2009 Community Health Conference

Speakers

The roster of speakers at the 2009 Community Health Conference bring a rich mixture of perspectives, energy and resources to help you seize upon the impetus of a challenging situation to see new possibilities, reframe and expand your list of choices, and develop new talents. During this year’s two-day conference, these experts will share best ideas you can use to develop and nurture programs and policies that anticipate the public health needs of the future, and help citizens maximize their potential.

Town Hall Meeting

You are invited to join Sanne Magnan, M.D., Ph.D., Commissioner of Health for a spirited interactive dialogue about how we can effectively prepare for and respond to H1N1 Influenza. We hope you’ll bring questions and issues from your local jurisdiction to the town hall meeting; here are some discussion points to consider as you compile your list:

  1. How have your planning and response efforts been going?
  2. What are some of the biggest challenges you are facing and the gaps that still need to be addressed?
  3. What barriers do you have in assuring vaccinations are provided to everyone who is in a priority group or who wants to be vaccinated?
  4. What concerns are you hearing from your healthcare partners?
  5. What can the State do in regards to media?
  6. How are you preparing for employee illness and maintaining priority services?

General Session Speakers

Linda Keller Linda Olson Keller
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
Public Health 2009:  Celebrating Our Achievements and Embracing the Challenge. What makes public health practice unique?  What makes it inspiring? This presentation will illustrate the public health achievements of the past century and strategies for meeting the challenges of the future.
Robin Getman
Motivational Speaker
Leading from Your Soul (Instead of a Position of Authority).  This session is a lighthearted and serious examination of leadership, power and meaningful interaction.

Diana Dunn and John Morrin
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
This general session will introduce one of the most significant contributors to health disparities – institutional racism. The session will present what it is, why it’s important to health and what can be done about it.
Sanne Magnan, M.D., Ph.D.
Commissioner of Health
Join Commissioner Magnan as she closes the 2009 Community Health Conference by reflecting on the conference, by celebrating our successes and our hopes for the future.

Concurrent Sessions

The menu of concurrent sessions selected for this year’s Community Health Conference offers a blueprint to focus activity toward addressing conditions which affect the health of all members in a community.  At this conference you will learn what’s new and what’s working in our efforts to promote healthy behavior, protect the environment, mobilize community action, respond to disasters, and help transform the delivery of health care to assure quality, accessibility, and accountability.

Go to Concurrent Session Descriptions