May 2008
National Health Observances for May 2008
Source: 2008 National Health Observances, National Health Information
Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
2008 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
May 3 to 8, 2008
Washington, DC
American
Association of Critical Care Nurses 35th Annual National Teaching Institute
(NTI) & Critical Care Exposition
"Reclaiming Our Priorities"
May 3 to 8, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
This is the world's largest educational conference and
exposition focused on acute and critical care nurses. NTI is appropriate for
bedside nurses, nurse educators, nurse managers, clinical nurse specialists
and nurse practitioners who care for patients who are acutely or critically
ill.
The program encompasses a wide range of
topics related to the care of acutely and critically ill patients, nursing
practice, professional development and the latest trends in healthcare.
3rd Annual Arizona Asthma Conference
May 3, 2008
Phoenix, Arizona
The goal of the Arizona Asthma Conference, to be held at Phoenix Children’s
Hospital, is to decrease the rates of asthma morbidity and mortality in
Arizona by providing the most current asthma education and research, as well
as, “best practice” protocols for the care and management of asthma
patients.
Learning objectives include: (1) Apply the newly published National
Institutes of Health Asthma Guidelines to improve patient outcomes (2) Gain
a better understanding of Black Box labeling
Wisconsin Nurses Association: 14th Annual Jail Health Care Conference
"Quality Correctional Healthcare: A Team Approach"
May 5 and 6, 2008
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
The purpose of this event is:
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To enhance knowledge and skills to
provide high-quality health care to inmates of adult and juvenile
corrections and detention facilities
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To network with others sharing
similar concerns involved in all aspects of health service delivery to
inmates
Rural
Medical Educators Conference
May to 5 and 6, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
Session tracks include: Clinical/Direct Services,
Management/Administration/Leadership,
Health Care Systems/Collaboration, Rural Horizons, Community Programs,
Health Professions/Development/Education, and Quality
Improvement/Technology.
11th
Annual Conference on Vaccine Research
May 5 to 7, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland
The conference is the largest scientific forum devoted exclusively to the
research and development of vaccines and related technologies for prevention
and treatment of disease through immunization, bringing together human and
veterinary vaccinology researchers. Twenty-two invited speakers will appear
at five special symposia on innate immunity, cutaneous vaccination,
adjuvants, universal influenza vaccination, and recently licensed vaccines.
At the conclusion of this conference,
participants should be able to meet the following objectives:
Discuss recent scientific advances that are contributing to the progress of
vaccine development.
Identify research opportunities and scientific challenges associated with
vaccine development, production and distribution.
2008 CDC
Diabetes Conference
May 5 to 8, 2008
Orlando, Florida
Conference Goals:
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Explore science, policy,
education, program planning, implementation, and evaluation to enhance
public health approaches and strategies to prevent and control diabetes
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Increase knowledge and
awareness of successful, cost-effective, public and private diabetes
programs
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Present innovative
strategies to increase awareness of diabetes and how to prevent its
complications
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Provide opportunities for
skill-building, information-sharing, and networking
2008
National Smart Start Conference
May 6 to 9, 2008
Greensboro,
North Carolina
This event is suggested for Smart Start partnership staff,
board members, service providers and volunteers; representatives of
national, state and local early childhood-related organizations;
representatives of local and state governments; nonprofit organizations
focused on the development of early childhood programs and systems; and child
care teachers, owners and administrators.
31st Annual
National Rural Health Association Rural Health Conference
May 7 to 10, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
National
Conference for Nurse Practitioners & Acute Care Clinicians
May 7 to 10, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Conference objectives include:
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Consult with experts in primary and acute
care as well as clinical subspecialties
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Discuss issues related to family, adult,
pediatric, geriatric, women’s health, legal, mental health, and acute care practice specialties
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Develop your assessment and clinical
management skills in hands-on and skill-building workshops
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Evaluate current and new treatment
methods and pharmacologic therapies
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Identify issues that affect advanced
practice, including reimbursement, malpractice, clinical practice guidelines, and
using the latest technologies in the industry
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Increase advance practice clinicians’
skill set in order to provide expanded services, improve billing,
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and reimbursement
American College of
Physicians Internal Medicine 2008
May 13 to 17, 2008
Washington, DC
2008 National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) Annual Conference
"Unlocking Hidden Potential for Health Policy Reform"
May 14 to 16, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
This year's theme, Unlocking Hidden Potential for Health
Policy Reform, will focus on building strong components of health promotion,
improvement and disease prevention in national, state, and local health
system reform. NNPHI will convene national, state, and local thought leaders
in health reform and highlight work of national organizations, public health
institutes, health policy centers, and local health collaboratives related
to health reform.
2008 APHL Annual Meeting & Second State Environmental Laboratory Conference
May 18 to 21, 2008
St. Louis, Missouri
The meeting will discuss issues ranging from environmental issues to
emerging infectious diseases and emergency preparedness, from informatics to
food safety, newborn screening and global health.
2008 Public Health
Conference for Utah
"Public Health - it's no accident"
May 19 to 21, 2008
Midway, Utah
2008 South Carolina Public
Health Association Annual Meeting
"Putting a Face on Public Health--Yours!"
May 21 to 23, 2008
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Society for Public Health
Education 2008 Midyear Scientific Conference
"Harnessing the Winds of Change: Learning from Our Past to Build Our Future"
May 21 to 24, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
3rd
Annual National Environmental Studies and Sciences Summit
May 22 to 24, 2008
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Abstracts for this event will focus on all aspects of
environmental studies and sciences are welcome including submissions
reporting interdisciplinary work, that address communication with broad
audiences, or that explore ways of teaching environmental topics at any
level, especially addressing innovations in career, curricula, and research
agendas.
International Conference on
Global Health
"Community Health: Delivering, Serving, Engaging, Leading"
May
27 to 31, 2008
Washington, DC
This important conference will present community health with three
inter-related approaches:
One - Theme-Related
The key to achieving health in the community is based
not only on getting services to the community, but also engaging and
empowering communities to be the catalysts of change and bearers of success.
Two - Key Health Issue-Related
Child health and survival, women’s and
reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, other major infectious diseases, among
others.
Three - Focus on the Cutting-edge of Global Health
The key to achieving the goal of improving the health of the world’s
poorest citizens is to learn and to share the latest findings related to new
and innovative programs and policies.
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
"At the Crossroads of Science and Practice"
May 28 to 31, 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana
At the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, participants should be able to:
- Evaluate the biological, biomechanical
and psychological changes during and following exercise in both normal
and pathological states.
- Analyze state-of-the art and innovative
basic science, applied science, and clinical medicine in the areas of
exercise, fitness, health, and physical performance.
- Summarize emerging controversial issues
in order to stay current in sports medicine and exercise science.
- Compare new approaches and perspectives
concerning exercise science and sports medicine through interactive
discussions with scientists and clinicians in related fields.
- Recognize the importance of basic
science research as it relates to diseases and conditions
that exist due to physical inactivity.
June 2008
National Health Observances for June 2008
Source: 2008 National Health Observances, National Health Information
Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
Canadian Public Health
Association 2008 Annual Conference
June 1 to 4, 2008
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
American Society for Microbiology
108th General Meeting
June 1 to 5, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
This meeting covers fundamental microbial cell biology,
genetics and physiology, environmental and applied microbiology and
microbial ecology, pathogenesis and clinical microbiology and infectious
diseases.
New York State Public Health
Association’s 2008 Annual Meeting & Conference
“Evaluating Our Public Health Efforts”
June 6, 2008
Lake George, New York
Focus areas include: evaluating program health activities, using data
effectively in public health, conducting community health assessments, and
reaching Healthy People 2010 goals in New York State.
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference
June 8 to 12, 2008
Denver, Colorado
9th Nordic Public
Health Conference 2008
"Invest in public health – for a fairer and more sustainable future"
June 9 to 12, 2008
Östersund, Sweden
The objective of the conference is to
show the potential effects of public health work on the local and regional
health and social and economical development.
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Annual
Conference
"Leading to New Heights"
June 15 to 19, 2008
Denver, Colorado
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APIC 2008 Program Goals
1. To increase the ability of the ICP to lead infection prevention programs
and initiatives in a variety of settings that will increase the knowledge
and skill of infection prevention and control professionals
2. To enhance awareness of new technologies and innovative concepts that are
key to the skills needed by the ICP in various settings to prevent
infections and infection-associated adverse events
3. To increase understanding of new and updated information and research in
the fields of epidemiology, infection prevention and control,
disaster/emergency preparedness, and disinfection and sterilization
4. To facilitate awareness of the global perspective and practices in the
field of infection prevention
National
Environmental Health Association 72nd Annual Educational Conference &
Exhibition
June 22 to 25, 2008
Tucson, Arizona
This conference covers all areas of environmental health with more than 150
educational sessions in 20 technical sections.
Educational lecture sessions will be offered in
the following areas:
Ambient Air Quality
Children’s Environmental Health
Drinking Water Quality
Emerging Pathogens
Environmental Health Leadership Development
Environmental Health Research
Environmental Health Tracking and Informatics
Food Safety and Protection
General Environmental Health
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Hazardous Materials and Toxic Substances
Indoor Air Quality
Injury Prevention/Occupational Health
Institutions and Schools Environmental Health
Onsite Wastewater Systems
Solid Waste
Swimming Pools/Recreational Waters
Terrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness
Vector Control and Zoonotic Diseases
Water Pollution
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2008 National Conference
June 26 to 30, 2008
Washington, DC
Conference objectives include:
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Provide
opportunity to meet with national Congressional members and
their key legislative staff on the “Hill”
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Provide expert
faculty presentations of current, practical and clinically
oriented evidence-based practice information in specialty areas such as:
acute care, adolescent/pediatric, adult/family, business/professional
issues,
gerontology, integrative medicine, men’s health, occupational health,
pharmacology, psychiatric/mental health, research, uniformed/military
and women’s health
-
Provide
state-of-the-art skills enhancement workshops
Discuss current national, state and local legislative, regulatory and
practice issues affecting nurse practitioners
-
Provide
international and national opportunities for collegial networking
July 2008
National Health Observances for July 2008
Source: 2008 National Health Observances, National Health Information
Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
National Association of Hispanic Nurses 33rd Annual Conference
“Hispanic Nurses: Shaping the Future of Healthcare Across Communities”
July 15 to 18, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Abstracts focus on: 1. Issues in Hispanic health disparities 2.
Hispanic healthcare research 3. Policy development 4. Issues
related to rural Hispanic healthcare 5. Behavioral and social
environmental issues in Hispanic healthcare
Public Health
Congress
July 16 to 18, 2008
Washington, DC
The 2008 Public Health Congress will bring together
federal, state, and local health officials, hospital and health system
administrators, and private sector executives in an exclusive networking
environment designed to promote collaboration and partnerships to improve
preparedness, prevention, and infectious disease control.
August 2008
National Health Observances for August 2008
Source: 2008 National Health Observances, National Health Information
Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
2008
National Center for Health Statistics Data Users Conference
August 11 to 13, 2008
Washington, DC
There is no fee to attend this biennial conference but you must register. If
you are currently using or have a need to use NCHS data, this forum is for
you.
2008 Fire-Rescue International
August 12 to 16, 2008
Denver, Colorado
World Cancer
Congress 2008
"Toward True Cancer Control"
August 27 to 31, 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
The Congress program will focus on public health, prevention, cancer and
tobacco control, palliative care and patient advocacy as they apply to high
and resource-constrained countries alike. The rapid progress in treatment
will be the center of many symposia.
September 2008
National Health Observances for September 2008
Source: 2008 National Health Observances, National Health Information
Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
3rd
International Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and
Nanomaterials
September 15 and 16, 2008
Birmingham, England
Themes of this event include:
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Chemical and physical
properties of manufactured or natural nanoparticles and other
nanomaterials in the environment
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Fate, behavior,
interaction and biogeochemistry
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Toxicological,
ecotoxicology and biological effects
-
Detection, measurement
and bioassays for nanosubstances
-
Environmental Risk
Assessment, Life Cycle Analysis, modeling and human health
-
Environmental and
industrial applications of nanotechnologies
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Positive effects of
nanoparticles in the environment
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Knowledge transfer
(e.g., what can we learn from ultrafines or other particulates?)
-
Regulation,
legislation, policy and public perception of new technology
18th World Congress of
Epidemiology
"Epidemiology in the Construction of Health for All: Tools for a Changing
World"
September 20 to 24, 2008
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abstract topics include: alcohol and
substance abuse, dissemination and transfer of epidemiological knowledge,
epidemiology and demography, epidemiology and environmental health,
epidemiology and other disciplines: interdisciplinary and intersectoral
approaches, epidemiology for health services, planning and management,
epidemiology of accidents, violence and injuries, epidemiology of natural
and social catastrophes, epidemiology of population groups, epidemiology
teaching, ethics in epidemiological research, evaluation of health systems,
policies, programs and services, evaluation of medical technologies, genetic
and molecular epidemiology, health and disease surveillance, health
information systems, hospital epidemiology, infectious and parasitic
diseases, life-course epidemiology, mental health, methods and techniques in
epidemiological research, non-communicable chronic diseases, nutritional
epidemiology, oral health, pharmacoepidemiology, qualitative methods in
epidemiology, social epidemiology and inequities in health, theoretical and
conceptual epidemiology.
Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse
Populations
“Partnerships for the future: Supporting practitioners and advancing the
field through innovation, policy and research.”
September 21 to 24, 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Starting with a look at the national and global trends in health care and
immigration, the conference will use plenary sessions, workshops and
moderated dialogues with conference participants to:
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Address the needs and concerns that
affect day-to-day practice of culturally appropriate care at the
clinical, organizational and community level
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Develop a vision for advancing the
field
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Continue the integration of cultural
competence/disparity reduction in mainstream health care priorities
National Indian Health Board 24th Annual Consumer Conference
September 22 to 25, 2008
Portland, Oregon
6th World Stroke Congress
September 24 to 27, 2008
Vienna, Austria
Scientific sessions will cover all aspects of stroke, including basic
research, clinical applications, recovery and rehabilitation. All medical
doctors and other professionals from around the world are welcomed to join
this discussion and become part of a network of collaboration against
stroke.
October 2008
National Health Observances for October 2008
Michigan's Premier Public
Health Conference
October 15 and 16, 2008
Kalamazoo, Michigan
True North's Annual
Conference
"Relationship: Integrating the Science and Spirit of Healing"
October 15 to 18, 2008
Portland, Maine
This event brings together the best of Functional Medicine's
science-based approach with
aspects of the heart not normally presented at medical conferences. This
year's conference will look closely at many "upstream" contributors to
health and disease: environment, genetics, epigentics, beliefs and
perceptions.
National Occupational Injury
Research Symposium 2008
October 21 to 23, 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This event is the fourth such symposium focusing on research for the
prevention of work-related traumatic injuries. The presentations will
describe research studies, methods, and findings related to traumatic
occupational injuries.
Symposium objectives include:
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Presenting current
research findings.
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Fostering collaboration
among researchers from a broad range of disciplines and perspectives,
and exploring underutilized disciplines and topic areas.
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Identifying best
practices in the area of intervention evaluation.
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Exploring the
cost-effectiveness of injury prevention strategies and interventions.
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Showcasing innovative
and high technology approaches to research and prevention.
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Continuing to promote
the implementation of NORA.
American Public Health Association
2008 Annual Meeting & Exposition
October 25 to 29, 2008
San Diego, California
The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and
largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting
more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators,
nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health
specialists. APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health
science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and
promote health.
5th International
Congress on Women, Work and Health
"Toward decent and healthy jobs for women"
October 27 to 31, 2008
Zacatecas, Mexico
A major objective of this congress is to achieve the participation of
decision makers in the areas of work, health and gender equity. Congress
leaders and participants will seek to promote the presence of women’s
studies researchers, as well as an international participation.
November 2008
National Health Observances for November 2008
International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Health Promotion and Chronic
Disease Prevention and Treatment
November 9 to 12, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
This event will bring scientists from the East and the West together to
establish international collaborations in soy research.
7th Annual National
Health Communication Conference
"New Directions in Health Literacy"
November 19, 2008
Washington, DC
December 2008
National Health Observances for December 2008
American Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 57th Annual Meeting
December 7 to 11, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
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