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Highlights in Minority Health
October 10, 2003
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month
"Non-Communicable
Disease (NCD)
Prevention and Health Promotion
Activities in the Americas"
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| The National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) presented: "NCD Prevention and Health
Promotion Activities in the Americas" The event took place on Friday, October 10th, at CDC/ATSDR's Columbia Building
in Atlanta, Georgia. The featured presentations are listed below. |
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NCD Prevention and Health Promotion Activities in the
Americas Presentations Include: |
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Behavioral Risk Factor Survey and Youth Risk
Behavior Survey in El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Juan Zevallos, Director, Diabetes Research Center, Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center, El Paso |
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The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project
Jill McDonald, Epidemiologist, Division of Reproductive Health,
NCCDPHP |
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The Caribbean Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
Laura McDougall, Focal Point, Non-Communicable Disease,
Pan American Health Organization, Caribbean Epidemiology Center
(CAREC) |
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Evidence and Evaluation in Latin America
Ligia de Salazar, Director, Centro para el Desarrollo y
Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud Pública (CEDETES),
School of Public Health, Universidad del Valle,
Cali, Colombia |
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Physical Activity in the Americas
Michael Pratt, Principal Investigator, WHO Collaborating Center on
Physical Activity and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition and
Physical Activity, NCCDPHP |
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Future Directions
David McQueen, Associate Director for Global Health Promotion, NCCDPHP |
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Sponsored by: |
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National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) |
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