Title: Mega 2: Intersectional Collaboration Continues!

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Section/SPIG: Chiropractic Health Care

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Many of you will recall last year’s smash hit booth for the Chiropractic Health Care Section. Called the Mega Health Booth, it included collaboration with the Chiropractic, Podiatric, Vision Care and Oral Health Sections of APHA. The collaboration was funded by a 2002 APHA Intersectional Council Grant. More than 200 APHA attendees visited each of the four sections of the Mega Booth and participated in health screenings related to each profession.

Well, this year, all of the collaborating sections said, “Let’s do it again!” So, in spite of the fact that we are not supported by a grant, the four sections will all be located next to each other and will again offer health screenings, in keeping with this year’s conference theme: “Behavior, Lifestyle, Social Determinants of Health.” Such collaboration requires a great deal of effort from our section members, so I am asking that you all step up and pitch in! A few things we will need are listed below:

    1. People to staff the booth, handing out literature and screening tools to passers by. To volunteer please contact Dr. Bonnie Hillsberg at: <BHillsberg@cdmgroup.com>.
    We will especially need people on Monday, Nov. 17 and Tuesday,
    Nov. 18, the busiest days for the exhibit hall.
    2. Ideas for give-aways for the booth. The ever-popular spine keychains? If anyone has connections and could score some gift certificates, etc for a business that is common across the nation, that would be great! Also, if you are from San Francisco and know of any local businesses that may want to donate candy, fruit, or other snacks, please contact Dr. Elaine Morschhauser at <Morschhauser_E@Palmer.edu>.
    3. People to help pack up the booth on Wednesday, Nov. 19, about noon.
    4. Someone to contact ICA or ACA to get cool pens or other giveaways.


It’s going to be another great year at APHA. Let’s try for a prize winning booth two years in a row!

Lisa Zaynab Killinger, DC
Chair-elect; APHA CHC
Lisa.Killinger@Palmer.edu