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The Annual Conference on Assessment Initiative, sponsored by CDC, will be held August 18--20, 2008, in
Atlanta, Georgia. This meeting will focus on sharing information on innovative systems and methods that improve the way
data are used for public health programs, services, and policies at the local and state levels. Sessions will address
data dissemination, health assessment research, applied data analysis, presentation techniques, and community
health-assessment processes and outcomes.
Participants will include staff members from local and state health departments, federal agencies, and
community organizations interested in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data for community health assessments.
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online registration is August 4, and no registration fee is charged. The deadline for making reservations with the Sheraton
Atlanta Hotel is July 14 (at the conference website or by telephone, 800-833-8624 or 404-659-6500).
Abstracts for the poster session are due by July 18 and should be e-mailed to Nelson Adekoya at
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include approaches to assessment, impact and outcome of community health assessment, systems and approaches used for
data dissemination, community partnerships, and statistical methods used in assessment. A maximum of 40
abstracts will be accepted, and applicants will be notified of acceptance by August 1. Additional information regarding the
Assessment Initiative is available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/od/ai.
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