Nova Scotia Healthy Communities Conference 2003
October 6-8, 2003
AgriTech Park, Truro, NS
The Nova Scotia Healthy Communities Network is pleased to announce
the Nova Scotia Healthy Communities Conference 2003, to be held on
October 6-8 in Truro at AgriTech Park. The program will be designed
around the population health approach and the determinants of health
income and social status, social support networks, education,
employment and working conditions, social environments, physical
environments, personal health practices and coping skills, healthy child
development, health services, gender, and culture. Workshop
presentations are invited in each of these areas to showcase what
communities are doing to improve the health of their populations (See
Guidelines for Workshop Presentations on the website).
Plenary sessions will present the latest developments in the use of the
population health approach for community capacity building,
intersectoral collaboration, using research in communities and healthy
public policies.
Healthy Communities Resource Fair will provide participants with an
opportunity to display their work and network with others. See
Registration form (on website) for more information.
Registration fee for the conference is $150, which includes conference
materials, meals, and social activities. To register, fill in the registration
form (on website) and return by October 2nd to:
Natalie Gallaway
Administrative Assistant
Network for Children and Youth, Eastern Nova Scotia
338 Charlotte Street, 2nd Flr
Sydney, NS B1P 1C8
Fax: (902) 563-3491 Phone: (902)- 563-3708
Conference Website:
http://www.heart-health.ns.ca/hpc/hcn/nshc_conf2003.htm
Melissa Outhouse- Coordinator
Health Promotion Clearinghouse
c/o Community Health and Epidemiology
4th Floor, Centre for Clinical Research
5790 University Ave.,
Halifax, NS B3H 1V7
(902) 494-1917 (1-877-890-5094)
(902) 494-1916 (fax)
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