We are pleased to confirm that the 6th National Health Promotion Research Conference "Partnership Research for Health and Social Change" will be held at the Victoria Conference Centre (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) on April 7-10, 2002.

The conference program will bring together researchers, policy makers, practitioners, administrators and consumers to discuss and develop how interdisciplinary and intersectoral partnerships can facilitate and sustain change.

The Community Health Promotion Coalition at the University of Victoria, in collaboration with the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research, invites you to attend and participate in this important conference.  Abstracts of proposed presentations are to be submitted via the conference website on or before Friday, November 16, 2001.

Details about the conference. the call for abstracts, forms for conference registration and abstract submission can be obtained by visiting the conference website at www.hp2002.uvic.ca  The conference website will be updated regularly and will grow as our conference planning proceeds.

We invite you to distribute the conference information and website to any interested colleagues.  If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at [log in to unmask]

We look forward to seeing you in Victoria in April 2002.

Dr. Marcia Hills, RN, PhD
Conference Chair and Director, Community Health Promotion Coalition
University of Victoria