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11th Conference on Immunization & Health Coalitions

May 21-23, 2014

AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting

June 8-10, 2014   

2014 STD Prevention Conference

June 9-12, 2014  

NACCHO Annual Meeting

July 8-10, 2014

NALBOH Annual Meeting

August 13-15, 2014

ASTHO Annual Meeting

Sept 9-11, 2014 

Public Health Law Conference

Oct 16-17, 2014   

 NCSD Conference

Oct 28-31, 2014  

APHA Annual Meeting

Nov 15-19, 2014 

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Partnership Pulse

Nutrition: Partnership and other organizations concerned about food marketing urged the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to recommend safeguards that protect young people from data-driven marketing practices that can harm their health. Youth are increasingly the target of aggressive online marketing tactics by food and beverage companies, usually for calorie-dense, nutrient-poor products. The OSTP will soon issue a report on "big data" practices to the President.    

Tobacco: Partnership joined more than 30 other groups to urge FDA Commissioner, Mitch Zeller, to take quick regulatory action to make tobacco products less addictive and harmful. The Surgeon General's recent report on tobacco products found that although adult smoking rates have declined over the past 50 years, the risk of developing lung cancer has increased. The report concludes that today's cigarettes are more harmful and more addictive than cigarettes produced in the 1950s due to changes in their design and composition. The FDA has regulatory authority over tobacco products under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.  

Partnership and five other premier organizations encouraged the Secretary of the Navy to adopt and implement his proposal to eliminate the sale of tobacco on all bases and ships. Tobacco use is significantly higher among military personnel than in the civilian population.  

 Prevention News

 A New England Journal of Medicine article found that rates of five common complications from diabetes declined substantially from 1990 to 2010. Those complications are lower-extremity amputation, end-stage renal disease, heart attack, stroke, and death from hyperglycemic crisis. These reductions likely reflect better delivery of clinical care to patients with diabetes, improvements in the performance of the overall health care system, and efforts to help those with diabetes self-manage their disease. Although this study presents good news, it also found that prevalence of diabetes tripled during the study period of 1990 - 2010. A separate study has revealed that nearly one in 10 adults has been diagnosed with the disease. That study found that fewer people have undiagnosed diabetes, which is good news because once diabetes is diagnosed, people can take steps to get the disease under control.

Diabetes prevalence will continue to rise as the U.S. population ages and remains obese. Health promotion efforts to reduce obesity and tobacco use, improve diet, and increase physical activity are as important as ever to help slow the diabetes epidemic and reduce cardiovascular-related complications in those with the disease.  

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended publicized sobriety checkpoint programs to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. The recommendation was based on strong evidence of effectiveness in reducing alcohol-impaired driving.     

In March and April, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued final recommendation statements for the two services listed below.   

The Community Guide Toolbox is a collection of tools and resources to help public health professionals and other practitioners implement Community Guide-recommended interventions. The Community Health Promotion Handbook: Action Guides to Improve Community Health, a set of implementation guides developed by Partnership for Prevention and the CDC, is included in the "Plan an Intervention" section.  

Register Now for Health Disparities Workshop    

The 12th annual "Disparities in Health in America Workshop: Working Towards Social Justice" will be held at Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing in Houston, Texas from June 23 - 28, 2014. The goal of the six-day workshop is to provide a comprehensive understanding of health disparities, to investigate approaches to enhancing health equity, and to provide participants with a broad base of knowledge related to a bio-psychosocial approach in addressing health disparities in a minority and the medically under-served populations. Find the registration form here  

National Conference on Immunization & Health Coalitions   

Join your fellow vaccine advocates at the 11th National Conference on Immunization and Health Coalitions on May 21-23, 2014 in Seattle. Attendees will learn how to use collaboration and partnership to improve the health status of their communities while engaging with world-class speakers, attending the first-ever NCIHC Film Festival, and enjoying other unique opportunities.