Editor's NoteThe ICEHS E- News
distribution schedule for the reminder of 2003 is: Sept. 20, Oct.
20, Dec. 15. We will be moving to .pdf format soon. Please send your
submissions in Word (attachment) to <MGunnels@nhtsa.dot.gov>.
Brief Note from the
ChairLook for much news to come as we prepare for our annual
meeting in San Francisco, which is just a few short months away.
-
Janet
janetholden@attbi.com
708-386-7179
2003
Scientific Program Committee Co-ChairsReminder from the ICEHS
Scientific Program Committee
Co-chairs:
An exciting program has been prepared for the Annual Meeting, to
be held in San Francisco, CA, from November 15-19.
You can also obtain an online listing of these sessions at:
<http://apha.confex.com/apha/131am/techprogram/program_325.htm>.
The online listing allows you to click on sessions to view a list
of presentations and the abstracts.
We will also be circulating a more detailed program listing of
ICEHS sessions, including co-sponsored sessions that have
significant injury content, closer to the time of the meeting.
At this point we are still arranging co-sponsorships.
Most (maybe all) of the ICHES sessions will be located in the
Moscone Convention Center. San Francisco has many wonderful hotels,
large and small, in the areas adjoining the Moscone. Accommodations
can be booked on-line at <www.apha.org/meetings/housing.htm>.
Registration for the meeting is also online at <www.apha.org/meetings/registration.htm>.
Hope to see you in SF!
--The 2003 Scientific Program Committee co-chairs,
Steve
Marshall, Anna Waller, Renee Johnson
APHA Call For
AdvocacyAPHA'S E-ADVOCACY TOOL
In January APHA purchased its
first e-advocacy tool to help mobilize its members to send letters
to their members of Congress electronically. In the last six months
APHA has organized several advocacy efforts through the system. In
June APHA used its e-advocacy tool to rally more than 1,500 public
health professionals to send electronic letters to their members of
Congress. As members become comfortable with this tool, APHA
anticipates that these numbers will dramatically increase as our
members become more familiar with the system. APHA's new advocacy
tool has many great features that we encourage all members and
public health professionals to use when advocating on behalf of a
public health issue. These resources include:
- Mega Vote <www.capwiz.com/apha/megavote/>: Sign up to
receive a weekly e-mail on how your Senators and Representative
voted during the week on important issues. APHA provides this
resource through our e-advocacy site.
- Elected Official Finder <www.capwiz.com/apha/dbq/officials/>: Find
biographical information on elected officials including the
president, members of congress and agency heads.
- Issues and Legislation <www.capwiz.com/apha/issues>: In this section you
will find Capitol Hill Basics, pending public health legislation
and key public health votes.
- Media Guide <www.capwiz.com/apha/media/>: Send electronic
letters to the editor on issues important to public health
directly to your local media outlets with APHA's media advocacy
tool.
- Legislative Action Center <www.capwiz.com/apha/issues/>: See the latest APHA
Action Alerts. Send emails to your members of Congress on
legislation important to APHA. This tool also always members to
customize our list.
JOIN APHA'S LEGISLATIVE
NETWORK
APHA staff works hard to ensure that public health is
being fairly represented on Capitol Hill. More than ever, this is a
critical time for public health. As public health professionals,
APHA needs your help to ensure that our needs and accomplishments
are being recognized on Capitol Hill. The most powerful message a
member of Congress receives comes from a constituent in his/her home
district. That is why it is essential that APHA have a legislative
advocacy network. APHA has a strong membership base, and it is
paramount to show our association's power by intensifying our
advocacy efforts. Having a network of public health professionals
willing to take action is essential to ensuring that the legislative
priorities of APHA are addressed. While APHA will continue to
request that its membership as a whole take action on issues
effecting public health, the legislative network will serve as the
"grass tops" of APHA entire Advocacy network. Join Now! www.apha.org/legislative/eform.cfm
APHA
appreciates the advocacy efforts of its members and the entire
public health community on issues that ultimately affect all of
America. Members of APHA can view a more in-depth legislative update
on APHA's web site. This legislative update is updated weekly. www.apha.org/private/legislative.htm
ACTION
BOARD
APHA's Government Relations staff works very closely with
the Action Board on advocacy efforts within Sections. The Action
Board is made up of a representative from each Section, a member at
large and three Affiliate members. This year the Action Board
divided up into three work groups that addressed APHA's three
priority areas: health disparities, access to health care and
infrastructure. The Health Disparities workgroup contributed a lot
of their expertise to staff from Senators Frist and Kennedy's
offices. If you are interested in getting more involved in APHA
advocacy efforts through your Section, please contact your Action
Board Member, <www.apha.org/private/action/2003_roster.htm>.
HILL VISITS OR SECTION LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS
If members of
your section participated in Hill visits or other legislative
activities that might also be beneficial to highlight. For example
Dr. Steven Wallace, chair-elect of the Gerontological Health
Section, was one of three speakers at Congressman Watson's Town Hall
Meeting on Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage on July 19th.
ADDING ADVOCACY WEB STICKER TO YOUR SECTION SITE
Also
remember you can add the Write Your Member of Congress icon directly
to your Section Web site. This will allow your section members to
take action directly form your site. You can download a Web sticker
at <www.capwiz.com/apha/remotecontent/>.
If you
would like additional information about APHA's advocacy efforts,
please contact:
Lakitia Mayo
Director of Grassroots
Advocacy and Affiliate Affairs
American Public Health
Association
800 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202)
777-2515 Phone
(202) 777-2532 Fax
lakitia.mayo@apha.org
http://www.apha.org/
- Submitted by Billie
Weiss
APHA Archiving Old
PoliciesAs you know, APHA has more than 1,000 public policies
on the books dating back to 1948. At last year's Annual Meeting, the
Governing Council approved a policy archiving trial project in order
to identify out-of-date policies, policy gaps and policy overlaps.
Policy review groups (selected from APHA's membership and grouped by
topic) reviewed a list of policies compiled by staff on a number of
topics - injury control, abortion, global infectious diseases, aging
and the elderly and public health infrastructure. The final
recommendations by the review groups were composed into a "consent
calendar" for consideration by the Governing Council at this year's
Annual Meeting. Only those policies recommended by the review groups
for archiving were selected for the consent calendar. The proposed
archiving consent calendar is now available on APHA's member's only
Web site. You can view the proposed consent calendar as well as the
background for the archiving pilot project at:
<www.apha.org/private/policies/2003_proposed_archiving.htm>.
Individual
policies can be viewed at:
<http://www.apha.org/legislative/policy>.
If you would like to comment on the proposed consent calendar, we
would recommend that you send any to Charlie Branas, <cbranas@cceb.med.upenn.edu>,
and Linda Degutis,<Linda.Degutis@yale.edu>,
our Policy Committee chairs.
-
Don Hoppert, APHA
ICEHS
Musicians Will Rock San FranciscoATTENTION ICEHS MUSICIANS: If
you would like to join the ad hoc ICEHS music committee and perform
at the social hour in San Francisco, please contact Steve Luchter at
<sluchter@earthlink.net>. An
all new program is being planned. Let Steve know what instrument(s)
you play, and he'll send you a packet of music. With any luck there
may be time for a rehearsal. All are welcome, with the only
requirement being enthusiasm.
- Steve Luchter
SPECIAL
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION ON OLDER DRIVER SAFETYPre-Convention
Continuing Education Institutes Presents
"Public Health and
Safety of Older Drivers: Tools for Education, Assessment And Policy
Changes"
Saturday November 15, 2003
Purpose: To provide public health
professionals with an overview of the current efforts to address
older driver safety through discussion of the role of public health
professionals in implementing initiatives to promote older driver
wellness and safety.
For online registration go to: <www.apha.org/meetings/continuing_ed.htm>.
For
further information contact Sandra Maldague, <smaldague@asaging.org>.
Co-sponsored by: Gerontological Health Section, APHA Task
Force on Aging, American Medical Association, American Occupational
Therapy Association, American Geriatrics Society, Gerontological
Society of
America
--
Anna Waller
GALLAGHER
AWARDED RWJF HEALTH POLICY FELLOWSHIPSue Gallagher, a former
ICEHS Chair, has been selected for the 2003 Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Health Policy Fellowship Program administered by the
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. This highly
competitive fellowship provides an opportunity for outstanding
midcareer scientists and health professionals to take part in health
policy processes at the federal level. The Fellows will complete a
wide range of activities designed to enrich their knowledge of the
public-policy process and foster a better understanding of how
government health and biomedical research activities relate to the
mission of their home institutions and local communities.
During a three-month period of orientation, Sue will become
acquainted with current health issues, federal health and research
agencies, principal Congressional committees active in health
affairs, and major health-interest groups. The Fellows then
participate in a three-week schedule of further orientation sessions
organized by the American Political Science Association in
conjunction with its Congressional Fellowship
Program. These three weeks provide the Fellows
with a broadened perspective on the range of public-policy issues
and the political process. After the orientation period, Sue will
have a full-time work assignment in the U.S. Senate.
Sue will begin her stay in Washington for one year in September.
In its 30-year history, only a handful of public health
professionals have been recipients of the RWJ Health Policy
Fellowship. Gallagher views the opportunity as a unique learning
experience. "My objective is to be open-minded, to learn as much as
I can about the way the system works," she said. "If I have an
agenda, it's to make sure public health is better understood by
policymakers. Most people don't understand what public health is, or
what the approach is. Recently, with heightened concerns about
bio-terrorism and SARS, people are starting to understand more about
it. Normally, however, public health is invisible until the system
breaks
down."
Sue will still be reachable at her Education Development Center
e-mail address during the Fellowship: <sgallagher@edc.org>.
131st
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association-Program
HighlightsThere are many exciting general sessions at this
year’s Annual Meeting, but we would like to call your attention to
the following three:
· President’s Session (3256.1)
Monday, Nov. 17, 2:30 P.M.-4:00 P.M.
· Critical Issues in Public Health
(4088.1) Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
· APHA Closing Session (5190.0)
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 4:30 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
Each session will include presentations on issues of great
importance to the fulfillment of the public health mission in the
21st century by panels of outstanding experts. The panels are
designed to provoke participants to view the future of their
profession and to develop strategies for assuring public health
effectiveness in the future.
Brief descriptions of these Sessions are provided below. For
further information on the Sessions, go to <www.apha.org/meetings/sessions.htm>.
President’s Session
This session will focus on the challenges and opportunities
facing public health in the 21st century. Topics to be discussed
are: the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations on the future of
public health practice and education; strategies to eliminate health
disparities; mobilizing public support for universal health care;
and a summary of the present state of public health as a “starting
point” for the future.
Critical Issues in Public Health
This Session will further amplify the discussion of issues of
central concern in the 21st century. The topics to be covered in
this session are: new strategies to reduce the prevalence of
substance abuse; approaches towards controlling the epidemic of
obesity; strategies to reduce the high incidence of traffic
accidents; and dealing with the threat of emerging zoonotic
infections.
Closing General Session
For the first time, the Closing General Session will feature a
panel discussion. Three areas of central concern to public health in
the 21st century will be discussed. The topics to be covered are:
the impact of the rapidly advancing science of genomics on public
health; the threat of new and emerging infectious diseases; and the
promise of technology in helping disabled people to overcome their
physical limitations.
NEWS AND MEETINGS5th
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
MEASURING THE BURDEN OF INJURY
Make your plans now to attend this satellite conference to
the
5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEASURING THE BURDEN OF
INJURY World Injury Conference being held in Vienna, Austria next
June. The Burden of Injury Conference will take place in Baden bei
Wien, a suburb of Vienna, on June 3-4, 2004. If you would like to
receive the meeting announcement and call for papers, please contact
Steve Luchter at <sluchter@earthlink.net>.
- Steve Luchter
7TH WORLD INJURY CONFERENCE 2004
CALL FOR PAPERS
Time is drawing near for the 7th World Conference on Injury
Prevention and Safety Promotion will be held June 6-,9 2004 in
Vienna, Austria. Information about the conference can be found
at
<www.safety2004.info/ >.
Conference themes are:
road safety, work safety and health, child and elder safety, safety
in the home and institutions, sports and leisure time safety,
product safety, trauma management, disaster and terrorism
preparedness, civil protection and safe communities. The abstract
submission deadline is September 30,
2003.
--Maggi
Gunnels
COURSE ANNOUNCEMEMT: PILOT PROGRAM
EMERGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY COORDINATOR COURSE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
This dynamic new course offering is designed to utilize the
skills and experience of Fire Service and EMS personnel to play a
major role in supporting and coordinating new programs supporting
public safety, health and homeland security.
Through leadership, data collection, problem/hazard analysis, and
budgeting, local health and safety providers will be able to
identify and plan for any potential threat to public safety, ranging
from traffic safety to bio-terrorism.
The first module will encompass Highway Safety Injury Prevention
techniques. A local community program will be developed and
implemented over the course of the program with support from faculty
and staff in helping the department implement a successful program
in their community.
The second module will build off techniques from the first and
examine other pertinent emergency public health issues: infectious
disease, bio-terrorism, environmental concerns and other
areas.
The course is jointly sponsored by:
· The Committee on Emergency Public
Health;
· The New Hampshire
Intersections Project bringing EMS, Public Health and Safety
together;
· National Highway and
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)(module 1);
· Keene State College/OSHA
Education Center; and
· Safety and
Health Council of New Hampshire.
Class size is limited to 15 for the first course.
Location:
Ammon Center at the Manchester, NH Airport
Contact: Dr. Joseph
Sabato at (603) 537-1903 or (603) 548-7269
NH Intersections
Project
http://www.emcommunityconnection.com/
- Joseph Sabato
SPECIAL
COMMENTARY, ICEHS ARCHIVIST LES FISHER: CHILD PUBLIC HEALTH
PROTECTION—THEN AND NOWRead Les Fisher's interesting article on
Child Public Health Protection -Then and Now in the attached PDF
file.
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