDC/DHPE National Health Education and Health Promotion Awards! Go to http://www.dhpe.org/
for specific criteria on each of the nine awards. Or simply contact Mariela
Alarcon at malarcon@dhpe.org.
Nomination deadline is fast approaching.
But you still have time!
We are saddened by the untimely passing of Donna Leno,
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Coordinator at Kayenta Service
Unit, Navajo Area Indian Health Service, in AZ since 1997. She was one
of the early health educators in Indian Country.
NEWS FROM THE STATES
AND PARTNERS
FROM THE STATES
 Andreen Co-chairs
Steering Committee for National Conference Two Years in a Row
Jayne
Andreen (AK), DHPE voting member from the state of Alaska
is 2006 national conference co-chairperson for the conference steering
committee with CDC. The committee
identifies plenary speakers and concurrent sessions; integrates completed
abstracts into the program and oversees other events. Andreen, Health Promotion Unit Manager
in Alaska’s
Dept. of Health & Social Services also served in a similar
capacity last year.
 ConnectiFIT: Worksite Wellness Program
ConnectiFIT
is a collaborative project between the Connecticut Department of Public
Health and the Department of Health Promotion at the University
of Connecticut that
provides worksite health promotion programs for state employees. Its goal
is to improve the health and productivity of state employees through
various wellness interventions that meet the needs of the employee. More
MORE NEWS FROM THE
STATES
SC Breastfeeding
Bill Goes to Senate Subcommittee
The
South Carolina Breastfeeding Action Committee announced that H 4347 passed
the House on third reading and now goes to senate subcommittee. More information.
Trail Survey
Workbook Published
The
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and Trails Facts Interactive
Marketing, supported by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation,
published “How to Conduct a Survey and Win Support for your Trail: Sample
Survey & Methods.” More
Childhood Obesity
Assessment Project Report Released
The
BlueCross BlueShield Foundation of South
Carolina released an assessment report on
childhood obesity. Visit website.
UPCOMING STATEWIDE
CONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS
Diabetes Prevention
Seminar in Jackson, MS, March 23, 2006, The Diabetic Foundation of
Mississippi, Inc., Jackson, MS:.
Call (601) 957-7878 or 1-877-DFM-CURE, or e-mail msdiabetes@gmail.com
South Dakota’s 23rd
Annual Nutrition Conference, March 28-30, 2006, South
Dakota State,
University, Brookings,
SD. Click here.
2006 Family Health Conference, April 18-19, 2006,
Nebraska Dept. of Health, Kearney, NE. Visit website for
brochure.
3rd Annual Utah Stroke Symposium, March 25, 2006,
Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT. Registration available
online.
FROM OUR PARTNERS
Ad
Council and Three Major Organizations Launch Campaign
Advertising Council, the leading
producer of public service advertisements (PSAs), joined forces with
the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes
Association and American Heart Association to launch “Sisterhood is Healthy”
campaign targeted to improve the health of African-American
community. Brochures are available by calling 1-866-399-6789. A
joint website, http://www.everydaychoices.org/ was
established for more information.
National
Alliance for Nutrition and Activity Calls for Updating USDA’s Nutrition
Standards
The National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) advocates for
strong school nutrition standards and calls for USDA to update the
standards. Contact Jennifer Weber at the American Dietetic Association
at (202) 775-8277 or jweber@eatright.org;
Jessica Donze Black at the American Heart Association at (202) 785-7907 or Jessica.black@heart.org; or Joy
Johanson at the Center for Science in the Public Health Interest at (202)
777-8351 or jjohanson@cspinet.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND
ACTIVITIES
National Public Health Week, April 3-9, 2006:
American Public Health Association. http://www.apha.org/nphw/2006/
AAHPERD 2006 Annual Convention &
Exposition, April 25-29, 2006, Salt Lake City, UT, American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Click
here
Cooper Institute Conference Series, October 26-28, 2006,
Dallas, TX:
Cooper Institute.
IHA's
5th Annual Health Literacy Conference, May 4-5, 2006,
Irvine, CA, Institute for Healthcare Advancement. Click
here or call (800) 434-4633.
80th
Annual ASHA School Health Conference, October 11-14, 2006, St. Loui,
MO, American School Health Association. Visit website for more
information.
CHES
Exam, Apply now for the October 2006 exam, National
Commission for Health Education Credentialing, go to http://www.nchec.org/
CDC CORNER
CDC and Sponsors Team Up for the CDC’s 2006 National Health
Promotion Conference
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pleased to
announce its co-sponsors for the national conference which will be held
September 12-14, 2006, Atlanta, GA.
The sponsoring organizations
are CDC, Directors of Health Promotion & Education, March of Dimes and National Association of Chronic
Disease Directors. For more informarion, go to http://www.cdc.gov/cochp/conference.
CDC Releases “The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions”
To help states and local communities choose breast feeding
information strategies that meet their needs, CDC released the
Guide built on research evidence.
Order a free
printed copy online. To order 20 or more copies, e-mail cdcinfo@cdc.go
National Diabetes Education Program The CDC, National
Institutes of Health and 200-plus partners work to improve treatment and
outcome of diabetes. Follow link for more
information
CDC/Diabetes and Obesity Conference, May 16-19, 2006, Denver,
CO. Contact Norma Loner at
(770) 488-5376.
Alaska Native
Health Research Conference, March 30-31, 2006, Anchorage, AK; CDC and Alaska
Tribal Health Consortium. Click here
for more information.
International Congress on Physical Activity
and Public Health, April 17-20, 2006; Atlanta GA. Click here for more
info or call (770) 488-5692 or e-mail ICPAPH2006@cdc.gov
MORE NEWS AND
INFORMATION
D.C. Mayor Introduces Family
Fitness Program
Earlier this
month, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams announced a free family exercise
and nutrition program to combat childhood obesity. Washington
Times
Google Map
Pedometer Now Available
This fun
tool allows you to plot and calculate the distance of your walking
route; with a calorie converter to figure out the number of calories
burned after your walk. More
First Ever Inhaled
Insulin Approved by FDA
The Food and
Drug Administration recently approved Exubera, the first inhalable form of
insulin for type 1 and type 2 diabetes in adults. Visit the FDA website.
FDA Provides
Guidance on “Whole Grain”
The Food and
Drug Administration is providing guidance to manufacturers regarding the
term “whole grain,” to ensure that consumers will make choices based
on a consistent and reliable term.
Click here.
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
FRONT
Rise of Chronic
Diseases: A Major Health Challenge to Global Development
The Department
of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion (CHP) of the World Health
Organization (WHO) reports that chronic diseases currently accounts for
some 60% of global deaths. More
Chronic Diseases
are the Major Cause of Worldwide Death and Disability
Interested in
finding about the “universality” of chronic disease problems and
challenges? Check out facts
and figures of the predicted growth of chronic diseases, its economic
impact and the solutions published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
CALENDAR OF EVENTS (DHPE)
EVENT DATE LOCATION
Protecting our Assets: Spring
2006 N/A
A School Employee
Wellness Guide
Regional
CSHP March 29–30,
2006 Tampa,
FL
Training
Program
24th
National Conference May
23-26, 2006 Washington,
DC
on
Health Promotion
and
Education (DHPE/CDC)
ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
The
Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) is a 501(C)(3)
association based in Washington,
DC and is an affiliate of the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). DHPE is organized specifically to
provide leadership in health promotion, programming, practice, training,
technical assistance and policy developments
DHPE is
funded primarily through cooperative agreement # CU 012359, “Development
and Support of Core Public Health Functions Related to Health Promotion and
Education.”, coordinated by the Division of Adult and Community Health
(DACH) of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP). DHPE’s “The
Voice” is supported by this cooperative agreement.
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