Creating a Culture of Wellness

Feb.15-17, 2008                                                       Stuart, Fla.

This educational forum was designed for state legislators who attended a Healthy States meeting in 2007 and included the following topics: chronic disease prevention, school mental health, excessive alcohol consumption, HIV/AIDs and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunizations and nontraditional approaches to public health.  We also reviewed CDC's new Levels of Prevention classification including health promotion, primary prevention and secondary prevention.  Attendees also heard from a nationally recognized expert on health care from the presidential campaign perspective.

Click here to view the final agenda.  Click on the names below for presentations from the speakers (.pdf).

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Opening Session: Strategies for Prevention

Dr. Darwin Labarthe, division director, CDC Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

What's New in Chronic Disease Prevention?

Lorrie Graaf, program integration consultant, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

Dr. Justin Trogdon, research economist, Public Health Economics Program, RTI International

Keynote: Policies to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Dr. Adewale Troutman, director, Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness & associate professor, University of Louisville School of Public Health

Non-traditional Approaches to Public Health: Arthritis Program and AME Church Collaboration

Debra Lightsey, chief, Arthritis, Epilepsy and Quality of Life Branch, CDC Division of Adult and Community Health

Rev. Joseph Darby, senior pastor, Morris Brown AME Church

Sonya Geathers, health educator, CDC

Issues in Immunizations

Dr. Melinda Wharton, deputy director, CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Dr. Jonathan Temte, associate professor, University of Wisconsin & Chair, Wisconsin Council on Immunization Practices, American Academy of Family Physicians

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Policy and Public Health Prevention Strategies for Excessive Alcohol Consumption

David Nelson, senior scientific adviser, CDC Alcohol Team

Randy Elder, scientific director, CDC Community Guide Branch

Addressing the Public Health Consequences of Climate Change among Vulnerable Populations

Dr. Michael McGeehin, division director, Divsion of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, CDC National Center for Environmental Health

Victims of School Bullying: Policies to Reduce Rates of Depression and Suicide

Dr. Marlene Snyder, national training director, Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University

Dr. David Osher, managing research scientist, American Institutes for Research

Responding to Disparities in HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Dr. Madeline Sutton, medical epidemiologist, Minority HIV/AIDS Research Initiative, CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

Dr. Deidra Parrish, fellow, STD disparities liaison, CDC Division of STD Prevention

Political Forecast for 2008 Presidential Election Related to Health Care

Jennifer Tolbert, principal policy analyst, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation

CSG Contact: