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Dennis Raphael

"I am writing you to ask for some information. I am planning
a session titled "A Socio-ecological Approach to Diagnosing the Problems of
Obesity" at the Mid-Year Meeting of the Society for Public Health Education,
to be held in Minneapolis June 17-20. This will be a panel of 4 or 5
15-minute presentations. I would like to get a Canadian perspective on the
non-clinical (i.e. social and environmental) approaches to the topic of
obesity prevention. Can you give me a reference or two?

I am not certain that we can pay their way to the meeting, so that is also
a consideration. But since this meeting is so close to Canada, and the
theme is "Challenges in Health Promotion: Reaching Beyond Our Boundaries",
and will be in concert with the International Union of Health Education, I
would very much like to give the audience an "across the boundary"
viewpoint."

David Ramsey
Centre for Disease Control
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Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Director,
Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
Department of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Community Health
University of Toronto
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Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A8
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