Seventh National Conference on Chronic Disease
Prevention and Control
CDC, the Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials, and the Association of State and Territorial Chronic
Disease Program Directors will cosponsor the Seventh National
Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, October
21-23, 1992, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference is open to the
public. This year's theme is "Prevention: Can It Be Marketed,
Managed, and Make a Difference?"
The conference will emphasize interactions among federal,
state, and local health departments; voluntary health agencies; and
professional organizations. Presentations will be given in plenary,
invited, abstract, poster, and workshop sessions. Topics will
include future implications for prevention and public health;
prevention effectiveness; behavioral research; use of epidemiology
for decision making; chronic disease prevention and control in the
worksite; clinic-based interventions; cancer prevention and
control; reaching children and adolescents; smoking and health;
nutrition and chronic disease prevention; community-based
interventions; cardiovascular disease prevention and control;
reaching the underserved; chronic disease surveillance; diabetes
prevention and control; management by empowerment; enlisting
minority health organizations in chronic disease prevention/control
advocacy; and international chronic disease prevention and control.
Additional information is available from the National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Mailstop
K-43, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333; telephone (404)
488-5390; fax (404) 488-5962.
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