Media Advisory - Largest annual gathering of public health experts will
address new threats to public health, health inequalities in Canada

OTTAWA, May 23 /- 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.

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

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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