Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:  Fresh Ideas: Community-Based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations grant program.
Deadline: Rolling
The purpose of this program is to promote community-based approaches to health and health care problems that interact with social problems. Examples include inadequate housing, poor education and poverty. Priority is given to projects that focus on hard-to-reach populations such as new immigrants and refugees and at-risk adolescents. Eligible applicants include organizations that are outside the formal network of healthcare providers, such as grassroots organizations, faith-based organizations and advocacy organizations that are public entities or nonprofit organizations. Awards will be up to $300,000 for up to three years duration. For complete program information and application guidelines, please visit http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480
 

"Healthy Kids, From Sea to Shining Sea - A showcase of childhood obesity prevention programs across the USA"
The University of Texas Pan-American Border Health Office would like to invite you to attend to our annual conference to be hosted at the Sheraton Fiesta Beach Resort on October 4-6, 2006 at sunny South Padre Island, Texas. This year's conference is titled "Healthy Kids, From Sea to Shining Sea - A showcase of childhood obesity prevention programs across the USA". The purpose of the conference is to increase awareness about the problem of overweight in children. To review the registration brochure click here.
 

"The Changing Face of Health Education and Health Promotion”
Call for Abstracts: Online Submissions at www.sophe.org
Submission Deadline: Friday, October 20, 2006
You are invited to be part of a premier national health education and health promotion conference cosponsored by the Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) , Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Proposals are encouraged for concurrent sessions, pre or post-conference workshops, or poster presentations at the 2007 National Health Education Conference & SOPHE’s 2007 Midyear Scientific Conference, June 7-9, 2007, in Seattle, WA. Visit www.sophe.org to submit an online abstract proposal and choose from the following conference theme areas:
 

The Ultimate Wellness Challenge
Register Now for October 5, 2006, in Washington, D.C.
Action for Healthy Kids, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and working with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Education, and other leading organizations, will inform, motivate, and mobilize support for school wellness – sound nutrition and physical activity – to support learning. Partners are working with districts, communities, and schools to host Game On!
 

CDC's 2006 National Health Promotion Conference
Join local, state and national public health leaders, businesses, communities, researchers,
policymakers, communicators, and other professionals to discuss new directions in health promotion.
Together, we will lay the foundation for a national public health agenda that is focused on the
broadest concepts of health promotion and wellness delivery.  The conference tracks include Nontraditional Partnerships; Innovative Approaches to Public Health Practice; Translating Science and Evaluating Results; Health Policy and Communications; Implementing Best Practices at the Local Level; and Emerging Issues and Hot Topics in Public Health. Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, September 12-14, 2006
Visit www.cdc.gov/cochp for updates and more information.
 

80th Annual American School Health Association (ASHA) Conference
The 2006 conference theme is Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds: The Mental Health Connection will be held, October 11 - 14, 2006 in St. Louis, Missouri. Many Programs will address identifying the causes of mental health problems among children and youth, emerging prevention or intervention strategies, the interactions between mental health and other educational and health outcomes, and/or practical approaches to school-based prevention or intervention. For registration or exhibit information, contact: Mary Bamer Ramsier at - mbramsier@ashaweb.org
 

Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
October 17-20, 2006, Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison Street, Seattle, WA.  For more information: www.diversityRx.org/ccconf ,  e-mail: ccconf@drexeledu or call 215-762-7638.  Please note that February 28, 2006 is deadline for submitting presentation proposal.
 

National Prevention Summit: Prevention, Preparedness, and Promotion
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., October 26–27, 2006
Registration Now Open (http://www.seeuthere.com/rsvp/invitation/invitation.asp?id=/m2c666-248006195553) Building on last year's 3rd National Prevention Summit, the upcoming 2006 National Prevention Summit will focus on disease prevention, health preparedness, and health promotion and will feature innovative programs that are making a difference in communities across the country to build a HealthierUS. These programs are focused on healthy lifestyle choices—eating a nutritious diet, being physically active, making healthy choices, and getting preventive screenings—to help prevent major health threats and burdens such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. One special emphasis this year will be the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity. Another emphasis will be on preparing for public health emergencies, such as avian influenza.