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20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: Cultivating Healthy Communities

Announcement posted 6/15/08

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host the 20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: Cultivating Healthy Communities February 23-25 in Washington, DC. The conference will celebrate 2 decades of extraordinary progress in the prevention and control of chronic diseases and draw on these successes to accelerate progress over the next 20 years. Conference presenters will share relevant information on innovations in science, policy, community interventions, health marketing, and information technology that support healthy lifestyles and cultivate healthy communities. Through extensive networking opportunities, participants will learn successful chronic disease prevention efforts, best practices, and effective intervention techniques used by their colleagues and challenges as we move into the next decade of health system transformation. For more information, visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/conference/index.htm.


January Issue Features Selected Full-Text Spanish Translations

Announcement posted 12/15/08

The full-text Spanish translation of 2 articles related to the Mexican Ministry of Health, Healthy Communities Program and Implementation of Mexico’s Health Promotion Operational Model, are available in this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease. If you missed our October 2008 issue, the full-text Spanish translation of several articles concerning the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health have also been translated.


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We welcome brief announcements (25 to 75 words) of events of interest to our readers. In this section, we also include information (no more than 100 words) about upcoming conferences related to the prevention of chronic disease. Announcements should list the topics to be covered during the conference and may refer readers to a Web site with a full description of conference activities. These announcements will be put on our Web site within 2 weeks of approval for publication. All announcements must be submitted through Manuscript Central.

 



 



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