Conference Agenda

August 3, 2007

7:30-8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast at Levitt Hall Iowa Public Health Association, Iowa Nurses Association, American Lung Association, and Iowa/Nebraska Primary Care Association Informal Get-togethers
7:40-8:00 AM	The Raising of the Herrick Barn
Plenary Session
8:00-8:10 AM	Introduction of ADM John O. Agwunobi, MD, MBA, MPH
8:10-9:10 AM	Vision for the Future ADM John O. Agwunobi, Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
9:25-10:25 AM	Concurrent Sessions
	Outbreaks: Lessons Learned on How to Respond to the Public Kenneth Soyemi, MD, MPH, Iowa Department of Public Health
	Assistance for Returning Military and Their Families Chris D. Gleason, MPA, CHES, Military Kids Project Director, 4-H Program Director and Chaplain Capt. Gary Selof, M.Div, Iowa National Guard
	Funds for Rural Health Infrastructure Jonathan Claffey, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Program, USDA-RD
	Covering Everyone for Health Services: The Massachusetts and Vermont Examples Senator M. Jane Kitchel, Member of the Vermont Senate; John McDonough, PhD, MPA, Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Care for All Sponsored by the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians
	Doing What’s Right: Ethical Issues in Public Health Peter D. Jacobson, JD, MPH, Director, Center for Law, Ethics, and Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health
	News and Views from Four States on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Linda Powell, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; Jamie Hahn, Nebraska Health and Human Services System; Misty Jimerson, MS, Kansas Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
	Iowa Public Health Standards: Local Public Health Survey Results Martha Gelhaus, MPA, Iowa Department of Public Health; Peg Buman, RN, BSN, Iowa Department of Public Health
10:40-11:40 PM	Concurrent Sessions
	Community Health Improvement Models Community Initiatives Panel: Bernette Weier, Harkin Wellness Coordinator, City of George; The Honorable Mayor Richard Roepke, Aurora; Superintendent Neil K. Seales, Baxter Community School District
	Emerging Infectious Diseases: West Nile Virus and Beyond Michael Pentella, PhD, MS, SM(ASCP), D(ABMM), CIC, University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory
	Rehab the Lab Kent A. Candee, EMC Insurance Companies
	Communicating the Value of Public Health and Getting Results Mary Gilchrist, PhD, Director, Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute; Peter D. Jacobson, JD, MPH, Director, Center for Law, Ethics, and Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health
	Workplace Wellness: Why Working Well Works Martin Collis, PhD, Worksite Wellness Consultant
	What Do You Look for When You Look into a Child’s Mouth? Michael J. Kanellis, DDS, MS, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry
	The Economic Impact of Health in Rural Iowa David A. Swenson, Iowa State University; Greg Paris, CEO, Monroe County Hospital
	Reinventing Public Health: The Train Is Moving Down the Tracks How Accreditation, Assessment and Quality Improvement Are the Tickets to Get on Board, Part I of a Two-Hour Session Leslie M. Beitsch, MD, JD, Director, Center for Public Health, Florida State University, College of Medicine; Lee Thielen, MPA, CEO, CALPHO and the Public Health Alliance of Colorado Sponsored by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Division of Environmental Health, Iowa Department of Public Health
11:50-12:15 PM	Lunch at Olmsted Center
12:15-12:45 PM	Exhibits at Olmsted Center
1:00-2:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions
	Community Health Improvement Models Healthy Communities Jane Schadle, RNC, MSHA, Iowa Department of Public Health; Anthony Warren, FACHE, Henry County Harkin Grant Program; Linda Albright, Henry County Heath Center
	Involving Faith Communities in Program Implementation Rev. Alberta Ware, Independent Health Consultant
	Sentinel Partnerships and the University Hygienic Laboratory Response Bonnie D. Rubin, (ASCP), MBA, MHA, University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory
	Tracking Disease and Environmental Exposures Peg Buman, RN, BSN, Coordinator of the Comprehensive Assessment of Rural Health in Iowa; Heather Strosnider, MPH, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
	Health Literacy Naomi Holtz, BSN, RN, Health Education Specialist, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Sioux City
	How to Reach Youth: The JEL Example Jason Boucher, MS, ZLRIGNITION; Lynn Peck, President, Just Eliminate Lies (JEL); Garin Buttermore, Iowa Department of Public Health
	The Biggest Loser Show: The Positive Impact of Reality TV Steve Pilchen, The Biggest Loser Contestant, KGGO Radio; Trish Wadle, Knoxville Recreation Center; Kim Dorn, Director, Community Health Services of Marion County
	Reinventing Public Health: The Train Is Moving Down the Tracks Continued, Part 2
Plenary Session
2:15-3:00 PM	Weight Loss for the Mind Martin Collis, PhD Sponsored by the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
3:00-3:15 PM	Evaluation and Closing Remarks: IDPH Director Tom Newton

Special Session

Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training and Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training with Diana Nicholls-Blomme, RN, August 2, 6:00 PM -10:00 PM.