Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009

“Mastering Social Media and Interactive Technology to Improve Public Health Outcomes. A Practical Guide,” is a full-day Learning Institute.
Registration is now open at http://www.apha.org/meetings/.

Sunday Nov. 8, 2:30 – 6:00 p.m.
An interactive Learning Institute titled “Strategies for Local and State Health Departments to Reduce the Negative Impacts of a Distressed Economy” will be conducted on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 during the APHA Annual Meeting.  Primary objectives of the session are to give public health leaders valuable tools and strategies to implement proactive financial management strategies to reduce risk; best practices in comparative analysis and financial management; and methods to improve sustainability.

A limited number of partial registration scholarships ($150) are provided through funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Access this site for additional information:  http://www.publichealthsystems.org/media/file/APHA2009LIFlyer.pdf. Contact "Snow" Wang with scholarship or other questions xueyuan.wang@msdh.state.ms.us or (601) 576-7772.