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VIII Border Health Conference Information for Action
VIII Conferencia de Salud
Fronteriza Información para la Acción
“Promoting
healthy lifestyles in border communities.”
“Promoviendo estilos saludables de vida en comunidades
fronterizas”
October
23-24, 2008 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Fiesta
Americana Hotel
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2008 PROGRAM OVERVIEW |
| Thursday,
October 23, 2008 |
Friday,
October 24, 2008 |
8:00 Registration
9:00 Inauguration Ceremony
9:45 Healthy Moment
10:00 Arizona Keynote Speaker
11:00
Break
11:15 Simultaneous Technical
Session I
1:15 Idea
Market
2:15 Lunch
3:30 Simultaneous Technical Session II
5:30 Close Day 1
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8:00 Registration
9:00 Healthy Moment
9:15
Sonora Keynote Speaker
10:15 Break
10:30 Simultaneous
Technical Session III
12:30 Idea
Market
1:30 Lunch
3:00 Simultaneous Technical Session IV
5:00 Closing Ceremony
6:00
Close Day 2 |
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Registration Fee Includes:
Coffee, lunch, and dinner on Thursday October 23th and
breakfast and lunch on
Friday October 24th
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US
Participants Fees: Before or on September 19 ...... $50.00 (US
Dollars)
After September 19 ................ $60.00 (US Dollars) |
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Scholarships available. See our registration form
below.
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ABSTRACT
SUBMISSION DUE DATE: September 1, 2008
We are seeking presenters who work in the Arizona-Sonora
border region promoting healthy lifestyles. Projects may
include specific efforts on either side of the Arizona-Sonora
border, as well as cross-border and/or bi-national
collaboration in prevention, promotion and research in the
areas of chronic disease (cardiovascular diseases, obesity,
nutrition, diabetes, tobacco addiction, and physical
activity), substance abuse, violence, infectious disease, and
environmental health. Please note that priority will be given
to abstracts which address the conference theme: “Promoting
healthy lifestyles in border communities.”
Categories:
Promotion/Prevention
Research Models of Excellence
Topics:
Chronic Disease
(cardiovascular diseases, Obesity, Nutrition,
Diabetes, Tobacco Addiction, and Physical Activity)
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Environmental Health
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| Chronic Disease |
Substance Abuse
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| Violence |
Infectious Disease
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Please
download the following forms (PDF Files):
For additional information and registration please visit
http://www.info4action.org
or
contact us.
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Summaries Keynote Presentations and
Evaluations of Previous Information for Action
Conferences:
This conference is binationally sponsored and organized
by an alliance composed of governmental, non-governmental
organizations, and academic institutions that
include:
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Sponsors/Patrocinadores: |
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Arizona |
Sonora |
ARIZONA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES:
OFFICE OF BORDER
HEALTH
OFFICE OF CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND
NUTRITION - STEPS TO A HEALTHIER ARIZONA
INITIATIVE
U.S. MEXICO BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION -
ARIZONA DELEGATION
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
MEL AND ENID ZUCKERMAN ARIZONA COLLEGE OF PUBLIC
HEALTH
ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER- OFFICE OF
ACADEMIC ACCESS & ADVANCEMENT
SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER (SEAHEC) |
SECRETARÍA DE SALUD DE SONORA -
OFICINA
BINACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE LA FRONTERA
SONORA-ARIZONA
EL COLEGIO DE
SONORA
ASOCIACIÓN SONORENSE PARA LA SALUD
REPRODUCTIVA, A.C. (MEXFAM) |
We wish to thank
all those who had attended our previous events, and in
particular, the organizers, sponsors, and the presenters for
sharing their projects, programs and research. Please
mark your calendars for the next Border Health Information
for Action Conference on October 23 - 24, 2008 in Hermosillo, Sonora,
Mexico.
For additional information
please visit http://www.info4action.org
or contact
us.
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