July 16-18, 2008
Leadership, Legacy, and Community: A Retreat To Advance Maternal and Child Health Scholarship and Practice
Location: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) - Chicago, IL
On July 16-18, 2008, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program will host a pioneering MCH Leadership Retreat in Chicago on the UIC Campus.
Leadership, Legacy, and Community is a new professional development Retreat designed for interdisciplinary, junior and senior MCH practitioners and scholars. In this Retreat, we will convene to discuss, make recommendations, and identify strategies to address major evidence-based challenges we face in MCH (what to do when there is no intervention for an important problem, what to do if our intervention works but not for the intended problem, what to do if our intervention doesn't work for all populations, and what to do if we have a great intervention but no investment in it). We will also engage in training designed to further develop our leadership skills no matter what stage of career we are in (new to the workforce, mid-level career professional, seasoned professional) or type of career (academia or practice).
Additionally, and perhaps most importantly, we will lay the foundation for building an MCH community of academics and practitioners that draws on the energy and idealism of junior MCH professionals and the energy and wisdom of senior MCH professionals in both academic and practice settings. When these four groups gather together to collectively address the challenges we face in our daily struggle to improve MCH, we believe the synergistic impact will result in new energy, ideas, and collaborations that will help motivate and inspire us as we move forward.
Finally, we will be offering 30-minute leadership coaching sessions for attendees at the Retreat. Space is limited so please contact us to arrange for an appointment.
For additional information about Leadership, Legacy, and Community, visit our website at www.uic.edu/sph/mch/continuing_education.htm. Here you will be able to download the brochure, register online, or download a registration form to mail to us.
July 30-August 1, 2008
National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course - Minneapolis, MN
Registration is now available for the 2008 National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course. On-site and distance education options are available.
Location:
Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota, West Bank Campus
Some of the topics included on the program this year include:
Vitamin D in Pregnancy and Early Childhood Nutrition and Fertility Nutrition, Maternal Weight and Birth Defects Environmental contaminants: Implications for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Depression, Abuse and Breastfeeding, Designing Culturally Appropriate and Effective Education Messages, An Overview of the New WIC Food Packages
A complete agenda for the conference, including registration information, can be found at the following website: http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/cpheo/events/mnic/home.html
Distance education is available; please note that each agency that sends someone to the on-site course automatically receives access to the distance education portion of the conference for their agency staff.
Additional information on this option is available on the program website.
The National Maternal Nutrition Intensive course is sponsored by the USDA, Food and Nutrition Service and the HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
September 21-24, 2008
Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Partnerships for the Future: Supporting Practitioners and Advancing the Field through Innovation, Policy and Research.
Location: Minneapolis Marriott City Center, Minneapolis, MN
This conference, which has been held biennially since 1998, is one of the most respected and well-supported conferences on cultural competence and health disparities reduction in the United States. Co-produced by Drexel University School of Public Health's Center for Health Equality, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care, and the USDHHS Office of Minority Health. The theme for the Sixth National Conference will be "Partnerships for the Future: Supporting Practitioners and Advancing the Field through Innovation, Policy and Research." Please visit http://www.DiversityRxConference.org for more information about the conference, including agendas and presentation abstracts from previous years.
December 10-12, 2008
Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference
Location: Atlanta, GA
For more information: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/MCHEpi/2008/AboutConference.htm
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