Workshops and Educational Opportunities

Nova Scotia’s Teachers Association for Physical and Health Educators (TAPHE) and Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) are partnering for the 2012 National Conference, “A Harbour of Hope: Health and Physical Literacy.”
The National Conference provides an opportunity for delegates to network with colleagues and increase their knowledge and skills to foster healthy active living for children and youth in the school community.
Delegates are people involved with the health, physical activity and education needs of children and youth including educators, public health, administrators, recreation leaders, physical education specialists and generalists who want more information regarding physical education.

Rural and northern health care organizations are significant sources of innovation, leadership and excellence in health care delivery. Join us for this annual conference where Chief Executive Officers, Board Chairs, Board Members and Senior Administrative staff from a range of health care organizations come together to learn from one another and hear engaging presentations from experts across Ontario and abroad.

Dear friends and colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Cochrane Canada Symposium will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba at The Fairmont Winnipeg.

This first ever gathering of this nature will provide a forum for focusing on the needs of young people and families as they struggle with issues related to mental health concerns across the generations. The overall goal of the concurrent conferences is to help us develop a common language and understanding of the needs of young people and families. By bringing together people from diverse backgrounds we hope to enrich our collective knowledge of mental health strategies, best practices and the latest research in order to improve outcomes for young people and families. Our goal is to create at the conference a community of practice that spans the three themes where we can each share our knowledge and support while we discuss areas of mutual interest and concern.

Conference Objectives

Goals and Major Objectives

To successfully host the World Congress of Public Health in Ethiopia and to contribute towards protecting and promoting global public health

Major Objectives include:

1. Make the Congress a forum for exchange of knowledge and experiences on prominent public health issues among the Global Public Health community by:
   
   Ensure that major Global, Continental and National public health issues are adequately addressed in the congress
   
   Create better understanding on Africa’s major public health challenges to the Global Public Health community


2. Facilitate and support the formation of “Federation of African Public Health Associations”


3. Ensure the effective organization, process, conduct and documentation of the Congress

Occurring at a pivotal time for the environment of our planet, the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference draws international attention to the Polar Regions, global change, and related environmental, social and economic issues. From Knowledge to Action will bring together over 2,000 Arctic and Antarctic researchers, policy- and decision-makers, and a broad range of interested parties from academia, industry, non-government, education and circumpolar communities including indigenous peoples. The IPY 2012 Conference will contribute to the translation of new polar scientific findings into an evidence-based agenda for action that will influence global decisions, policies and outcomes over the coming years.

The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world’s leading global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,200 professionals and students from all 50 states and from more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.

The theme of this year’s Conference is “A Turning Point in the Fight against HIV: Meeting New Challenges”. Thirty years after the first reported case of AIDS, the epidemic has now reached a turning point. Due to the availability of effective antiretroviral drugs, Canadians are now living longer with the virus, and thus are exposed to long-term drug toxicities. As HIV infection becomes more like a chronic illness, there is a growing complacency among the general population and thus a greater need for prevention strategies. Once again, CAHR will have a stellar program of world-renowned speakers. Connect with researchers, frontline public health and community-based workers, people living with HIV and AIDS and others interested in the field of HIV research in Montréal for CAHR 2012.

Attendees will meet to share the outcomes of new research; to honour new investigators and to acknowledge the achievements of major contributors to the field; to discuss some of the wider issues related to the HIV/AIDS pandemic; and to elect a Council to carry on the work of the Association.

This conference will provide a forum to share research, experience and practice in order to discuss how we can effectively sustain and enhance the lives of adolescents and adults with FASD, their families, service providers, and communities. Are we adequately addressing and supporting the needs and rights of adolescents and adults with FASD within our society? Do individuals with FASD have timely and appropriate access to health care, housing, social services, legal and civil justice and employment? How can we build on the strengths of existing systems to identify and address barriers and move forward to provide effective ethical support? How do we provide focused and targeted approaches across services, and systems to create an integrated and collaborative approach to supporting individuals with FASD? These are the essential elements for social justice and we are just starting to explore and understand what will be required to put these into action.

There are 9 streams for the 17th annual Forum in 2012 which capture the current international priorites in quality improvement and patient safety.


2012 STREAMS

1. SAFE AND RELIABLE CARE


2. BETTER VALUE, LOWER COST


3. CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT


4. TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE


5. WORKFORCE AND CULTURE


6. PATIENT ENGAGEMENT


7. LEADERSHIP


8. PRIMARY CARE


9. TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVEMENT

Health care decision-makers in Canada operate in an increasingly complex environment that has steadily intensified the challenge of adding value to the system, while managing overall health care costs.

As policy-makers, planners, and health care professionals look for ways to bend the health care cost curve, the need for credible, independent, evidence-based information could not be greater.

The 2012 CADTH Symposium will present innovative approaches and success stories that show how evidence use is supporting the optimal use of drugs and technologies, increasing the efficiency of health service delivery, and delivering impacts that strengthen patient outcomes and health system sustainability.

This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals and policy makers working in the field of childhood and adolescent obesity. The 4th conference will focus on strategies and solutions – from practice to policy. This theme recognizes that obesity is a complex problem requiring a complex solution-oriented approach to its prevention and management. Specifically, the conference will showcase examples of the best and promising practice across Canada, and across multiple settings. From provincial level policies to school and community level interventions, and through practice-based management programs targeting multiple behaviours that are associated with obesity, the conference seeks to promote a solution-oriented approach to obesity prevention and management.

Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO) is holding its second provincial conference addressing the health and wellness needs of our lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities in Ontario.
RHO is currently inviting proposals which present new information or insight into LGBT health and wellness issues, with a particular emphasis on the various stages of LGBT life.

There is a recognized need to close the gap between research evidence and clinical and public health practice and policy. How is this best accomplished? Dissemination and implementation research in health seeks to answer this question, and is gaining momentum as a field of scientific inquiry. The goal of the annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation is to facilitate growth in the research base by providing a forum for communicating and networking about the science of dissemination and implementation.

Researchers, evaluators and implementers who are interested in identifying opportunities and strategies for overcoming obstacles for dissemination and implementation research and evaluation are encouraged to attend this meeting. The goal is to engage in dialog, exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and challenge one another to identify and test research approaches that will advance dissemination and implementation science.

Detailed Program available online

The 2012 National STD Prevention Conference is taking place just as public health, health systems, and health care delivery are poised to transform, spurred by innovation, legislation, and the need to adapt to resource constraints. Although we do not yet know the extent to which these changes will impact STD prevention, programs, or service delivery, the field of STD prevention and control must also be poised to respond to changes in multiple arenas.

Over the last 5 years, the Annual QWQHC Summit has grown from being a small gathering of high level stakeholders to an event that has attracted hundreds of leaders in healthcare from federal and provincial/territorial governments,
associations, health authorities, healthcare facilities and private industry. Join us as QWQHC’s 6th Annual Summit moves west to Vancouver, British Columbia at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel on March 1-2, 2012. The Summit will once again provide an opportunity to share ideas, innovations, and practices from a network of colleagues, all engaged in building healthy work environments and improving quality of worklife in healthcare.

The 9th Annual Alcohol No Ordinary Commodity Forum is a knowledge transfer information session that will be focusing on Alcohol Policy at the Municipal and Provincial levels and focusing on practical applications for public health related to addressing alcohol-related harm. The aim of this forum is to bring substance abuse prevention professionals along with policy makers and partner agencies together in an opportunity for networking, discussions and knowledge exchange. Past forums have been on topics such as, Alcohol and its Relation to Health and Safety Issues, the Link between Alcohol Promotion and Risky Drinking, Alcohol and its Relation to Chronic Disease, Alcohol Strategies and their Implications for Local Action, and Alcohol and its Relation to Injury. Past forums have attracted between 65-105 participants.

A two day conference to present findings from a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded knowledge synthesis: Nurturing the Next Generation.

Findings will be presented on population health interventions to improve early child well being from the prenatal period to the end of the first year of life. This research will be of interest to community leaders and those influential in public health, child development and maternal health.

There will be opportunities to hear from the research team and to join the professional facilitator, Jo Nelson in exploring how the findings can be used to improve child development outcomes.

The Seeking Solutions Symposium will bring together ethicists, legal experts, researchers, practitioners, policy analysts, and community members to address access to care for individuals living in Canada without health insurance. Expert presentation syntheses and roundtable workshop discussions will examine ethical and legal debates, present emerging research evidence, share policy and practice experience, and develop concrete guidelines, recommendations and action plans to address this pressing health care & service delivery need.

The objectives of the symposium and roundtable workshops are:

The conference plans to build on the previous three conferences and focuses on how individuals, organizations, strategies and sectors have collaboratively acted on the root causes of chronic disease in Canada. Producing the greatest gains in the health status of Canadians will require continued urgent action to reduce the inequities that give rise to chronic diseases.

The conference and related workshops will be designed to meet the interests of researchers, faculty members, graduate students and representatives from government and health related organizations who work in the area of Population and Public Health.

Our early relationships and experiences shape all aspects of physical and mental health, and are pivotal to who we become and how we function throughout life. We naturally strive forward. The behaviour of young children is meaningful, and understanding this concept is vital for all involved with children. This conference will stimulate dialogue, reflection, a deeper understanding of a child’s total development as rooted in their earliest relationships, and may revolutionize our approaches and practices with young children, their families, and their communities.

Learning Objectives:

“Knowledge brokers” are intermediaries whose role is to promote the use of academic research by non-academics, including policymakers, professionals, charitable organisations, business, industry and the general public. Knowledge brokers can be individuals or whole knowledge exchange units. Within universities in the UK, many social science departments and research centres are now employing dedicated knowledge exchange staff to ensure their research creates an impact in the outside world. These staff may be called knowledge exchange managers, knowledge exchange coordinators or knowledge exchange officers. Alternatively, their job titles may refer to communications, policy, research dissemination, engagement or outreach.

This event will focus especially on knowledge brokerage in the social sciences. It is designed to encourage dialogue between knowledge exchange practitioners and organisations, and researchers who study knowledge exchange. The number of knowledge exchange staff in universities is increasing as a result of government policies prioritising the impact of research. However, many of these staff are isolated and there is a lack of clear guidance and evidence for this emerging profession. This event aims to redress that deficit by sharing expert knowledge and best practice in relation to knowledge brokerage.

The third annual Primary Healthcare Partnership Forum will take place in St-John’s, Newfounland & Labrador on December 1-2, 2011. This meeting will provide a venue for professionals across a variety of disciplines who have an interest in primary healthcare to come together to share their research findings, ideas, and questions in a spirit of collaboration.

Annual meeting of continuing education in public health in Québec, the 15es Journées annuelles de santé publique are the result of collective efforts from the public health network. Driven by the needs for advanced /continuing education for the network and its multi-sectorial partners, the JASP scientific programme addresses up to date challenges and recent findings and knowledge around well-known issues.
The program aims to provide individuals working in public health or those concerned with public health practice – including doctors, nurses, psychosocial workers, researchers, managers, health or other professionals, and students – with training and an opportunity to share information.

For 15 years, people involved in public health have come together for the Journées annuelles de santé publique (Annual Public Health Days), a professional development event that has become an absolute must. Each edition strives to offer groundbreaking content in all areas of health and well-being, from prevention to protection and promotion. Studies, observations, opinions and experiences have been shared, discussed, and have resulted in competencies, action plans, public policies, treatments and skills. With openness to the world and to fields associated with public health, the JASP have welcomed speakers and health care workers from every continent and have facilitated the presence of participants from all horizons, with differing positions and insights. Depending on the position held, the point of view changes and brings with it new clarity. Taking into account differing points of view means opening up to other perspectives of problem solving and other avenues for action. The 15th JASP provides an extraordinary opportunity for considering many angles (economic, political, ethical, informational, anthropological) and for contemplating various avenues (harm reduction – discourse analysis – intervention research – community approach – political analysis, etc.)

The Canadian Cancer Research Alliance cordially invites you to the inaugural Canadian Cancer Research Conference (CCRC) taking place Sunday, November 27 – Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in downtown Toronto. The scientific program, which includes plenary sessions, parallel symposia, workshops, poster sessions and other ancillary meetings, will bring together leading experts from all areas of cancer research in Canada to exchange knowledge and share ideas. The conference will showcase the breadth and excellence of Canadian cancer research, promote key infrastructure and provide trainees and young investigators with networking opportunities, increasing awareness of current Canadian researchers’ programs. Lastly, this conference provides the opportunity to connect with and report back to the public and media on the impact of Canada’s cancer research investment.

The CCRC is key action in the Pan-Canadian Cancer Research Strategy which articulates collaborative efforts of the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. We hope it will demonstrate the link between existing research activities and the priorities of our Pan-Canadian Cancer Research Strategy.

The conference is targeted to all involved in cancer research from the lab to clinic to policy and will also incorporate special sessions for trainees and young investigators.

Public Health Ontario will be hosting its second annual Vaccine Sciences Symposium on November 23 – 24, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario.

RECOMMENDED AUDIENCE
The target audience includes public health and infectious disease physicians, public health nurses, epidemiologists, and researchers with a solid knowledge of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) and immunization.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the symposium are:

The theme of the 2011 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference is Be Visible, connecting Evidence to Action in Injury, Violence and Suicide Prevention. This conference offers you a unique opportunity to connect the dots between your specific interests and the outcomes you seek, whether in transportation, home, school, community, sports, public health, violence or self inflicted injury and more.
The conference will:

Preliminary Program details available here

The European Public Health Conference aims to contribute to the improvement
of public health in Europe by offering a means for exchanging information and a platform for debate to researchers, policy makers, practitioners in the field of public health, public health training and education and health services research in Europe.

One of the largest and most prestigious health care gatherings in North America, HealthAchieve aims to inspire ideas and innovation with over 50 informative and engaging educational sessions along with its award-winning exhibit floor, where more than 350 exhibitors showcase the latest health care products, services and technologies.

HealthAchieve attracts over 9,000 health care and business leaders from around the world who gather together to learn, build relationships, and share best practices. These delegates include chief executive officers, trustees and representatives from a broad range of administrative and clinical areas such as:

Conference Goals:

The 7th National Conference on Tobacco or Health aims to positively impact the tobacco control field in Canada with the following goals:

It is a great pleasure and honor for the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia (IKI-SEA) of Bangkok University to host the 8th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning.
The International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning (ICICKM 2011) invites researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, work in progress, case studies and conceptual advances in any branch of the above fields. The conference brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge in one location. It aims to help practitioners find ways of putting research into practice and researchers to gain an understanding of real-world problems, needs and aspirations.
For this new edition of the ICICKM, workshops will be offered the day before the beginning of the conference in order to provide participants with the opportunity to learn new techniques, methods and tools related to KM and IC.

Keynote Speakers in the conference include:

Using evidence to deliver improved outcomes at reduced costs is the priority for effective global health care.
Evidence 2011 will bring together evidence creators, evidence users and commissioners of services together with the world’s leading experts in evidence-based medicine. The aim of the conference is to showcase the ideas, processes and best practices that form the foundations of an evidence-based approach to developing and implementing cost-effective healthcare strategies.
This year’s conference will also be providing a full day of workshops covering essential EBM skills and will feature some of the best ideas in EBM education and training.
Evidence 2011 aims to be the leading international evidence-based healthcare event at the forefront of EBM debate and innovation. The conference is a collaboration between the BMJ Group and the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.

Symposium Objectives

1. Describe the 4 levels of suicide prevention: primary and secondary prevention, intervention and postvention


2. Be aware of local strategies, programs and resources used to target each level of suicide prevention


3. Identify opportunities to personally contribute to suicide prevention activities in our community

Women in Mind will bring together leading researchers and practitioners for Ottawa’s first academic conference devoted to women’s mental health. Issues in women’s mentalhealth will be explored from both the medical and social perspectives.The Conference will be of interest to a diversity of health care providers, including physicians, social workers, and allied health professionals.

The Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) Annual Conference is the largest annual meeting of the child and youth healthcare provider community in Canada. The Conference engages a broad stakeholder group that includes Hospital CEOs, Chief Financial Officers, Senior Administrators, Physicians, Clinical Directors, Multidisciplinary Practitioners, Policy Makers, Researchers, Families, Youth and many others.
As part of the CAPHC tradition, the Annual Conference will showcase the emergence of effective and innovative models of care, as well as highlight the needs, challenges and strategies to ensure access to the very best healthcare for all children and youth.
The theme of the conference, “Exploring the Future of Children’s Health Care – What Can We Expect? How Do We Prepare?” will go far beyond discussing the issues by bringing evidence of programs and practices that have demonstrated positive impact on heath outcomes for Canada’s children and youth.
The conference will provide a mix of Keynote and Plenary sessions, Concurrent Symposia and Workshops. A highly energized Poster and Exhibit Fair will also be a highlight of this annual event.

Join educators – generalists, specialists and administrators – as well as leaders in public health and recreation for an inspiring and interactive
professional development experience focusing on:

• The development of physical and health literacy


• Ways to easily implement the H&PE curriculum and to adopt a healthy schools and communities approach


• Daily Physical Activity, TGfU, and sport & intramural ideas


• Innovative ways to address health promotion topics


• Assessment & evaluation tools

In a perfect world, the determinants of health would be optimum; people would take personal responsibility for their health, and all the knowledge from research spanning bench to community would be put into practice – all of which would result in better health and a more efficient health system.
If for example all we know about treating cancer was put into practice, cancer outcomes would improve dramatically. If everyone had access to proper nutrition, adequate housing and a good education, there would be better health, less chronic disease, and less stress on the health system. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Chronic disease is on the rise, and our health care system still struggles to meet the demands of the sick and injured.
Some of the changes we know are needed are small fixes and others are large and complicated but the process to get there is the same. Knowledge translation can help to re-imagine health by bridging that gap between knowledge and action. This year’s RTNA conference will help to move the science of knowledge translation forward, help you to discover ways to effect practical application and implementation of knowledge translation principles, and connect you with a wide network of researchers, practitioners, KT specialists, and health system managers committed to re-imagining health.

Public health professionals play a key role in creating a supportive environment for health through community and citizen engagement; we strive to deliver programs and services that support local capacity and meet the needs of the community.
The OPHA Fall Forum will provide a unique opportunity for public health professionals and members of other community agencies to share and learn effective approaches to engage priority populations.
Together, we can work towards engaging priority populations and creating more equitable health outcomes.
Specifically, the Forum aims to:

• Identify effective strategies and tools to engage priority populations


• Explore innovative practice-based approaches to managing challenges and taking advantage of opportunities


• Present practice-based examples of how public health professionals can enhance interest and participation in policy issues


• Explore opportunities for innovative partnerships with those who also serve priority populations

This year offers a unique opportunity to bring both Public Health and Industry perspectives together for 3 days of learning and information exchange. The conference theme of “Food4Thought” will provide opportunities for our delegates to attend sessions and hear speakers present on a wide variety of topics geared at the food and health related challenges of the public health profession. The program will focus around four areas: communication, education, implementation and culture.

Join with people from across the country interested in exploring, expanding and building upon the spectrum of what is known about suicide; prevention, intervention, postvention and research. The intention of this conference is to generate inclusive dialogue and stimulate new conversations on all aspects of suicidality. We are curious about conversations that explore such matters as:

The goal of the 2011 RDC Conference is to bring together researchers, policymakers and practitioners from diverse disciplinary backgrounds who are engaged in issues related to an aging population in Canada to:

• Share research findings relevant to policy and practice on aging;


• Build an agenda for future research that will inform decisions and practice on issues of aging;


• Identify data requirements for future research on aging in Canada;


• Stimulate discussion among researchers, policy makers and practitioners on the significant issues arising from an aging Canadian society; and


• Develop a network of contacts who are producing and utilizing research evidence in addressing significant issues in aging.

Public Health 2.0 will examine the use and implications of participatory technologies in public health. The conference will create a forum for students, community members and organizations, academics, and public health professionals to share their knowledge and concerns about the role of participatory technologies in public health and the practical skills required to effectively use these technologies.
Objectives

1. To explore how technologies are being or could be used to address public health issues in a participatory manner


2. To showcase innovative or participatory uses of technology in public health


3. To foster dialogue about the actual or potential implications of the use of technology in public health


4. To provide a forum to network and exchange ideas about innovative, participatory public health technologies between diverse communities


5. To learn hands-on skills for implementing different participatory technologies in public health


6. To explore the shifting mindset in public health, from expert-driven to user-driven

Medicine 2.0 ‘11 will contain a mix of traditional academic/research, practice and business presentations, keynote presentations, and panel discussions to discuss emerging issues. We strive for an interdisciplinary mix of presenters from different countries and disciplines (e.g. health care, social sciences, computer science, engineering, or business) and with a different angle (research, practice, and business).

Knowledge management has become an accepted discipline within the field of Information Systems and is now well anchored in the operations of many companies. Continuing the success of the ECKM conference series, this conference will provide a communication forum bringing together academia and industry for discussing the progress made and addressing the challenges faced in organizations. Building upon existing work on knowledge management and organizational learning, the conference will promote interdisciplinary approaches from computer science and information systems, business, management and organization science as well as cognitive science. We invite therefore researchers and practitioners to report on the current state of KM projects, share success stories and failures, and discuss promising new ideas, tools and approaches that enable organizations to systematically draw benefit from KM activities.

The Guidelines International Network(G-I-N) Conference is a landmark event attended by professionals from wide range of organizations interested in improving health care through development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines. The 8th G-I-N conference in 2011 will be held in Seoul, Korea for the first time in Asian country.

The G-I-N 2011 Seoul conference bring together many colleagues from all over the world to develop collaborations and facilitate the dissemination and discussion of every aspects of guidelines including evidence synthesis, guideline development, quality improvement, and health policy to improve patient outcomes. It is also a superb opportunity to network and to strengthen collaboration through workshop, discussion, networking and informal sessions.

The aims of the conference are to:

Every country faces the same issue: How to make full and effective use of knowledge in order to produce greater benefits to society. The purpose of the first Global Implementation Conference (GIC) is to promote the rapid development of the practice and science of implementation and policies to support implementation, organization change, and system transformation in human services.
The goals for GIC 2011 are to:

1. Bring together participants from a variety of disciplines and domains throughout the world to pool the collective intelligence, research, and practices that have accumulated in the past few years about implementation science, practice, and policy.


2. Form Practice Groups to share knowledge and best practices within five specific areas related to implementation (researchers, purveyors, practitioners, policy makers, and organization leadership).


3. Integrate knowledge across Practice Groups to create a common language, framework, and measures to guide implementation policy, practice, and research to more rapidly advance the practice and science of implementation, organizational change, and system transformation.


4. Set the stage for continuing activities within and across Practice Groups that meet between future biennial Conferences to define and solve the thorny issues related to implementation, organization change, and system transformation in human services.

Visit the following web page for Conference Highlights

This Institute builds capacity for healthcare providers to shape the future of quality and safety in healthcare through translating evidence into practice. Engaging frontline leaders, midlevel managers, and top directors is key to improving care and ensuring patient safety. Cutting edge approaches require knowing how to inform improvement with evidence, how to employ improvement strategies, and how to lead improvement at every level. Recognizing that gains are made through convergence of evidence, organizational climate, clinician vitality, and change, this all-new conference explores best approaches to accelerate frontline improvement.
Participants will learn ‘what works’ in building care processes and supporting care providers in the evolving environment of improvement. In each discussion, effective strategies are underscored with evidence. Because frontline and evidence are powerful drivers in building quality and safety, we look at ‘what it takes’ to move healthcare to a high level of quality and safety.

The second Improvement Science Summit is a 1 ½ day professional development conference to advance methodology, topics, and collaboration in improvement research. The Summit is primarily, a conference that will expand methods in improvement research and build a national network as an infrastructure for conducting that research and will continue setting the course for establishing the NIH-funded nation-wide research network on June 28-29, 2011.

The conference theme, Strengthening Collaboration: Strengthening the Profession, embraces the collaborative network that Nova Scotia and other jurisdictions employ to foster a more effective and integrated approach to environmental public health issues. Come enjoy our East Coast hospitality and all the rich cultural and social experiences the city of Halifax, and Nova Scotia, have to offer.
See the preliminary program here

The objective of the CBHR Summer Institute is to provide knowledge and applied training in community-based research using a population health approach. The summer institute will cover topics ranging from developing partnerships to research methods, and information management. Expert presentations, hands-on workshops, keynote speakers, case studies, and group discussions with leading practitioners will provide an informative setting for expanding skills in community- based research.
This summer institute is developed by the Saskatchewan Population Health Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU), Prairie HIV Community-Based Research Program, and the Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre (IPHRC).

Public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics and students from across the country and around the world will meet in Montreal, Quebec for the CPHA 2011 Annual Conference as the Association enters its second century of service to Canadians. The Conference will explore the role of partnerships in creating the conditions in which people can lead flourishing lives and will showcase innovative collective actions that support the maintenance and improvement of the health of populations. We are interested in how partnerships help us ‘do things differently’, how they ‘bridge divides’ in the broad field of public health, as well as how they are conceived, developed, implemented and sustained.

This Conference will feature:

• Special guest speaker Phillip Boyle, PhD, in a keynote session onleading and governing in complex environments


• Presentations by Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care representatives on the new Accountability Agreements


• Presentation on health units’ experiences with accountability


• alPHa’s Annual Business Meeting and Resolutions Session


• Business meetings for Board of Health members, COMOH and Affiliates
  
• Distinguished Service Awards Banquet

Join us in Toronto for an international conference sponsored by the Association of Ontario Health Centres, the Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations and the National Association of Community Health Centers.
This event will be a dynamic two days. Workshop and plenary speakers are being invited from across Canada, the United States and across the world to deliver the latest on community health innovations in the following themes:

• Improving health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities


• Advancing health equity


• Increasing sustainability of the health system


• Building our case and our movement: increasing access to community-governed primary health care

This conference is the largest national gathering of health system decision-makers in Canada including trustees, chief executive officers, directors, managers and department heads. Participants represent health regions, authorities and alliances, hospitals, long-term care organizations, public health agencies, community care and mental health services and social services. As well, the conference draws participants from government, education and research institutions, professional associations, consulting firms and industry.

In parallel with the Congress theme of Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places, CAIS 2011 will focus on research exploring the interactions of people and places with information. The conference committee encourages submissions from both practitioners and academics. The conference will provide information scientists and practitioners with a forum for the presentation of innovative research on all aspects of the evolving field of information science.

It is with pleasure that we invite you to e-Health 2011: Enabling Healthy Outcomes, being held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from May 29 to June 1, 2011. e-Health 2011 will continue the tradition of providing:

• An excellent conference program filled with practical experiences and lessons from those on the ground


• The largest e-Health event and tradeshow in Canada


• Unequalled social event and networking opportunities


• The only Canadian Interoperability Showcase

Sustain, Evolve, Transform health librarianship in Calgary, 2011 at the 35th annual Conference of the Canadian Health Libraries Association/ Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA/ ABSC). We invite you to join us and consider how we can sustain our libraries, evolve our profession and transform our practices to meet the new generation of health library users.
Our key note speakers, Professor Joanne Gard Marshall, Dr. Bonnie Buntain and Dr. Eddy Lang will cover such diverse topics as evidence-based practice, one health, and knowledge translation.

Population aging and climate change are two of the biggest challenges facing humanity this century. The 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) report states “There is now a strong, global scientific consensus that warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and is caused by human activity..” and resulting changes in weather patterns are “disrupting the balance of natural systems that supply the necessities of life”, namely air, water, food. At the same time, globally the proportion of people aged 60 and over is growing faster than any other age group. We saw glimpses of the disastrous effects of climate change on older adults after the 2003 heat-waves in Europe where the majority of deaths and morbidity occurred in older adults. More recently, the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health authorities recorded an additional 131 “all cause, all age” deaths during a particularly warm weather interval July 27-August 3, 2009, compared to the same calendar period 2004-2008. Most of these additional deaths were people aged 65 or older, but equally alarming is the fact that the greatest proportional increase in deaths was in the 45-65 age group (the “baby boomers”). However, extreme heat events are only one threat to human health from climate change. Warmer winters are also expected to bring increased precipitation, more severe and more frequent storms which can affect water supplies and sanitation. A Pacific Institute for Climate Change Solutions discussion paper emphasizes the need to focus attention on vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and those in sub-optimal health and socio-economic status, where climate change could have a de-stabilizing effect.

Three themes will be explored as part of this conference: Privacy, Emerging Data Sources, Small Area Geography.

Objectives:

• To learn about new privacy considerations for public health data and how to apply them;


• To become familiar with emerging data sources and/or analytical methods and how the data can be used;


• To learn about small area geography analyses and how to apply these analyses in local public health units;


• To provide a networking opportunity for public health professionals; and
  To minimize the impact of the conference on the environment

The Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) are pleased to join for the first time with the Community Health Nurses of Canada, Atlantic Region to present for you the 5th National Community Health Nursing Conference. You will recognize the names of accomplished and influential Canadians among our confirmed plenary speakers, and as usual we’ve had an exceptional response to the call for abstracts to bring you up to date on current practice, education, and administration issues in public health and home health. And of course, the connection with other community health nurses from across the country is the added benefit we all value. Community health nurses have answered the invitation to act, and much has been accomplished over the last 5 years to influence public and home health nursing in Canada. Come celebrate with us our influence, impacts and outcomes at the 5th anniversary of the national conference!

The Annual CAHSPR Conference brings together over 400 of Canada’s leading researchers, decision makers, managers and trainees to exchange ideas and share findings from the most recent studies in health services and policy research. Featuring over 200 presentations in plenary, small group and poster formats, CAHSPR’s conference has something for everyone.


The 2011 CAHSPR conference will explore the politics and mechanics of federalism and what needs to change to spur improvement. From the bedside to the Cabinet rooms, federalism is at work. You will hear the perspectives of veterans of federal-provincial negotiations and of experts in the politics of health system improvement. The mother-of-all-social programs shapes federalism and federalism both enables and constrains the quest to make a better health system. Book your place at CAHSPR 2011 in Halifax to examine the lessons of history and glimpse options for the future.

The symposium will focus on the themes of diversity, health equity and
community health nursing research in the 21st century with a particular focus on:

• Critical Challenges in Health Equity


• Maternal, Child and Family Health


• Indigenous Health


• Immigrant and Refugee Health

Come learn how mobile technologies are improving the health of everyday people. The emphasis is what works in mobile health to change behavior, right now.
Our two-day event will feature what really works to improve the health behavior of everyday people. For two action-packed days, you’ll hear from the winners, and you’ll learn from their successes. But that’s not all. This year we show you what really works in many facets of mobile health, from prototyping to testing, from distribution to monetization.

The world’s largest global health conference, as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference. The must-attend, thought-leading conference that convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.
Social innovation sessions by the CEOs and Leaders of Ashoka, Acumen Fund, Endeavor, City Light Capital, IDEO, Water.org, Save The Children, and many others.
2,200 participants from all 50 states and from more than 55 countries who are interested in global health and international development, public health, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education.
Evidence-based, results-oriented presentations demonstrate what works in global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.
Cutting-edge ideas in development are presented in innovative social enterprise pitch sessions.

This conference is for: Multidisciplinary practitioners concerned with the care of infants and young children and their families, working in settings such as early learning and care, public health, early intervention, child welfare, children’s mental health, hospitals, pre- and postnatal programs, aboriginal head start, family resource centres, CAPC programs, community health, infant and child development.

Conference objectives:

• To expand knowledge about the influences of family, community and culture on the social and emotional well-being and development of infants and young children


• To increase understanding of the relative contributions of nature and nurture to developmental outcomes


• To learn about new and innovative interdisciplinary practices for supporting families, infants and toddlers, and each other


• To become informed about emerging research findings and evidence based practice and to consider implications for working with families


• To learn about new approaches to assessment and intervention for infants and young children


• To create opportunities for networking among colleagues from diverse areas of interest and practice with infants, young children and their families

Our aim in this conference is:

To bring together those working in health, local authority, voluntary organisations and academics from across the health and wellbeing community to share learning about the latest thinking in knowledge exchange, translational research, the co-creation of knowledge, partnership and collaborative working.
The Knowledge Exchange in Public Health Conference will explore the approaches, opportunities and challenges involved in sharing and using knowledge and evidence across the public health and wellbeing community.

The Forum aims to support the movement for healthcare improvement by presenting the best of new thinking and work that is happening worldwide. The 16th annual Forum will be held in the vibrant city of Amsterdam, which will further inspire the representatives of this global movement who will gather there in April 2011.
The past year has seen many challenges for the quality and patient safety
movement. The economic landscape of the healthcare industry has significantly evolved – the challenge of how we deliver safe and improved care while reducing our costs remains an ongoing issue for all of us. Our theme for the main programme of ‘Better Health, Safer Care, Lower Costs’ reflects this.
New to the programme this year is the ‘International Improvement Science Symposium 2011’ – this will be held on Tuesday 5 April and aims to connect researchers and healthcare professionals who are at the frontline of
implementing evidence-based interventions to improve care.
Also on Tuesday 5 April is our new ‘Experience Days’ where delegates will be able to visit local health organisations in Amsterdam to get an insight into the Dutch quality and safety programmes.
Our programme is structured into six streams, which we feel really capture the essence of today’s quality improvement movement. The streams will help you navigate our comprehensive programme and enable you to select sessions to maximise your experience and learning at the Forum.

The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC) aims to advance public health in Ontario by increasing the level of both knowledge and skills in the workforce. It is envisioned that TOPHC will include an exciting mix of both research presentations to share new knowledge and educational workshops that build and refine practical skills.
Modelled after the Journées Annuelles de Santé Publique (JASP) conference, the TOPHC will have a strong focus on training and skills development, while also providing opportunities for collaboration, the creation of networks, and the sharing of the latest scientific knowledge and best practices. This year’s TOPHC will explore the themes of exchanging evidence, ideas and technology. TOPHC hopes to attract front-line public-health professionals, such as health promoters, epidemiologists, public-health nurses, physicians, researchers, policy-makers and other groups.

Inspired by the emerging practices and trends, the planning committee has created a program to address the many challenges facing the health care system today. This scientific event will bring together experts and researchers from around the globe:

• To share the scientific vision of experts on new avenues of research on nursing interventions


• To promote exchange and discussion through keynote presentations, concurrent sessions, poster presentations and through bringing together researchers and clinicians


• To develop nursing practice, promote innovation and inspire change


• To foster evidence-based practice in the development of nursing interventions and knowledge transfer

This year’s event, themed Evidence to Practice: Maximizing Our Investment in Health Care promises to be both informative and timely as Canadian and international presenters gather to share their expertise in the production and use of evidence-based information on drugs and other health technologies.

There is a recognized need to close the gap between research evidence and clinical and public health practice and policy. How is this best accomplished? Dissemination and implementation research in health seeks to answer this question, and is gaining momentum as a field of scientific inquiry. The goal of the annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation is to facilitate growth in the research base by providing a forum for communicating and networking about the science of dissemination and implementation.
Researchers, evaluators and implementers who are interested in identifying opportunities and strategies for overcoming obstacles for dissemination and implementation research and evaluation are encouraged to attend this meeting. The goal is to engage in dialog, exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and challenge one another to identify and test research approaches that will advance dissemination and implementation science.
To meet the goal of the conference—to stimulate conversation among researchers and experts in the field—the conference will include Panels of scientific leaders, and include Think Tanks in addition to traditional Plenary Sessions, Concurrent Oral Presentation Sessions and Poster Sessions. Sessions will be structured to encourage interaction and networking between participants.

The purpose of this international collaborative conference is to focus on innovative clinical care models and community-based public health approaches for children and youth in Indigenous communities in the U.S., Canada, and internationally. Projects and strategies that address specific areas of iscrimination and disparity in health care are presented and discussed. Multiple opportunities to share, support, network and build partnerships.

Our understanding of FASD is entering a period of rapid expansion and change, dramatically increasing our comprehension of the breadth and depth of the global impact of this lifelong disability. This 4th International Conference will provide an advanced forum for emerging and cutting edge research, policy and practice that will assist governments, service systems, service providers, parents and caregivers as we strive to address the complex issues of FASD. This new knowledge will be an impetus for critical action in supporting women, individuals, families, and communities around the world.
This interdisciplinary conference will be of interest to the following audience: researchers; policymakers; individuals and families impacted by FASD; family members; FASD specialists; clinicians and counselors; indigenous communities; educators; health / mental health, addictions, justice, and child welfare professionals and administrators; service providers; elected officials; faith communities; community members; and others interested in the field of FASD.

The Best Start Resource Centre team is pleased to announce this year’s annual conference. In this comprehensive program addressing preconception through to child health, you will find sessions relevant to your work and areas of interest. You will acquire the latest information, learn about innovative strategies and programs, and meet new colleagues.

The Canadian population is aging. In 2011, the leading edge of the baby boom turns 65 – with the great bulge of that generation to follow. That simple fact has focused important attention on some key realities such as the likely major increase in Canada’s dependency ratio. But it has also spawned a dizzying number of assertions, myths, half-truths and misunderstandings about the implications of aging for our health care system. These tend to deflect attention away from the very serious decisions that will need to be made over the coming decades.

So how do we untangle the truth from the fiction and begin to make the changes and encourage the innovations that will be needed if we are to provide appropriate care for an aging population? These are some of the critical questions that will be addressed by some of the world’s experts, at CHSPR’s 2011 health policy conference. The program over the day and a half conference will be organized around a series of compelling questions, in which are embedded some of the leading myths that undermine our capacity to focus innovation and resources where they are most needed. Speakers will parse each theme, identify any embedded myths, their motivations and the reality, and discuss the possible, the probable, and the emerging innovations and evidence from Canada and beyond.

This year’s symposium theme is Early Exposure to Cochrane: Accessible, Credible, Practical, reflecting these subthemes:
Accessible

The action-oriented 2011 Nursing Leadership Conference program will appeal to leaders in all roles and levels of experience. Designed to focus on real-time impacts on patients, nurses and system outcomes, the conference framework provokes us to think about the difficult “So what?” and “Now what?” questions around nursing leadership:

• In what way are nurses making real differences?


• How are new ideas, methods and innovations being implemented?


• How can nurses sow the seeds of those successes across the system and the country?

To promote health equity by taking action on the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in the following themes: children’s rights, food security and policy, violence against women and children, reducing health disparities, vulnerable populations, health education, and interventions for healthy social change.

Conference Objectives

• Build community-university partnerships by providing creative venues and networking opportunities to engage participants in the exchange of ideas and dialogue


• Explore inter-connections between global and local perspectives on SDOH


• Critically analyze areas for work on health equity in relation to the SDOH through the sharing of research, education, policy, and practice initiatives to identify priorities for action


• Build meaningful and measurable evaluative criteria related to promoting health equity on the identified priorities

The Canadian Immunization Conference Program offers multiple sessions on the continuum of immunizations from new development in vaccinology science to implementation and evaluation of immunization programs and global immunization efforts.


The themes of the 2010 Conference are:

• Emerging Issues/Preparedness


• Immunization in the Global Community


• Vaccine Safety


• Programmatic Evaluation and Research


• Communication in the 21st Century


• New Technologies and Novel Vaccines


• Funding and Economic Impacts of Immunization


• Tricks of the Trade

Knowledge transfer (KT) is about wanting to make a difference and do things better by ensuring that research is relevant, accessible and used to support decisions.
Whether you’re a researcher, part of a research team, a health care practitioner, manager, knowledge broker, or a science entrepreneur, you are part of the knowledge transfer process. That process describes how new knowledge (innovate) moves between the producers and potential users(influence) and ultimately results in changes in policy and practice(integrate).
The 2010 RTNA conference will incorporate leading practices in KT and will bring together researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and KT specialists. It will be interactive and will encourage relationship building across disciplines; it will acknowledge the complexity of decision making; it will use storytelling and other effective means of moving knowledge; and it will provide an opportunity to learn about KT from experts and from each other. Come prepared to be challenged and energized as we innovate, influence, and integrate.

This year is special in many ways, as A.N.A.C. is proudly celebrating its 35th anniversary and 2010 is also the International Year of the Nurse. The CNHE Executive can think of no better way to showcase the dedication and contributions of Canadian nurses than collaborating with our diverse partners to make this conference a success! The theme for the 2010 joint national conference is: Linking Our Knowledge through Diverse Interests

SMDM’s Annual Meeting provides a highly interactive forum for discussion of novel research based on decision and behavior theory and analytical models applied to health related decisions. Presentations of original research, keynote talks, special symposia and short courses will offer attendees the opportunity to explore diverse topics in medical decision making.
SMDM’s Annual Meeting offers CME Credits. The SMDM Annual Meeting is being planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Alabama School of Medicine and The Society of Medical Decision Making.

This conference is designed for basic scientists, clinical investigators, epidemiologists, dietitians, nutritionists, policy makers and other health professionals interested in food, nutrition, physical activity and weight management in relation to cancer.

UK Society of Behavioural Medicine 6th Annual Scientific Meeting in association with the National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) Annual Scientific Meeting.

The Conference will highlight national EBP research and lessons-learned by service organizations in Ohio and other states during EBP implementation. Evidence-based practices and other strategies for enhancing services and outcomes for people diagnosed with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. There will be several keynote presentations and a variety of practical workshops to help policy makers, leaders of organizations, and direct-service providers address current implementation challenges and help to sustain success in the coming decade.

Target Audience

This interdisciplinary conference is designed for researchers,
trainees, and graduate students in health sciences and related
fields who want to learn from others about how to be successful in
efforts to foster knowledge translation.

Conference Attendees Will:

• Learn about the importance of deliberate planning to optimize
  knowledge translation
  
• Learn about the latest in knowledge translation practices and
  research
  
• Learn about practical knowledge translation tools and strategies
  
• Have opportunities to network with experts in the field and
  other conference delegates from a variety of disciplines

The QHR conference will be held in conjunction with the 11th Advances in Qualitative Methods (AQM) Conference, which will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 7-8, 2010. The QHR and AQM conference will have a joint workshop day on October 6, 2010. Participants may register for either the QHR or AQM conference – or register for both at a special price. Please reserve these dates in your calendar. QHR is the premier international and interdisciplinary conference for the dissemination and discussion of developments in qualitative health research. All conference papers will be peer reviewed, and we welcome presentations from scholars in a range of disciplines exploring health-related issues and experiences.

The Qualitative Health Research Conference features:

• Keynotes, symposia & oral presentations on ‘state of the art’ work from international researchers;


• New opportunities to present work and interact over poster presentations;


• Opportunities to learn and consolidate skills at workshops;


• A diverse international, interdisciplinary audience for your work

Contemporary healthcare services are complex, inimitable and unpredictable spaces that highly skilled professionals must navigate on a daily basis. The utilization of scientific knowledge in these environments has proved challenging across the world. The aim of this Colloquium is to generate discussion and debate about the role and nature of evidence in practice and strategies for using this knowledge in pragmatic ways in real settings.
The comprehensive three-day program promises to be diverse, interesting and multidisciplinary with opportunities for professionals and students from a range of backgrounds to share their experiences and network.

This Conference will address ‘knowledge’, ‘culture’ and ‘change’ in Organisations from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Plenary Speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers in the field of management.

In a globalized world, the dynamics of modernisation and urbanisation pose major challenges to both health promotion and societal development. Therefore, the focus of this conference is on building bridges between health promotion and sustainable development by:

• presenting and discussing state‐of‐the‐art knowledge and cross‐cutting issues in health
promotion and sustainable development,

• showcasing and challenging best practice in health promotion and in sustainable development, and

• initiating strong alliances and partnerships for promoting sound policies and practices that positively impact on the health of people, societies and the planet.


Geneva 2010 will gather over two thousand professionals, researchers, students, decision‐ and policy‐makers from key disciplines, institutions, companies and networks from all over the world. The conference organisers explicitly invite contributions from those that focus or work for sustainable
development.

This Institute builds capacity for healthcare providers to shape the future of quality and safety in healthcare through translating evidence into practice. Engaging frontline leaders, midlevel managers, and top directors is key to improving care and ensuring patient safety. Cutting edge approaches require knowing how to inform improvement with evidence, how to employ improvement strategies, and how to lead improvement at every level. Recognizing that gains are made through convergence of evidence, organizational climate, clinician vitality, and change, this all-new conference explores best approaches to accelerate frontline improvement.
Participants will learn ‘what works’ in building care processes and supporting care providers in the evolving environment of improvement. In each discussion, effective strategies are underscored with evidence. Because frontline and evidence are powerful drivers in building quality and safety, we look at ‘what it takes’ to move healthcare to a high level of quality and safety.

The National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH) are pleased to announce their fifth annual Summer Institute. The theme will be Making Connections, with the daily themes:

• Connecting with Others


• Connecting with Evidence


• Connecting to Action

The 2010 OLKC conference is the fifth in an annual series which unites the OLK and OLKC communities. In building on the achievements of these previous events, OLKC is the leading international conference for researchers in the fields of organizational knowledge and learning. The conference is international in scope, and inclusive of the wide range of intellectual perspectives which have helped to make the field of organizational knowledge and learning one of the most vibrant areas for contemporary research and debate. The 2010 OLKC conference therefore welcomes theoretical, empirical and combined theoretical & empirical contributions. The theme of this year’s conference is “Learning to innovate; Innovating to learn.”

For general conference information: Mike Zack (m.zack@neu.edu)

A variety of courses will be on offer including:

Introduction to Knowledge Translation I
Introduces the basic principles of Knowledge Translation (KT), focusing on efforts aimed at increasing the extent to which patients receive evidence-based therapies. Also addresses public health perspectives on KT. Includes didactic presentations and instructor-facilitated discussion of the concepts, methods, and application of KT theory and practice. After completing this course, students will be able to: Analyze the unique perspective and importance of knowledge translation for policymakers, health care providers, administrators, and the public; discuss and compare two frameworks for knowledge translation; operate practical tools to improve knowledge translation and related activities. Students taking this course for graduate academic credit will be evaluated based on a knowledge assessment at the end of the class.

Introduction to Knowledge Translation II
This course is part two of the Knowledge Translation (KT) series (students are required to have taken part one before registering for this course). In this course, students will work in small groups to apply the concepts learned in Knowledge Translation, I to a practical case study of a knowledge translation problem. Students will appreciate the unique perspective and importance of knowledge translation for policymakers, health care providers, administrators, and the public.

A one-day event especially designed for nurses by nurses

We invite researchers, health policy makers and managers, health professionals, and patients to join the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre as we discuss Evidence in Uncertain Times at our 8th annual symposium.

Nurses and other healthcare providers interface with technology daily. This conference is designed to provide clinicians who are attempting to keep pace with the volume of journal articles related to their clinical practice the opportunity to learn about the role of technology in delivering evidence-based care. Come learn with other like-minded clinicians the latest in how evidence has been influential in addressing issues relevant to healthcare practices along with the best and latest evidence to inform decision-making in practice and education.

The 32nd SMDM Annual Meeting promises to be a forum where researchers will present and discuss innovative and challenging science related to all aspects of medical decision making. The range of work ranges from health technology assessments to theories of shared decision making; from applied cost-effectiveness analyses to studies of cognitive psychology and much more. Researchers will present their findings in scientific presentations, keynote talks, special symposia and short courses. Past attendees have described the
meeting as the premier scientific venue for the presentation of the science of decision making in health and medicine from multiple disciplines.

This conference brings together nurses interested in Community Health Nursing from practice, research, administration, policy and education to provide a forum to explore issues of mutual concern as well as exchange knowledge, share evidence and ideas and generate solutions. It’s never been so important to incorporate knowledge to action, by engaging nurses with others in knowledge exchange, enabling evidence informed practice, and inspiring excellence.

Researchers and evaluators who are interested in identifying opportunities and obstacles for dissemination and implementation research/evaluation are encouraged to attend this meeting. The goal is to engage in dialog, exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and challenge one another to identify and test research designs, methods and measurement that will advance dissemination and implementation science.
To meet the goal of this year’s conference—to stimulate conversation among researchers and experts in the field—the conference will again include Think Tanks in addition to traditional Plenary Sessions, Concurrent Oral Presentation Sessions and Poster Sessions. Sessions will be structured to encourage interaction and networking between participants.

Workshop objectives:

The Best Start Resource Centre team is pleased to announce this year’s annual conference. In this comprehensive program addressing preconception through to child health, you will find sessions relevant to your work and areas of interest. You will acquire the latest information, learn about innovative strategies and programs, and meet new colleagues.

Nationally and Internationally Known Researchers Present The Most Recent Research Findings and Methodology on a Variety of Topics.

CONFERENCE GOALS:

• To examine current organizational challenges and workforce practices in a changing public health system


• To increase knowledge of innovative public health initiatives designed to increase the capacity of the public health workforce (e.g., mentorship, orientation, professional development models, leadership development, succession planning)


• To share new evidence and increase awareness of methods to support the application of evidence-informed decisions for public health practice
• To broaden existing intersectoral and interdisciplinary opportunities for collaboration

Aim: to foster international exchange and networking in the mutual pursuit of better tools, techniques, and curriculums for teaching and achieving EBHC.

The 3-day program will include renowned keynote speakers, oral abstract presentations, poster displays, and productive small group sessions to foster exchange and development of new ideas.

Abstracts for papers and posters are invited in areas relevant to the work of the Cochrane Collaboration, systematic reviews methods, evidence-based health care and knowledge translation. The submission of abstracts containing the results of individual systematic reviews is not encouraged unless the review highlights broader methodological or organisational issues. Topic areas include:
Consumer issues and shared decision making, Diagnostic test accuracy, Education and training, Global health equity, Investigating bias, Knowledge translation and communicating evidence, Search and information retrieval

The AQM conference will be held in conjunction with the 15th Qualitative Health Research (QHR) Conference, which will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada October 4-6, 2009. Participants may register for either the QHR or AQM conference – or register for both, at a special price.

This year’s conference features:

• Keynotes, symposia & oral presentations on ‘state of the art’ work from international researchers


• New opportunities to present work and interact over poster presentations


• Opportunities to learn and consolidate skills at pre- and post-conference workshops


• A diverse international, interdisciplinary audience for your work

QHR conference will be held in conjunction with the 10th Advances in Qualitative Methods (AQM) Conference, which will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 8-10, 2009. Participants may register for either the QHR or AQM conference – or register for both at a special price.

The Qualitative Health Research Conference features:

• Keynotes, symposia & oral presentations on ‘state of the art’ work from international researchers


• New opportunities to present work and interact over poster presentations


• Opportunities to learn and consolidate skills at pre- and post-conference workshops


• A diverse international, interdisciplinary audience for your work

Be part of this leading national conference on evidence-based excellence. The Institute prepares healthcare providers from multiple disciplines for an increasing role in evidence-based practice to improve healthcare. National leaders present the latest in evidence-based practice.

The curriculum of the Summer Institute on EBP is organized around the ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation (Stevens, 2004). The model depicts relationships between various forms of knowledge, as newly discovered research evidence is moved through several stages and into practice. Configured as a simple 5-point star, the model illustrates five major stages of knowledge transformation: 1) knowledge discovery (research),2) evidence summary,
3) translation into practice recommendations,4) integration into practice, and 5) evaluation.

This inaugural interdisciplinary conference calls together scholars interested in advancing knowledge and scholarship about the place of “reflection” in health professional education and practice. Those who work in the field perceive a widespread need for a scholarly community that brings interdisciplinary groups together to exchange knowledge and to think together about pressing issues and key questions for advancing the field. This conference is a first step in that direction.

SUBTHEMES:

The Best Start Resource Centre team is pleased to announce this year’s annual conference. In this comprehensive program addressing preconception through to child health, you will find sessions relevant to your work and areas of interest. You will acquire the latest information, learn about innovative strategies and programs, and meet new colleagues.

The Best Start Resource Centre team is pleased to announce this year’s annual conference. In this comprehensive program addressing preconception through to child health, you will find sessions relevant to your work and areas of interest. You will acquire the latest information, learn about innovative strategies and programs, and meet new colleagues.

The Best Start Resource Centre team is pleased to announce this year’s annual conference. In this comprehensive program addressing preconception through to child health, you will find sessions relevant to your work and areas of interest. You will acquire the latest information, learn about innovative strategies and programs, and meet new colleagues.

The Best Start Resource Centre team is pleased to announce this year’s annual conference. In this comprehensive program addressing preconception through to child health, you will find sessions relevant to your work and areas of interest. You will acquire the latest information, learn about innovative strategies and programs, and meet new colleagues.