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Special Event
Special Event: Friday, April 11th Symposium
On Friday, April 11th, we are proud to host a day-long Symposium for Oregon's Public Health Students, Faculty, and Professionals.
- This event is free, but advanced registration is required.
Please see the flyer for further symposium information and registration instructions (pdf).
Weeklong Activities
Exhibits and presentations will be held on the first floor of the Portland State Office Building at 800 NE Oregon Street. Tables, posters, displays and videos will be on display all week.
See Event Schedule (pdf). No registration is necessary. Print the Poster and Display schedule (pdf) (includes list of organizations participating each day).
- Monday, April 7
- Climate Change and Public Health: panel discussion with Mel Kohn, Public Health Division and other leaders, facilitated by Dana Haynes, PCC.,
10 a.m. to noon, Room 1-B
- Tuesday, April 8
- Local Food: Eamon Molloy, Lloyd Farmers’ Market,
12 to 1 pm, Room 1-D
- Wednesday, April 9
- Water Quality: Lorna Stickel, Portland Water Bureau,
11:30 am to 12:30 pm, Room 1-E
- Built Environment: panel discussion with Noelle Dobson (Community Health Partnership), Yvonne Michael (OHSU Dept. of Public Health & Preventive Medicine), Jill Fugilister (Coalition for a Livable Future), Mark Raggett (City of Portland Bureau of Planning), and Phil Wu (Kaiser Permanente),
1 to 2 pm, Room 1-E
- Thursday, April 10
- Looking to the Future: Gail Shibley, Public Health Division,
12 to 1 pm, Room 1-E
- Friday, April 11
- Oregon Master of Public Health Student Symposium: features student speakers and poster sessions,
All Day, Rooms 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 1-D, 1-E.
This event is free, but advanced registration is required.
Please see the flyer for further symposium information and registration instructions (pdf).
Governor's Proclamation
WHEREAS: Promoting, protecting and preserving health and quality of life for people in Oregon is a major goal of our state; and
WHEREAS: Public health programs and services benefit everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic strata and are essential to a strong, successful health care system; and,
WHEREAS: Public health activities help people be healthy by protecting Oregonians from infectious disease, environmental and workplace hazards, chronic disease, unintentional injuries and violence; and
WHEREAS: Public health programs help prevent disease and disability through services that improve infant mortality rates and childhood immunization rates, promote child and adolescent health, prevent teen pregnancies, reduce child abuse and obesity rates; and
WHEREAS: Public health educates and encourages people to adopt healthy behaviors, helps them attain well-being and prevents chronic illness and premature death, and educates people about the connection between how they live, the impact on the planet and the planet's impact on human health; and
WHEREAS: Oregon’s public health system of state, local and public-private partnerships is the framework for achieving the vision of healthy people living in healthy communities throughout our state;
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, Ted Kulongoski, Governor of the State of Oregon, do hereby proclaim April 7 through 13, 2008 as
PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK
In Oregon and call upon Oregonians to celebrate with activities that promote health and acknowledge the benefits of public health to everyone in our communities.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and cause the Great Seal of the State of Oregon to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Salem and the State of Oregon, on this day, April 7, 2008.
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Role of the American Public Health Association (APHA)
"Since 1996, APHA has organized National Public Health Week and developed campaigns to educate the public, policy-makers and public health professionals about issues important to improving the public’s health.
By making climate change the theme for 2008, the public health community can ignite a major shift in how our society addresses this unprecedented challenge."
[www.apha.org]
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