Fourth National Conference on Chronic
Disease Prevention and Control
CDC and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
will
cosponsor the Fourth National Conference on Chronic Disease
Prevention
and Control: Implementing Effective Strategies, September 20-22,
1989,
at the Bahia Hotel in San Diego. The conference is open to the
public;
registration is free.
The conference will build on the strategies identified by the
participants at the three previous conferences and will emphasize
the
interactions among federal, state, and local health departments,
voluntary health agencies, professional organizations, and others.
The
1989 conference will include plenary sessions that address
legislation,
surveillance, and year 2000 health objectives. Seven concurrent
sessions will focus on screening and quality assurance; evaluation;
diabetes and obesity; childhood antecedents of chronic disease;
emerging issues, programs, and controversies in chronic disease
prevention and control; barriers to risk-factor modification among
minorities; and nutrition and cancer.
Additional information is available from Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Mailstop C07, CDC, Atlanta, GA
30333;
telephone: (404) 639-2249 or FTS 236-2249.
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