March 2008 Public Health Events Calendar

March 13, 2008
BASIC TOBACCO INTERVENTION SKILLS CERTIFICATION INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
Sponsored by Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies
Place: HMHB Office Building, 1500 S. Beretania St., Suite 314
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
For more information: Tobacco Intervention Skills

March 15, 2008
Step Out to Fight Diabetes
Kapi‘olani Park
For more information: contact Leila Pleasant, 808-428-9784
Sponsored by American Diabetes Association

March 26-28, 2008
Building a Tobacco Free Future
Sponsored by Seattle & King County Public Health, SAMHSA, National Network on Tobacco Prevention & Poverty & others
Place: Westin Seattle, Seattle, Washington
For more information: phone: (206)263-8197 or e-mail: info@accessconference.org

Upcoming Events:

April 2-4, 2008
The 5th Annual Hawaii Conference on Preventing, Assessing & Treating Childhood, Adolescent & Adult Trauma
Presented by Institute on Violence Abuse & Trauma in conjunction with local agencies
Place: Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, HI
18 hours professional education
For more information: Register Online

April 9-10, 2008
Arizona Public Health Association Spring Conference
Sponsored by Arizona Public Health Association
Place: Mesa, AZ
For more information: AzPHA Managed Care and AzPHA Agenda 2008

April 14-15, 2008
Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities
Sheraton Waikīkī Hotel
Presented by Center on Disability Studies
For more information: e-mail  prinfo@hawaii.edu or call Valerie Shearer at 808-256-9364 or Charmaine Crockett at 808-956-7539

April 23-25, 2008
Family Psychoeducation: Fortifying families of birth and choice
Sponsored by The Mental Health Services Research, Evaluation, and Training (MHSRET) Program,  a collaboration between the Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD) and the University of Hawai‘i (UH) Social Science Research Institute.
Place:Hawai‘i Convention Center
For more information: e-mail best@amhd.org or call Chad Sakagawa at 808-735-3435

May 2-6, 2008
Pediatric Academic Societies & Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting
Presented by American Pediatric Society, Society for Pediatric Research, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics
Place: Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu
Up to 46.5 continuing education credits
For more information: e-mail info@pas-meeting.org or call 281-419-0052

May 5-8, 2008 - ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS PASSED: SEPT 24
2008 CDC Diabetes Conference
Presented by CDC Division of Diabetes Translation
Place: Wyndham Orlando Hotel, 8001 International Drive, Orlando, Florida
For more information: Diabetes Conference

May 19-21, 2008
10th Biennial Governor’s Pacific Rim Health & Safety Conference
Presented by: Hawai‘i Occupational Safety & Health Office
Place: Hawai‘i Prince Hotel Waikiki
For more information: Heatlh & Safety Conference

May 21-22, 2008
HPHA Annual Meeting in partnership with UH Hilo’s annual ‘Pulama I Ke Ola’conference
For more information: forthcoming

May 27-31, 2008
35th International Conference on Global Health
Presented by: Global Health Council and corporate sponsors
Place: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC
For more information: Conference on Global Health, e-mail: conference@globalhealth.org or call 802-649-1340

June 10-15, 2008
Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors’Congress (PRIDoC) 2008
Hosted by ‘Ahahui o nā Kauka; PRIDoC partners include TeORA, AIDA, AAIP, PBMA and more
Place: Waimea Plantation Cottages, Waimea, Kaua‘i
For more information: forthcoming

July 18-20, 2008
23rd Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension and Related Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Ethnic Populations
“ Emerging Public Health Challenges in Improving Cardiovascular Health in the Minority Population: Translating Clinical Practice to the Community”.
Place: New Orleans, LA
For more information: Emerging Public Health Challenges

July 24-29, 2008
Association of American Indian Physicians 27th Annual Meeting & National Health Conference
Sponsored by: Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)
Place: Coeur D’Alene Resort Hotel, Worley, ID
For more information: see AAIP website or email: cox@aaip.org

August 14-17, 2008 - ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS PASSED: DEC 4, 2007
American Psychological Association
Presented by: American Psychological Association
Place: Boston, MA
For more information: see APA website

October 25-29, 2008
APHA 136th Annual Public Health Meeting & Expo: Public Health Without Borders
Place: San Diego, CA
For more information: Annual Meeting
Presented by American Public Health Association

December 11-12, 2008
Minority and Multicultural Health Conference
Presented by National Rural Health Association
Place: Albuquerque, NM
For more information: Register online or e-mail: marsh@NRHArural.org