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The Convergence Partnership Healthy People Healthy Places Webinar Series
Apr 27 2010 - Sep 21 2010
Webinar

 

This five-part webinar series will lift up various activities, strategies and resources aimed at creating healthy and safe environments for all. We hope that you will join us on these webinars to learn from others as well as share your wisdom and experiences in working towards reducing inequities, promoting cross-sector and multi-field partnerships, and stimulating action for policy change.

To learn more about this series and to register, please click here.

Reducing Liability Concerns and Getting Kids Active through Safe Routes to School
Aug 11 2010
Webinar

 
The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN) presents a webinar on Safe Routes to School (SRTS) and liability for childhood obesity prevention policymakers and advocates. 

In this webinar, participants will learn about the basics of liability in the context of SRTS and how school districts, nonprofit organizations and others can reduce their liability in SRTS programs. Presenters will put liability concerns in perspective, explain how SRTS programs can leave schools with a lower risk of liability than existed prior to the program and provide practical advice on best practices for implementing SRTS programs and policies.  

For more information and to register, click here. 

Fourth Annual Southern Obesity Summit
Sep 12 2010 - Sep 14 2010
Atlanta, GA

The Fourth Annual Summit will provide attendees with strategies and tools to use in their work to reverse the obesity epidemic in their community.

Overall summit objectives:

• Promote cross-sector collaboration and partnerships to prevent obesity;
• Provide opportunities for practitioners to share successful policy and community-based intervention strategies;
• Define a Southern strategy to encourage effective inter-state initiatives and collaboration.

The Southern Obesity Summit Planning Committee invites proposals for breakout sessions for the summit.

Please visit the Southern Obesity Summit website: www.southernobesitysummit.org for more information about the conference or to access the proposal form. 

Marketing Disease Prevention in America - "Focus on Obesity"
Oct 19 2010 - Oct 21 2010
Atlanta, Georgia

The Marketing Disease Prevention in America (MDPA) National Conference is designed to bring together a wide spectrum of industries and organizations to discuss the numerous preventable health issues currently facing Americans. It is our goal to unite the top minds from the pharmaceutical, over-the-counter, medical device, and diet and exercise industries together with established academics, non-profit organizations, and government agencies to discuss and determine the most ethical and effective practices in marketing disease prevention.
For more information, visit: www.MDPAConference.com.

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