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BACCHUS Network Web Seminar Series
November 3, 2005
“Taking it to the Next Level in Tobacco Control for
Young Adults” features three web seminars on tobacco
control strategies and programs for young adults. The next
seminar will be held on November 3, 2005. Click to register
online.
Policy Advocacy: Time-Tested Tools and Strategies
November 3-4, 2005; Washington, DC
This two-day 'Advocacy 101' workshop will deepen participants'
understanding of what constitutes policy advocacy, expand
their toolboxes for supporting sustained policy change, discuss
strategies for promoting policy and systems change, and connect
participants with an empowered community of advocacy practitioners.
You will leave with hands-on experience using time-tested
advocacy strategy planning tools, a model for assessing coalition
leadership, a clearer direction for your policy advocacy agenda,
and renewal strategies to sustain yourself and your work.
Click for online
registration and additional information.
Oregon’s Annual Tobacco Control Meeting: New
Horizons – Opportunities in Tobacco Prevention, Education
and Policy
November 3-4, 2005; Lake Oswego, OR
A statewide meeting for tobacco prevention and education professionals,
community partners and volunteers, sponsored by the Oregon
Department of Human Services, Tobacco Prevention & Education
Program. Click for more
information and to register.
Connecticut’s Annual Tobacco Control Meeting:
Building a Tobacco Free Future
November 3-4, 2005; Glastonbury, CT
A two day statewide conference entitled ’Building A
Tobacco Free Future’ will be held on November 3rd and
4th, 2005 at the Glastonbury Colonnade Banquet and Conference
Center. This event is funded by the Connecticut Department
of Public Health with a grant from the Centers of Disease
Control and Prevention. Click for more
information and to register.
11th ANNUAL DUKE NICOTINE CONFERENCE
November 10, 2005; Durham, North Carolina
The purpose of this conference is to bring together leading
experts on the genetic mechanisms underlying nicotine and
tobacco addiction, to discuss the latest findings relevant
to the issues of pathophysiology and treatment. Researchers
using molecular methods of analysis and animal models (e.g.
genetic knockouts), and researchers studying the relationship
between genotype and treatment outcome in human smokers, will
present their latest findings and concepts. The formal talks
and roundtable discussions will foster a greater understanding
of the role of genetic mechanisms in nicotine/tobacco addiction
and treatment, and will help identify important gaps in current
knowledge so that we can better develop more effective treatments
for tobacco addiction. Click for more
information.
Past Successes – Future Challenges:
The Next Phase of Tobacco Policy Advocacy in West Virginia
November 14, 2005; Charleston, WV
The goal for this conference is to gather advocates from across
West Virginia to expand understanding about tobacco control
policy, strengthen advocacy networks, and confirm strategies
to advance tobacco control policy in our communities, state
and nation. Click for more
information.
Society for Public Health Education 56th Annual Meeting:
Global Health Promotion: Bridging New Worlds and New Cultures
December 8 – 10, 2005; Philadelphia, PA
SOPHE’s annual meeting takes place immediately before
the APHA annual meeting. Increasing U.S. immigration as well
as integration of the world’s economic, financial, transportation,
and communication systems make it imperative that today’s
health educators are knowledgeable about global health issues
and are poised for action. This conference builds competencies
in core areas such as multicultural communication and the
influence of social and economic circumstances on individual-
and population-based health. It also provides an intensive
look at a worldwide epidemic: cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Click for registration
and preliminary program.
The 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association
December 10-14; Philadelphia, PA
The APHA Annual Meeting is the premier platform to share successes
and failures, discover exceptional best practices and learn
from expert colleagues and the latest research in the field.
At APHA in Philadelphia, learn how to stay on top of the trends
in public health. Scientific sessions, networking opportunities
and events, and the largest public health exposition equip
you with the tools needed to succeed. Come explore a world
of ideas and innovation with more than 13,000 peers and leaders
in public health. Click for meeting
and registration information.
Wisconsin Tobacco Control Conference - Smoke-Free
Air: Wisconsin Makes Its Mark
November 30-December 1, 2005; Madison, WI
The purpose of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Conference
is to help sustain and improve the effectiveness of tobacco
control programs and policies in Wisconsin. This year’s
conference will focus on how to reduce the burden of secondhand
smoke exposure and bridge relationships statewide. Click for
additional
conference information and registration.
Sustainability Workshops
January 2006; Albuquerque, NM and Atlanta, GA
TTAC is offering a two-day sustainability workshop where participants
will learn hands-on the “how to” for achieving
sustainability, such as
- building and strengthening an organization’s core
to achieve its mission
- positioning an organization and its activities strategically
to be fundable and funded
- identifying appropriate and desired funding sources
- writing proposals and engaging in activities to secure
both immediate and long term funding
- developing and maintaining relationships with funders
This workshop takes participants beyond just knowing the
players and moves them toward designing an effective strategy
to achieve their goal—continued funding to promote community
health and quality of life. The training is appropriate for
any public health-related or community-based organization.
The workshops will be offered in both Albuquerque and Atlanta
in January 2006. Click for more
information and registration.
STEP UP to Sustain Tobacco Control and Prevention
through Education and Research
January 30-31, 2006; Nashville, TN
The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) and The
American Legacy Foundation (Legacy) are sponsoring this workshop,
which will explore methods to promote and sustain the development
of education in tobacco control and to enhance participation
in tobacco studies, and research among graduate public health
students and professionals.
The two day workshop will provide a forum for faculty at the
member schools of public health (SPH), ASPH-member programs,
and vested partners to:
2006 National Health Policy Conference
February 6-7, 2006; Washington, DC
This year's agenda will provide an in-depth look at critical
health issues, as well as provide a health policy scan for
the year ahead. Federal & State policymakers, policy researchers
and analysts, health industry executives, clinical decision
makers, research funders, and health services researchers
will be in attendance. Click for an agenda
and registration information.
The Conference will be followed by an adjunct meeting on February
7-9, 2006, “Public Health Systems Research: Creating
the Evidence for Policy,” sponsored by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation. Participants will share their experiences
as producers, users, and funders of public health systems
research and participate in the development of strategies
to build and advance public health systems research agendas.
Click for more information on this meeting.
12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on
Nicotine and Tobacco
Abstract Submission Deadline September 16, 2005
February 15-18, 2006; Orlando, Florida
The SRNT Annual Meeting is a four-day event that provides
attendees with an opportunity to exchange knowledge regarding
research in the field of nicotine and tobacco use among healthcare
professionals specializing in this field. The meeting program
seeks to provide the healthcare professional with the knowledge
regarding the most recent trends and research in the field
of nicotine and tobacco use. SRNT encourages submission of
abstracts describing cutting-edge research in nicotine and
tobacco. Abstracts should summarize empirical research findings
that have not been published or presented elsewhere before
the meeting. The Society invites submissions for organized
symposia as well as individual paper and poster presentations.
All abstracts will be evaluated on the basis of scientific
merit by peer review. Additionally, preference for symposia
will be given to those submissions that address a substantive
issue by integrating across two or more different areas of
SRNT research (e.g., pre-clinical, clinical, and public health/policy).
The SRNT Program Committee will make decisions regarding acceptance
of submissions and notify corresponding authors in December
2005. Click for additional information on the meeting
and on abstract submission.
Society for Public Health Education 2006 Health Education
Advocacy Summit
March 11 – 13, 2006; Washington, D.C.
The National Health Education Advocacy Summit and Congressional
Briefings comprise two to three day meetings during which
participants receive either basic or advanced-level advocacy
training, briefings on specific legislative issues by experienced
professionals from the government relations staffs of key
public health organizations, and arrange and conduct visits—either
individually or in state delegations—with members of
Congressional representatives or other Federal officials in
Washington, DC. The specific legislative issues on which the
advocacy summit focuses varies from year to year and are selected
by the summit planning committee in advance of each year’s
summit. Specific issues have included appropriations for the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including preventive
health and health services block grants, tobacco prevention
and control legislation, and school health programs. Click
for additional information on the Summit.
Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco Conference
April 12-14, 2006; Seattle, WA
This conference will focus on developing ideas for effective
ways of limiting youth social and retail access to tobacco
and effective prevention and cessation strategies for youth.
Click for more
information.
Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center Conferences
May 15-19, 2006, October 17-20, 2006; Rochester, NY
The Nicotine Dependence Center conducts educational activities
oriented toward healthcare professionals who are interested
in incorporating nicotine dependence treatment into their
practice and/or developing a service to meet the needs of
tobacco dependent patients. Physicians, nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, dentists, psychologists, chemical dependency
counselors, respiratory therapists, nurses, social workers,
and other allied health professionals will find these offerings
of interest. The conference includes nicotine dependence counselor
training and instructions on program development, with speakers
drawn from the research and clinical staff, Mayo support services,
and internationally known experts in the field. Click for
more
information.
24th National Conference on Health Promotion and
Health: Advancing the National Health Promotion and Health
Education Agenda Through Effective Policies and Practices
May 23-26, 2006; Washington, D.C.
Conference themes include: Developing a Competent Workforce,
Innovative Approaches to Health Education and Health Promotion
Practice, Collaborating with non traditional partners, Economics
of Health Education and Health Promotion, Role of Health Education/Promotion
in Public Health Legislation and Policy. Abstracts are being
accepted through October 28th. Click for more
information.
2006 International Cancer and Tobacco Control Conferences
July 8-15, 2006; Washington, DC
For the first time in history, two of the world’s preeminent
conferences, the UICC World Cancer Congress and the World
Conference on Tobacco OR Health, will converge in Washington,
D.C., in 2006. This unprecedented event will unite the cancer
and tobacco control communities in a global campaign against
tobacco-related cancer, which threatens to kill half a billion
people living today. Please see the conference
website for more information.
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