Washington State Public Health Association
16th Annual Joint Conference on Health

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Update: 9/16/09

Healthy People in Healthy Places: A New Path to Health
(A Call to Action for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity)

October 5 - 6, 2009
Yakima Convention Center
Yakima, Washington

This statewide meeting is brought to you by the
Washington State Public Health Association
in cooperation with the
Washington State Department of Health

Health Status. How to Curb Chronic Disease. Swine flu. Downsizing. Healthcare Reform. A New Administration. An Aging Public Health Workforce. What do these issues have in common? They will all be on the menu at this year's Joint Conference on Health.

This year's conference will challenge participants with a "Call to Action for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity," and aims to educate participants with nationally recognized experts and six unique programming tracks, so that practitioners and policy makers can take specific steps towards reducing the causes of disparities in the chronic disease burden among our state's diverse population. While the conference will focus on chronic disease, there will be many other sessions addressing a wide variety of topics selected from nearly 100 abstracts, invited workshop sessions, and plenary sessions. We are proud to produce a high quality event that arms our public health partners with the most current science and best practices, and makes it possible for us to tackle the new threats and challenges to community health.

Conference Highlights

• Outstanding educational opportunities and peer-to-peer learning
  
• Sponsors and Exhibitors offering solutions and valuable resources
• Networking opportunities to advance your career

Program Highlights

• Content in over 50 Abstract sessions, focusing on in-depth topics in areas such as strengthening community action through partnerships/coalitions; orienting the health care system to promote health through prevention and early intervention; promoting environments that support healthy behaviors; developing public and voluntary policy; and creating health equity through community-based/culturally-tailored approaches.
  

• Numerous 3-hour specialty workshops for even more in-depth learning, including: Health Impact Assessment; How to Work with Local Boards of Health; Emergency Preparedness and H1N1; Data-Based Decisionmaking; and, Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health.
  

• Five plenary speakers with national expertise on chronic disease, the social determinants of health, Federal and state policy, and how to talk about public health so anyone will listen.

Who should attend

• Washington State health care workers
• Government agency personnel
• Community leaders
• Students
• Others who care about the public's health.
  

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JCH Committee