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CONTROL AND PREVENTION cdnotes Conferences and Meetings Second Annual Primary Care Conference “Prevention, Public Health, and Primary Care: Partners in Eliminating Health Disparities in the South” will be held October 31, 2002, through November 2, 2002, at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference is designed to expand attendees’ knowledge base, and a wide array of topics will be addressed, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, women’s health, infectious disease, and social and behavioral health. For more information, visit www.i3m.org/msm.htm* or call 386/447-9006. The city of Irving, Texas, and the Texas Department of Health are sponsoring their 9th annual conference November 7–9, 2002, in Irving, Texas. The conference will showcase successful outcome-based community programs and will have a primary focus on cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. The conference will provide opportunities for networking among the 500 expected participants. For more information, visit http://www.ci.irving.tx.us/healthtx/letter.htm* or E-mail healthytx@ci.irving.tx.us. The 2002 national conference will take place November 19–21, 2002, at the Hilton San Francisco in San Francisco, California. The purpose of the conference is to help improve and sustain the effectiveness and reach of tobacco control programs and activities in the United States. For more information or to register, visit http://www.tobaccocontrolconference.org/2002Conference.* The California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness (CANFit) Program will host its third biannual conference—Recipes for Success—November 20–22, 2002, in San Diego, California. The conference is for those working with young people aged 10–14 years and looking for innovative and culturally appropriate ideas to promote healthy eating and physical activity and to prevent obesity. Workshops will highlight successful programs and strategies, encourage interaction and critical discussion, and offer skill-building activities. An exhibit of programs and resources will provide additional information. If you are interested in exhibiting, contact the PHI Conference Logistics Team at 916/925-0983. For hotel reservations, contact the Shelter Pointe Hotel and Marina in San Diego at 800/566-2524 or visit www.shelterpointe.com.* For other questions, call CANFit at 510/644-1533 or visit www.canfit.org.* The National PRAMS Meeting will take place December 9–10, 2002, at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida. The biennial National PRAMS Meeting provides networking and educational opportunities for CDC external researchers, organizations interested in PRAMS data, and states currently participating in PRAMS or interested in beginning a PRAMS project. The meeting will feature sessions on PRAMS operations and management, analysis of PRAMS data, and ways to use PRAMS surveillance data to improve programs and guide policy decisions. This year’s meeting will immediately precede the Eighth Annual Maternal and Child Epidemiology Conference on December 11–13, 2002. For more information about the National PRAMS Meeting, contact Leslie Lipscomb at 770/488-6335 or LLipscomb@cdc.gov. For more information about the PRAMS project, visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/srv_prams.htm. The Diabetes Prevention in American Indian Communities conference will be held December 10–13, 2002, at the Adams Mark Hotel in Denver, Colorado. The conference objectives are to provide a forum for the American Indian community to develop partnerships in diabetes-related activities and share information on American Indian community-based activities in diabetes care and prevention; current research on diabetes care and prevention relevant to American Indian communities; and the results, outcomes, and effectiveness of diabetes-related activities in American Indian communities. For more information, contact Amy Benton at 301/897-2789 extension 126 or ABenton@thehillgroup.com or visit www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/other/conferences.htm. This annual conference will take place December 11–13, 2002, at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater Beach, Florida. The conference theme is “Counting the Women, Children, and Families Who Count on Us.” For more information, contact Jessie Richardson Hood at 770/488-6250 or mchep@cdc.gov. CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control will host its 17th annual conference February 19–21, 2003, at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference theme is “Gateway to Lifelong Health: The Community Connection.” Participants will learn about emerging chronic disease issues, data applications, and intervention research. Participants will also have the opportunity to network with health and other professionals and discover what others in the chronic disease field are doing in communications, training, policy, and partnerships. For more information, E-mail Dale Wilson at dnw3@cdc.gov or visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/conference. The annual CDC Diabetes Translation Conference will be held March 31–April 3, 2003, at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference will bring together local, state, federal, and territorial government agencies and private-sector diabetes partners. Participants will explore science, policy, education, and program planning, implementation, and evaluation issues to help reduce the burden of diabetes. Conference updates and the call for abstracts will be posted on the Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes. The 21st National Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion will be held May 21–May 23, 2003, in San Diego, California. The conference theme is “Emerging Opportunities for Health Promotion and Health Education: Sailing Into New Waters.” Subthemes include “Policies and Environmental Interventions: Making Them Work,” “Addressing Multicultural Relevance and the Unequal Burden of Disease,” and “Creative Funding in Difficult Times.” The conference is sponsored by the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education and Health Promotion and CDC. For more information, visit www.astdhpphe.org/nationalconference.* “Pulling the Pieces Together: Working Toward a Common Vision” is the theme of the 5th Annual Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS) Conference. The conference will take place June 9–12, 2003, at the Embassy Suites at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The PHPS is a 3-year training and service program providing early career public health professionals with an opportunity to practice public health in various settings. The conference will provide a forum for prevention specialists and representatives from CDC, state and local health programs, academic institutions, national organizations, and private public health agencies to meet, network, and share innovative strategies and expand knowledge for addressing public health issues. For conference information, contact Gayle Daniels at GDaniels@cdc.gov or 404/639-3756. For additional information about the PHPS program, visit http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dapht/phps.htm. This conference will take place August 3–8, 2003, at the Helsinki Fair Centre in Helsinki, Finland. The conference will bring together some 2,000–3,000 professionals involved in tobacco control work and will address the global extent of the tobacco epidemic and the efforts being made to tackle it. A major theme will be the social process for a smoke-free world and the broad partnership needed to accomplish this. In addition, the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, initiated by the World Health Organization, will be discussed. More information can be found at http://www.wctoh.org* or can be requested via E-mail at wctoh2003@congcreator.com. CDC’s 2003 Cancer Conference will take place September 15–18, 2003, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. The preliminary theme is “Comprehensive Approaches to Cancer Control: The Public Health Role.” The conference will focus on where we are now and what we need to prepare for the future, focusing on prevention, early detection, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation. Cosponsors of this event are the American Cancer Society National Home Office, CDC, Chronic Disease Directors, the National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Cancer Registries. More information will be posted at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer. |
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CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries This fall, CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry program will jointly publish official federal cancer incidence statistics for all states that have high-quality data. This publication, U.S. Cancer Statistics: 1999 Incidence, is produced in collaboration with the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. The report will provide cancer statistics for cases diagnosed in 1999 and will cover about 78% of cancers diagnosed in the United States that year. State-specific cancer statistics will be included for 37 states, 6 metropolitan areas, and the District of Columbia. October 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Cancer Registries Amendment Act (Public Law 102-515), which authorized the establishment of the NPCR. Before the NPCR was established, 10 states had no registry, and most states with registries lacked the resources and legislative support to collect needed data. CDC now supports central registries and promotes the use of registry data in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and three territories. CDC’s goal is for all states to establish registries that provide high-quality data on cancer and cancer care. CDC plans to highlight the anniversary with a special event recognizing the progress of the NPCR. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Diabetes Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials cosponsor the National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women’s Health, which has three phases: a report, an action plan, and a national conference. In 2001, CDC published the report Diabetes and Women’s Health Across the Life Stages: A Public Health Perspective. In 2002, the group developed the Interim Report: Proposed Recommendations for Action in preparation for the National Public Health Action Plan on Diabetes and Women’s Health. Both reports are available on the Web at http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/women.htm. In 2003, CDC will publish the National Public Health Action Plan on Diabetes and Women’s Health and sponsor a national partners conference. Any individual or representative of an organization who wants more information on joining or supporting the diabetes and women’s health initiative may E-mail Michelle Owens at MOwens1@cdc.gov. To order single copies of the Diabetes and Women’s Health Across the Life Stages report and get other information about diabetes from CDC, call toll free 877/CDC-DIAB, E-mail diabetes@cdc.gov, or visit http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes (select Publications and Products). In January 2003, CDC will release the Atlas of Stroke Mortality: Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in the United States. This publication is the third in a series of CDC atlases related to cardiovascular disease, which have been published through a collaboration between CDC and West Virginia University. The Stroke Atlas will provide, for the first time, an extensive series of national and state maps that show local disparities in stroke death rates for the five largest racial and ethnic groups in the United States (i.e., American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asians and Pacific Islanders, blacks, Hispanics, and whites). In 2000, CDC released Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality, and in 2001, Men and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality. Together, these publications have informed policy makers and researchers about the serious disparities in heart disease mortality. Interactive versions of the heart disease atlases are currently available at http://www.cdc.gov/cvh. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an annual, state-based telephone survey that routinely collects behavioral risk factor information and demographic information (e.g., age, race, sex) on a monthly basis. Active in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the BRFSS continues to be the primary source of information on major health risk behaviors by U.S. adults. Because of the continually evolving survey environment, the BRFSS must constantly confront and overcome new challenges. The CDC Behavioral Surveillance Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, NCCDPHP, held a strategy meeting May 22–23, 2002, in Atlanta, Georgia, to explore ways for the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey to meet future challenges in three areas: technology, methodology, and systems. Experts from CDC, states, academia, and private-sector organizations participated in the meeting. The final recommendations will be incorporated into a paper, “The Future Directions of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System,” to be published in CDC’s MMWR later this year. This document will provide operational guidance for the state-based surveillance system for the next 5 to 10 years, help CDC and its state partners to successfully meet evolving changes in the survey field, and ensure that the BRFSS continues to provide timely and high-quality data. For general information on the BRFSS, visit http://www.cdc.gov/brfss. The Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant is a congressionally mandated grant provided annually to 61 grantees (all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 2 Native American Indian Tribes, and 8 U.S. Pacific Islands) to support the Healthy People 2010 health objectives. CDC recently developed a brochure to increase awareness of the valuable role the PHHS Block Grant funds play to complement categorical and state funding to address and improve the public’s health. For additional information, call 770/488-5645 or visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/prevbloc.htm. Disparities in children’s oral health are the focus of six background papers that have been published as a supplement to the journal Ambulatory Pediatrics (Volume 2, No. 2, March–April 2002). These papers, prepared for the March 2000 Surgeon General’s Workshop on Children and Oral Health, also discuss ethics, demographic and social trends, the dental workforce, health systems, and strategic communications including the social marketing approach. To order a copy, contact CDC at oralhealth@cdc.gov or telephone 770/488-6054. Transcripts, papers, and other materials resulting from the June 2000 Surgeon General’s conference, “The Face of a Child,” are available at http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/sgr/children/children.htm. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services’ systematic review of interventions to promote oral health was published in a July supplement of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Volume 23, No. 1S). The supplement articles provide 1) Task Force recommendations on community interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries; 2) supporting evidence; 3) economic evaluations of recommended interventions; 4) areas in which high-quality research is still needed; and 5) expert commentary. A summary of selected guidelines and evidence reviews provides an accessible review of the evidence of effectiveness of interventions related to those evaluated by the Task Force. The supplement will be posted to the Community Guide’s Web site (www.thecommunityguide.org*), which also includes a summary of the oral health review, fact sheets about school-based dental sealant programs and community water fluoridation (the two interventions strongly recommended), and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs). You can order a copy of this publication by contacting CDC at oralhealth@cdc.gov or telephoning 770/488–6054. * Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
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