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Media Advisory - Largest annual gathering of public health experts will
address new threats to public health, health inequalities in Canada 97th
meeting of the Canadian Public Health Association and its partners to be
held May 28-31 in Vancouver

    OTTAWA, May 23 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canadian Public Health Association
(CPHA) and partners will hold its 97th annual meeting in Vancouver from May
28 to 31, 2006. This year's conference will examine new and emerging global
threats to public health, as well as how factors such as education, income,
ethnicity, and gender interact to influence the health of Canadians and
their communities.
    The conference brings together researchers, policy-makers and health
practitioners to address many relevant and timely public health issues,
including the health gap between Aboriginal communities and other
Canadians;
chronic disease and injury prevention; how the health of Canadians is
impacted by global challenges including climate change and poverty; and new
and emerging infectious diseases that threaten the health of Canadians.
    The conference is the largest annual gathering of public health experts
in Canada, bringing together key public health players from professional
associations, non-governmental organizations and various levels of
government.
This year's event is undertaken in partnership with the Canadian Institute
for Health Information - Canadian Population Health Initiative (CIHI-CPHI),
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and
Public Health (CIHR-IPPH), and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC),
and in association with the Public Health Association of British Columbia.

    What: The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) 97th Annual
Conference "What Determines the Public's Health"
    Key topics include: a progress report on the WHO Commission on the
Social Determinants of Health and Canada's contributions; the state of
public health in Canada; major health inequalities across Canada;
Aboriginal
health indicators; urban health perspectives; social change for public
health; infectious and chronic diseases: tests and trends; healthy weights
and obesity; public health human resources in Canada and global public
health workforce development; modern public health legislation;
and BC's strategic approach to public health.

    Who: Featured speakers include the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of
    Health (by video presentation); Sir Michael Marmot, Chair, WHO
Commission
    on Social Determinants of Health (by video presentation); Dr. Monique
    Bégin, School of Management, University of Ottawa; Dr. John Frank,
    Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute
    of Population and Public Health; Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public
    Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada; Dr. Perry Kendall,
    Provincial Health Officer, Province of British Columbia; Dr. Charles
    Godue, Unit Chief, Human Resources for Health, Health Systems
    Strengthening, Pan American Health Organization; Dr. Stephen Corber,
    Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser
University;
    Dr. Janet Smylie, Director, Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre;
    Dr. James Dunn, Research Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City
    Health, St. Michael's Hospital; Dr. Lawrence Frank, Associate Professor
    and J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation,
University
    of British Columbia; Dr. Cordell Neudorf, Chief Medical Health
    Officer/Vice President Research, Saskatoon Health Region; and Dr.
    Jeanette Ward, Director, Institute of Population Health, University of
    Ottawa.

    When:  May 28-31, 2006

    Where: The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia Street,
    Vancouver, BC V6C 2W6. Telephone: 604-684-3131.
    Website: www.fairmont.com.

    Full Program:
    Go to: http://www.conference.cpha.ca/english/index.html

    Registration:
    Media are asked to register at the Media Desk at the Fairmont Hotel
Vancouver and are invited to all sessions. Broadcast equipment is permitted
in
all sessions, though space will be limited in the concurrent sessions.
Public
health professionals will be available on-site from across Canada to
comment
on current practices and planning.

    The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national,
independent,
not-for-profit, voluntary association representing public health in Canada
with links to the international public health community. CPHA's members
believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions which are
necessary to achieve health for all Canadians.


For further information: Judy Redpath, CPHA, office: (819) 827-3648,
cell: (613) 371-4443, [log in to unmask]

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