Upcoming Public Health Nursing Conferences

5/28/08, MD

6/19/08, NY and 6/20/08, NJ

7/28-29/08, TX

5/28 Bethesda, MD...

Healthy People 2020 Regional Meetings

Purpose
To obtain public perspectives on the framework that will be used to organize Healthy People 2020 objectives. Public comment on specific objectives will be sought in 2009.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is convening five regional meetings to discuss the development of the framework for Healthy People 2020, the national health goals for the next decade. A sixth meeting is planned in the Washington, DC area (Bethesda, MD) to gain input from national organizations and other interested groups and individuals.

Please select here for more information on the Healthy People 2020 development process.

Schedule

Date	Location & Details	Region(s)	Registration Deadline
May 28, 2008	Bethesda, MD NIH Natcher Conference Center	DC area Healthy People Stakeholders Meeting	May 21, 2008
View the meeting agenda.

Registration

Registration for the Healthy People 2020 Regional Meetings is now open. There is no fee for registration. Participants are responsible for their own travel, lodging, meals and incidental expenses to attend a regional meeting(s). Seating is limited. Please pre-register for the regional meetings and encourage your colleagues to do the same. Proceed with online registration. Online registration is still open for the regional meetings in New York (May 14), and Bethesda (May 28). Select each city under Location & Details, for more information. Registration has reached capacity for San Francisco (April 1), Fort Worth (April 14) and Chicago (April 30). We are, however, compiling waiting lists in the event spaces open up.

Who Should Attend?

All are welcome. Individuals from diverse sectors, including state and local government; academia; businesses; faith-based organizations; health care; advocacy groups, community-based organizations, non-profit and/or volunteer organizations; and others interested in improving disease prevention and health promotion efforts for the nation.

Pre-submit Written Question(s) for a Regional Meeting

To help plan a meeting that addresses issues that are specific to a particular region, HHS is seeking written questions or comments from the public to help guide the discussions and presentations on the development of Healthy People 2020 at the regional meetings. You may pre-submit your questions or comments on the development of Healthy People 2020 for a regional meeting by location even if you do not plan to attend. Please select here to pre-submit your question.

Online Broadcast of the Atlanta Meeting

You will soon be able to view a video recording of portions of the Atlanta Healthy People 2020 Regional Meeting on March 17.

Two Summits are scheduled for June 2008...

The HRSA-funded New York-New Jersey Public Health Training Center (NYNJ PHTC) is committed to fostering academic/ practice collaborations that will strengthen the public health workforce. The Public Health Nursing Summits sponsored by the NYNJ PHTC support development of a shared vision of the contribution that well-educated public health nurses can make to public health agencies, and the education that can prepare new graduates to make such contributions. These meetings bring together senior public health nurses from local and state public health agencies and faculty responsible for teaching public health in baccalaureate nursing programs. For more information on past Summit programs - click here.

New York: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Doubletree Hotel Syracuse 6301 State Route 298 East Syracuse, NY Contact Kate Collier at klc2129@columbia.edu or (212) 305-6984 to register and for more information

New Jersey: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:00 AM — 3:30 PM Middlesex County Fire Academy & Emergency Services Center 1001 Fire Academy Drive Sayerville, NJ Contact Carl Donaldson at donaldcj@umdnj.edu or (732) 235-9451 to register and for more information. Register Online for NJ Summit

Keynote Speaker

Cherie Forsha, RN, MSN/MPH, CNS
Assistant Nursing Director for Education
Office of Organizational Development and Training Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

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