ANNOUNCEMENT

The 4th International Conference on Health Promotion in Jakarta will 
host the World Premiere of the series entitled "The New Public 
Health: A collection of video conversations with people who shape our 
thinking about health and health care".

Dr. Robert Perreault of Canada's McGill University and Universite de 
Montreal meets with the world's foremost authors, thinkers and 
leaders in public health and health promotion and engages in informal 
conversations with them about the role of Public Health in the 
context of the transformation of health care systems everywhere.

The 1997 release comprises six video conversations designed to 
stimulate the reading of scientific literature and to promote the 
circulation of ideas across continents. They further aim to support 
continuing education, professional development and university 
teaching.

The six tapes premiered in Jakarta present conversations with:

Ilona Kickbusch, WHO - Geneva, on The Future of Public Health
Michael Marmot, London, on The Whitehall Studies
Jean-Pierre Deschamps, Nancy, on Poverty and Health
Jean Rochon, Quebec, on Going from Words to Action
Spencer Hagard, London, on Revisiting the Ottawa Charter
Irving Rootman, Toronto, on Evaluation and Health Promotion

All six videos exist in English or French versions. They will be made 
available worldwide in all VHS formats following the Jakarta 
Conference. 

The Web address is:  «www.nsp-health.com»

To be released in 1998 are conversations with:
Marc Danzon, WHO - Copenhagen
Lawrence Green, University of British Columbia
Alexandre Berlin, European Commission, Brussels
Heather MacLean, University of Toronto and Women's College Hospital
James Rohrer, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Fred Paccaud, University Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine,
Lausanne
Felix Gutzwiller, University Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine,
Zurich

In preparation: 
-More video conversations from Latin America and Asia
-A special six-tape series on "What Determines Health"

This independent project is being supported by the Government of 
Quebec, the Government of Canada among others.


Steven Sacks
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