CPHA-N 2008
Annual Meeting

Health at the Nexus:
Climate Change, Land Use,
Sustainability & Public Health

March 13-14, 2008
Davis, California

The “Land Use 101” workshop is designed for participants who are new to planning language and concepts; “Land Use 201” is designed for participants more familiar with planning language and concepts who are ready for advanced implementation strategies.
These interactive workshops will focus on how place-based strategies such as general plans and zoning regulations can be used to increase access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity.  The workshops will include ample opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and dialogue among participants.

~ Please select Land Use 101 OR Land Use 201 ~

Economic Development 101 Workshop

~ "Unnatural Causes" ~ EXCLUSIVE SCREENING & Expert Panel Reaction and Discussion
Unnatural Causes is a documentary series produced by California Newsreel with Vital Pictures, Inc., and presented for PBS broadcast by the National Minority Consortia of Public Television.  This documentary sounds the alarm about America's glaring socio-economic and racial inequities in health and their root causes.  The four-hour series, slated for airing by PBS in the near future, sifts through the evidence to discover there is much more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes.

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Host/Moderator:  David R. Gibson, PhD; Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Health Sciences and School of Medicine, UC Davis
Jacquolyn Duerr, MPH; Vice President for Programs, CPHA-N, Acting Chief, Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch, CDPH.
Presenter:  S. Leonard Syme, PhD;, Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Community Health/Human Development, School of Public Health, UC   Berkeley 

Responders: S. Leonard Syme, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, UCB School of Public Health           
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD; Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, School of Medicine, UC Davis
Calvin Freeman, MA; Principal, Calvin Freeman and Associates (First Director of Office of Multicultural Health for California Department of Health Services)

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Health at the Nexus--Climate Change,
Land Use, Sustainability, and Public Health
CPHA-N 2008 Annual Meeting Program

Welcome from UC Davis—Claire Pomeroy, MD: Vice Chancellor for Human Health Sciences and Dean, School of Medicine, UC Davis

Break

TRACKS
I. Global Scale of Climate Change and its Cross-Cutting Impact on Human Health
II. Sustainable Practices to Promote Health Now and for Future  Generations
III. Status of Health Care Reform and Other Late-Breaking Issue

WORKSHOPS A (running concurrently)

Track I: Climate Change: Background, Impact on Public Health, and Engaging Communities for Action

Moderator: Paul English, PhD, MPH; Branch Science Advisor, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, California Department of Public Health
Speakers:  Helene Margolis, PhD, MA; Epidemiologist, California Department of Pubic Health, Environmental Health Investigations Branch & Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department Internal Medicine: General Medicine, UC Davis
Roger B. Trent, PhD; Research Scientist Supervisor II, California Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control (EPIC) Branch, California Department of Public Health
Kathleen Fitzsimmons, MPH; Fellow-Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, California Department of Public Health
Ted Trzyna, PhD; President, California Institute of Public Affairs
Objectives:  Participants will: 1) acquire a basic understanding of some of the factors related to climate change that will influence human health in the future; 2) understand which populations are likely to be most vulnerable to effects of climate change in California as well as globally; 3) learn about the impacts of California’s 2006 heat wave on public health; and, 4) understand issues regarding building alliances around climate change and engaging the public.

Track II: Land Conservation & Environmental Education: Creating Healthy Alternatives

Moderator:  Mona Mena, MPH, MSW, Program Specialist, Emergency Medical Services, Alameda County
Speakers: Carey Knecht; Research Director, Greenbelt Alliance
Anthony DeCicco; Program Coordinator, Eco Oakland, Golden Gate Audubon Society
Bettina Ring, Executive Director, Bay Area Open Space Council

Objectives: Participants will learn how programs can improve the health of individuals through the protection of agriculture lands and open spaces and environmental education efforts that bridge youth and adults.  Attendees will also learn how public health can enhance and support these efforts

Track III: It’s Not Easy Being Green; What Does Green Chemistry Mean for California?

Moderator:  Robert Schlag, MSc;. Assistant Deputy Director Center for Environmental Health California Department of Public Health
Speakers:  Rick Kreutzer, MD; Chief Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control, California Department of Public Health  Michael P. Wilson, PhD, MPH; Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Jeff Wong, PhD; Deputy Director. Department of Toxic Substances Control     

Objectives:  Participants will: learn several principles that define green, sustainable chemistry; identify policies and practices that address green chemistry; learn about the limitations in applying green chemistry practices; and obtain information about the status of California’s efforts to expand and apply green chemistry principles.

WORKSHOPS B (running concurrently)

Track I: Climate Change and Water: Water Quality, Availability, and Potential Health Effects
           
Moderator: David Spath, PhD; Advisor, Division of Drinking Water, California Department of Public Health
Speakers:  John T. Andrew, PE; Executive Manager for Climate Change, California Department of Water Resources 
Gina Solomon, MD, MPH; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco, and Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council 

Objectives:  The participants will understand the issues regarding the    impacts of climate change on water availability and quality in California and will follow a case scenario of climate change impacts on risk of cryptosporidium outbreaks.  Potential policy issues and solutions will be discussed.

Track II: Food Sustainability: Local Collaborative Solutions
       
Moderator:  TBD
Speakers: Elizabeth Q. Sachs; Consultant, Bay Area Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Researcher, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
Aliza Wasserman; Director, Community Alliance with Family Farmers & California Growers' Collaborative
Jennifer Gross, MPH; Community Health Planner, Health Policy and Planning, San Mateo County Health Department

Objectives: Participants will learn structures to access local fresh produce, food sourcing locally, relationship to climate change, challenges and solutions, and the role of public health in food sustainability and local collaborative solutions.

SESSION C     
Track III:  Health Care Reform!?  What’s Next? The Latest Update

Moderator:  TBD
Speakers:  Sara Rogers; Consultant, to Senator Sheila Kuehl, (D) California Legislature                       
Richard Figueroa; Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Governor
David J. Kears; Agency Director, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency

Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will:  1) learn various perspectives from different stakeholders regarding why health reform did not occur in January 2008; 2)  understand how some of the competing interests in health reform will shape the debate going forward; 3)  develop an increased awareness of the impact of national efforts at health reform on health reform efforts within our state; 4)  leave with some sense of what direction health reform in the State of California will take in 2008.

TWO-DAY REGISTRATION – March 13 & March 14, 2008

2008-CPHA-N Members

$275.00

Non-members w/ courtesy one-year CPHA-N membership

$330.00

Retirees

$190.00

Community public health workers

$190.00

Representatives of small CBOs (Budget less than $500,000)

$190.00

Full-time students

$130.00

THURSDAY TRAINING ONLY- March 13, 2008

2008-CPHA-N Members

$150.00

Non-members
CPHA-N annual membership for non-members*

$180.00
$  25.00

Retirees

$100.00

Community public health workers

$100.00

Representatives of small CBOs (Budget less than $500,000)

$100.00

Full-time students

$ 70.00

"Unnatural Causes" -- Exclusive Screening & Panel

No Charge

FRIDAY MEETING ONLY – March 14, 2008

2008-CPHA-N Members

$150.00

Non-members
CPHA-N annual membership for non-members*

$180.00
$  25.00

Retirees

$100.00

Community public health workers

$100.00

Representatives of small CBOs (Budget less than $500,000)

$100.00

Full-time students

$  70.00

*Available only to those registering and paying the one day conference fee.

ADD LATE REGISTRATION FEE
Applicable if postmarked by March 5th OR
completed via website www.cphan.org after March 8th

$  20.00

DONATION - Support for legislative advocacy

MAIL FORM TO:
CPHA-N
555-12th Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-4046

LUNCH SELECTION:
Regular/non-vegetarian meals
Vegetarian meals

THURSDAY MORNING MARCH 13 BREAKOUT SESSION: Select one
Land Use 101
Land Use 201

FRIDAY MARCH 14 FIRST BREAKOUT SESSION: Select one
IA
IIA
IIIA

FRIDAY MARCH 14 SECOND BREAKOUT SESSION: Select one
IB
IIB
IIIB

SCHOLARSHIPS: There are a limited number of full or partial scholarships available. Students who volunteer two hours of their time can attend that day for free.

EXHIBITORS: Contact Jennifer Tan, CPHA-N at 510-285-5549 or jtancpha08@gmail.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing Education Credits Pending for: MD, CHES, RDH, RDHAP, RDA, RDAEF.  Registration for credits will be completed on site only.  There are estimated total of 6 contact hours each day.   Please check professional contact hours that you are requesting.  Costs per hour will be $10 for physicians and $5 for other professionals. Bring a check or cash to the conference to cover these continuing education unit costs. Note: California Board of Registered Nursing Continuing Education Provider Number: CEP4952.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellation of paid registration must be made in writing to CPHA-N, c/o Public Health Institute, 555-12th Street, 10th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607 and received no later than March 10th, 2008 in order to receive a refund less a 15% processing fee. Refunds will be mailed within ten working days after the event. In the event that the conference is canceled, a full refund will be provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact Jessica Tan, CPHA-N
510-285-5549
jtancpha08@gmail.com