SYNERGY ONLINE: Bulletins and News Briefs from The Canadian Society for International Health [log in to unmask] =================================================================== Managed Health Care in Canada 1996 May 3 - 5, 1996, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada ---------------------------------------------------- Managed Health Care in Canada 1996 is the premier conference to address how the successful strategies of a managed care approach can be applied to the Canadian health care delivery system. Managed Care coordinates, disciplines and integrates the roles of practitioner, provider and payor in a patient-focused health care delivery system. The conference combines plenary sessions with breakout workshops for speciality areas. A full range of managed care initiatives will be covered. Plenary sessions with keynote speakers will address how the managed care approach can be implemented in a single payor environment. Breakout workshops will focus on the implications for policy makers, administrators, practitioners and informatics professionals. In conjunction with the daily sessions, an exhibit hall will display an array of vendor offerings which represents the state-of- the art in health care products and services. For more information, please contact: MHCC secretariat Suite 504 - 68 Water Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1A4 Canada Tel: 1-800-563-6252; (604) 689-3446 or by FAX: (604) 689-5245 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Updated information available at: http://www.med.com/mhcc96 ------------------------------------------------ Sixth Annual National Breastfeeding Conference Breastfeeding Continuum: Strategies for Action June 6th & 7th, 1996 ------------------------------------------------ INFACT Canada/Women's College Hospital/Humber College/Etobicoke Public Health Department Featured speakers confirmed to date include James McKenna and Paula Meier. Specifically aimed at health professionals involved in breastfeeding counselling. Call for Abstracts - Deadline is January 31, 1996 For more information, please contact: Syliva Segal, RN, MScN School of Health Sciences, Humber College 205 Humber College Boulevard, Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 5L7 FAX: (416) 675-2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------- SIETAR Congress '96: Meeting the Intercultural Challenge Gasteig Cultural Centre, Munich, Germany, May 28 - June 2, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The varied format of the Congress includes workshops, plenaries, concurrent sessions, roundtables, symposia, poster sessions, and experiential sessions involving games, simulations, drama, and art. Presenters are experienced interculturalists conducting research and working in business, training, the social sciences, education, and multicultural communities. The working language of the Congress in English. Many languages will be spoken at the Congress, and some presentations will be made in German, Spanish and French. Interpretation will not be provided for presentations. For more information, please contact: SIETAR Congress '96 c/o ISD GmbH Alexanderstr. 42 D-70182 Stuttgart, Germany Tel: +49-711-2388211; Fax: +49-711-2388228 -240477 E-mail: [log in to unmask] SIETAR on Internet Updated Congress information can also be found on WWW at: http://aspin.asu.edu/provider/communication/sietar/.htm ------------------------------------------------- Health Promotion: 1986, 1996 ....and Counting Conference Announcement, July 2-5, 1996 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia ------------------------------------------------- Canadian Public Health Association 87th Annual Conference Co-sponsored by the British Columbia Public Health Association The current restructuring of health services in Canada creates an opportunity for us to focus on what really "counts"...The Conference Goal is to examine health promotion today in relation to the determinants of health, health reform, and the marked shifts occurring in federal and provincial health and social policy. Post-Conference Event HIV Prevention Works - a satellite symposium of the XI International Conference on AIDS will be held on Saturday, July 6th. This one-day symposium will feature international best practice in HIV/AIDS prevention, including models of successful prevention programs and policies. Simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Spanish will be available for the opening and summary sessions. For more information and/or to obtain a registration form, contact: Canadian Public Health Association Conference Department, 400-1565 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8R1 Tel: (613) 725-3769; Fax: (613) 725-9826 =================================================================== This document is available, with full formating and accents, from: Ce document est egalement disponible, avec les accents et la mise en page: http://hpb1.hwc.ca:8500/syn_indx.html ===================================================================