Events
Participate in events that are designed to help you learn to be an advocate in the fight against childhood obesity. Also, if you know of any upcoming events, please share them with others interested in fighting childhood obesity by submitting an event.
Be Our Voice Advocacy Action Calls
This is a series of free webinars designed to support both trained and untrained healthcare professional advocates—as well as their partners—in becoming advocates for policy changes within local communities. Save the date(s) for our upcoming calls!
> May 15, 2012 1:00-2:30pm EDT Learn More Register
> June 12, 2012 3:00-4:00pm EDT
> July 17, 2012 3:00-4:00pm EDT
What You Need to Know to Promote Healthy Eating in Your State! – Update on Menu Labeling
Date: May 16, 2012
Location: Online
Time: 3:30-4:00pm EDT
Register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/603306726
Additional Details: Sponsored by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, Food Marketing Workgroup and National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN).
Data Surveillance and Data Exchange: A Tool for Comparative Effectiveness
Date: May 17, 2012
Location: Online
Time: 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Register: http://www.aslme.org/webinar-registration-data-surveillance-and-data-exchange-05172012
Speakers: Priscilla Keith, JD, MS (Director of Research and Projects and Adjunct Professor, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law); Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH (Professor and Co-Director, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law); and Linda Reddington, BSN, RN, JD, CHPSE (Reddington Legal, LLC)
Additional Details: The presenters in this webinar will speak to the recent developments regarding data exchange and surveillance, explore the inherent privacy issues associated with data exchange and data surveillance and discuss using data exchange and data surveillance as tools for comparative effectiveness. Sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine, & Ethics; Network for Public Health Law; Public Health Law Association; and Public Health Law Research Program.
Shared Use - Introduction and Practical Guide
Date: May 17, 2012
Location: Online
Time: 2:00-3:00pm EDT
Register: http://ht.ly/aP1MZ
Speakers: Manal J. Aboelata (Managing Director, Prevention Institute); Rebecca Frank (Network Analyst, PreventObesity.net); Dr. John Spengler (Active Living Research and University of Florida); Dr. Jamie Chriqui (Director of Policy Surveillance and Evaluation/Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago); Genoveva Islas-Hooker (Regional Director, Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program)
Additional Details: An informative and interactive session on important data to explain the concept of shared-use agreements, how they can help address childhood obesity, and how schools and communities share their facilities to create more opportunities for residents to be active. Sponsored by PreventObesity.net.
2012 National Food Policy Conference
Dates: May 17-18, 2012
Location: Capitol Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
Register: http://events.signup4.net/foodpolicy2012
Additional Information: Sponsored by Consumer Federation of America.
School Fundraising Can Be Healthy and Profitable
Date: May 23, 2012
Location: Online
Time: 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/262348470
Speakers: Mollie Van Lieu (National PTA); Margo G. Wootan, DSc (Center for Science in the Public Interest); Jamie Chriqui, PhD (Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago); Carey Dabney (Texas PTA); Casey Hinds (Kentucky Coordinated School Health Advisory Committee)
Additional Details: The presenters in this webinar will explore the current status of fundraising in schools, why healthy fundraising is important, and examples of profitable, healthier fundraising. Sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Active for Life – Linking Students with Disabilities to Community Programs
Date: May 23, 2012
Location: Online
Time: 2:00-3:00pm EDT
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/207649186
Speaker: Pam Carey, Program Coordinator of Louisiana GUMBO (Games Uniting Mind and Body)
Additional Details: This session will discuss how to help students with physical disability connect with and engage in community sport and recreational opportunities in order to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. Sponsored by Blaze Sports America.
What Can Public Health Institutes Do for My Health Department?
Date: May 30, 2012
Location: Online
Time: 2:00-3:00pm EDT
Register: https://publichealthinstitute.webex.com
Speakers: Joseph Kimbrell, MA, MSW (President and CEO, National Network of Public Health Institutes); Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW (Director of Government and External Affairs, National Network of Public Health Institutes); Erin Marziale, MPH (Associate Director of Member Services, National Network of Public Health Institutes)
Additional Details: This Web Forum will highlight the growing number of public health institutes and the work they are doing to complement governmental public health agencies. Panelists will discuss strategies for state and local health departments to work with public health institutes, with a special example from Louisiana. Sponsored by the National Network of Public Health Institutes and the Public Health Institute.
Sugary Drinks Summit
Date: June 7-8, 2012
Location: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Register: Registration Form
Additional Details: Sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.