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Week of August 3,2010
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GRHA 2010 Annual Conference Schedule

Twitter birdWe now have the 2010 Annual Conference schedule on our website. We will be updating the schedule as speakers confirm. We look forward to seeing everyone at the conference.
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Public Health News Bureau

The Public Health News Bureau is staffed by graduate students from the health and medical journalism concentration in the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism, the Public Health News Bureau project is funded by the Healthcare Georgia Foundation and provides information about the state's public health system that is distributed to Georgia's news media and the public via the Partner Up! For Public Health advocacy campaign. For more information, contact Tom Wall, 770 522-8855 or twall@hayslettgroup.com.

You can read the article on Low Pay, High Turnover, Lost Positions Hinder Georgia's Pubic Health System by Sonya Collins on our website:http://grhainfo.org/events.htm
Calling All Members!
Twitter bird GRHA's Annual Business Meeting is Monday afternoon September 20th at Brasstown Valley Resort. This meeting will include voting for Board of Directors to serve two year terms. If you, or someone you know, is interested in being a leader in the country's first state rural health association, send a nomination! To find out more about the duties and work of board members, call the GRHA office at 478-552-3620 or email cummings@grhainfo.org.  
GRHA 2010 Awards of Excellence

Honor a champion of rural healthcare by nominating them for a GRHA Award of Excellence. Recipients will be recognized during the GRHA Awards Reception on Monday evening, September 20 at Brasstown Valley Resort.

Award categories and nomination forms, and registration information are available online. Mark your calendar now for a great meeting with healthcare leaders from across the state and region with GRHA.  

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Managing Heat and Heat-Related Illnesses

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges you to take steps to avoid heat-related illnesses. People suffer heat-related illness when their bodies' temperature control systems overload and their bodies can no longer cool themselves.

For tips to manage heat and heat-related illnesses click here
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Continuing Education Opportunity
Details on our website or you may contact Danica Weston at kyss@asu.edu or visit http://nursingandhealth.asu.edu/kyss.

National Health Service Corps
Scholar Orientation and Placement Conference
August 26-28, 2010
Atlanta, GA

Cancer Patient Navigators of Georgia
Annual Meeting & Educational Conference
"Cancer Patient Navigation Across the Continuum of Care"
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Grand Hyatt, Atlanta, Georgia
There is no charge for Members to attend this conference and no membership fee for 2010 Join today
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32nd Annual Georgia Medical Fair

September 17-18,  2010
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia
Atlanta, GA

GRHA 2010 Annual Meeting
Keepin' It Rural
Brasstown Valley Resort
September 20-22

2010 Pine Mountain Challenge
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Midland, GA

"HIV Prevention and Care for Male-to-Female Transgender Clients"
A one-day workshop for service providers
October 4, 2010
Loudermilk Center
Atlanta, GA
Co-Sponsored by SEATEC and Positive Impact, Inc.

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