December 11-12, 2008
14th Annual Rural Minority & Multicultural
Health Conference
Location: Albuquerque, NM
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) 14th Annual Rural Minority and Multicultural
Health
Conference to be held December 11 – 12, 2008, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The goal is to highlight innovative rural health care programs, service delivery
models, policy issues, educational programs, clinical concerns, leadership development
and skills training as they relate to rural racial and ethnic health disparities.
CONFERENCE WEB SITE: Please click
here.
January 13, 2009
Working Families Policy Summit
Location: Sacramento, CA
Save the date! The California Center for Research on Women
and Families
(CCRWF) at PHI will host its sixth Working Families Policy
Summit. The summit will feature
the state’s
leading advocates presenting their legislative agendas for
the upcoming
year. Topics will include health care, economic security,
child care,
preschool, after-school care and workplace issues among others.
For more
information, visit: http://www.ccrwf.org/working/index.html
January 22-24, 2009
8th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Albuquerque,
New Mexico (Albuquerque
Convention Center)
This year's theme is " Building Safe, Healthy and Livable
Communities. The Hyatt Regency is offering a special
group rate
of $99 single/double occupancy.
For more information, contact the Local Government Commission:
Noelle
Nichols, Project Coordinator - nnichols@lgc.org.
For updated
conference & registration info: www.NewPartners.org
February 23-25, 2009
20th National Conference
on
Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Cultivating Healthy
Communities
Location: Gaylord National Convention Center
in Washington, DC.
This conference will celebrate two decades
of
extraordinary progress in the prevention and control of chronic
diseases
and offer attendees opportunities to learn about successful
chronic disease
prevention efforts, best practices, and effective interventions
used by
their colleagues. The
Co-sponsors of the conference are the National Association
of Chronic
Disease Directors (NACDD), the Directors of Health Promotion
and Education
(DHPE), and the Prevention Research Centers (PRCs). Call for
Abstracts will
open August 1, 2008. Continuing education credits will be offered.
CONFERENCE WEB SITE:
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/conference.
March 25-27, 2009
2009 NACDD Chronic Disease Academy
Location: Seattle, Washington
The Academy will provide skill-building
training
activities designed to increase the knowledge, skills and abilities
of
chronic disease practitioners at the local, regional and state
levels.
Training will be presented in five tracks: Program Design and
Evaluation,
Policy and Systems Change, Strategic Leadership, Program Management,
and
Research and Best Practice Utilization in the workplace. SPONSORING
ORGANIZATION'S WEB SITE: www.chronicdisease.org
To post a meeting,
please contact the CCLDHE
webmaster.
Rural Behavioral
Health Webinar Series
http://www.wiche.edu/mentalhealth/grand_rounds/index.asp
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
WICHE applied for and received CMHS funding for the development
of a “virtual” Grand Rounds series, conducted via
electronic web casts, to provide rural and frontier mental
health professionals with access to training on key topics
emergent
in mental health practice today. The web cast format not only
provides for real-time and asynchronous training opportunities
for rural/frontier staff, but creates over time an archive
of training material for the field. Participation will also
qualify
for the provision of CME and CEU hours. Upcoming sessions are
as follows:
- Rural Veterans and Their Families
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
- Psychological First Aide in Rural Communities
Thursday, January 22, 2009, 4:00PM - 5:30 PM
- Building Rural Youth-Adult Partnerships
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:00PM - 5:30 PM
- Behavioral Health Services for Rural Immigrants
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 4:00PM - 5:30 PM
If you would like
us to list your broadcast here, please email webmaster@ccldhe.org.
