Faces Of A Healthy Future: National Conference to End Health Disparities.
First-Ever National Event Designed To Address Healthcare Challenges Faced By Americans. www.fhfconference.com
Winston-Salem, NC (PRWEB) June 6, 2004 -- It's the first national conference
hosted by a historically black college and university to focus on eliminating
health disparities.
Faces of a Healthy Future: A National Conference to
End Health Disparities will be hosted by The School of Health Sciences at
Winston-Salem State University on September 27-29, 2004 at the M.C. Benton
Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The conference will
bring together an array of over 600 health care providers, researchers,
policymakers, community leaders, and program managers from across the nation
to:
· Share critical knowledge, with a focus on the latest research, best
practices, model programs, and successful community partnerships to eliminate
health disparities and encourage healthy lifestyles;
· Build partnerships
among health care providers, organizations, policymakers, federal and state
government officials, business executives, educators, and religious and
community leaders;
· Explore innovative ways to recruit and advance career
opportunities for minorities in health care professions.
A broad range
of health concerns will also be addressed including infant mortality, HIV/AIDS,
diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular, and cancer. The conference will move
attendees from problem identification to solution outcomes in Defining Issues in
Health Disparities, Examining Best Practices and Models for Success, and
Planning A Healthy Future for the Nation's Population.
"This conference
can play a significant role in moving us forward in the area of health
disparities," says Dr. Sylvia Flack, Dean of The School of Health Sciences at
Winston-Salem State University. "We are determined to address this issue that is
of vital importance to so many Americans."
Keynote speakers include Dr.
Ben Carson, Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins,
and invited keynoters include Health & Human Service Secretary Tommy
Thompson, and John Ruffin, Director of the National Center on Minority Health
and Health Disparities with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), among
others.
For full details on the conference, visit: www.fhfconference.com
or contact Conference Coordinator
Ruth Cole Burcaw at 336-945-9288.
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