Monday, October 31, 2011

Tuesday's Have You Heard

Girl power: Join the efforts to make sure women's reproductive health needs aren't left out of health reform at Tuesday session 4077, "Moving Health Care Reform Beyond Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice," at 8:30 a.m. in room 154B of the convention center.

Hostile climates: Learn more about one of public health's biggest emerging topics: climate change. Join your fellow Annual Meeting attendees at session 4291, "Climate Change and the Coasts: Coping with Rising Health Threats and Preparing for the Future," at 2:30 p.m. in meeting room 13 of the Renaissance Hotel.

Lost in cyberspace?: Learn how to use today's techie tools for the public health good at special session 4090, "The Social Network: An Improvement Tool," which starts at 10:30 a.m. in Grand Ballroom South of the Renaissance Hotel.

Field of (broken) dreams: Get prepped for Wednesday's Closing Session on occupational health by checking out session 4401, "Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Farm worker health and safety," at 4:30 p.m. in room 143C of the convention center. Attendees will learn about health inequities and pesticide exposure as well as about tools for engaging indigenous farm worker communities.

Well done!: Stop by Tuesday night's APHA Public Health Awards Reception and Ceremony to say "Congrats!" to this year's award winners and help celebrate their public health achievements. The reception runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room 146AB of the convention center.

Cheers to good health!: Skip the bar and stop by the reception and awards ceremony for APHA's Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Section, which starts at 6:30 p.m. in room 146C of the convention center.

2 comments:

Allison Nihiser said...

On Wednesday, check out session 5090 and hear Dr. Sarah M. Lee, Dr. James R. Morrow, and Dr. David Freedman address school-based fitness testing for large-scale surveillance of student fitness levels and childhood obesity (Remaissance, room 14)

Allison Nihiser said...

On Wednesday, check out Session 5090.0 and hear Dr. Sarah M. Lee, Dr. James R. Morrow, and Dr. David Freedman address school-based fitness testing for large-scale surveillance of student fitness levels and childhood obesity.