33rd Annual
Arizona Rural
Health Conference Focuses
on Border Issues and Rural Health, July 19-21:
Registration Now Open
June 26, 2006
From: Vicki B. Gaubeca,
(520) 626-7229
The longest-running rural health conference in the
nation, held here in Arizona, will focus this year on the State's
unique rural and border health challenges. Registration is now open for the
33rd Annual Rural Health Conference: Beyond
Borders: Collaborating for Health in Rural Arizona, set for Wednesday through Friday, July 19-21, at
the Bisbee High School, 675 School Terrace Road, Bisbee, Ariz.-one of the
"coolest" places for a conference in Southern Arizona in July.
The conference will present innovative approaches to
promoting healthy rural communities and to addressing Arizona's frontline rural
health challenges. The conference program will provide an in-depth look at how
health systems in rural communities are challenged by barriers and borders and
will explore successful programs and collaborative models to overcome these.
The conference, sponsored by the Rural Health Office at
The University of Arizona Mel and Enid
Zuckerman College of Public Health, the Arizona Rural Health Association, and
numerous other local Cochise County governmental, health care and
community health agencies, will offer a line up of internationally recognized
speakers exploring immigration, human rights and public health issues in the
region. In addition, there will be opportunity to attend a variety of
interesting and informational workshops, including a tour of the Mexican Health
Care System in Naco, Sonora, as well as to network with health professionals
from the state of Arizona, view poster sessions, and meet in-state and
out-of-state vendors in the health industry.
Conference attendees will include representatives from
rural, border, binational and tribal health agencies throughout Arizona, including
practitioners, public health planners, leaders, epidemiologists, health
educators, administrators, behavioral health specialists, nutritionists, tribal
representatives, researchers, academicians and students. Participants, and their
families, will be able to enjoy Bisbee's charming, historical and relatively
cooler surroundings, with numerous events and activities available.
Registration fee includes a one-year membership to the
Arizona Rural Health Association (AzRHA). Group and same-day registration is
available. Please visit the Rural Health Office online at www.rho.arizona.edu/Events/Conference/2006Schedule.htm
to download the conference brochure and to register online. For more
information, contact Rebecca Ruiz at (520) 626-2243 or raruiz@email.arizona.edu.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Friday, June 30,
is the deadline for
- Early bird
discount registration
- Rural Health
Service Award Nominations for Legislator, Project, Professional and
Volunteer of the Year
- Nominations for
AzRHA Board of Directors
- A pre-conference
workshop, "Finding Your Funding," is offered Wednesday, July 19, from 9:30 to
11:30 a.m. Advance registration is required.
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Established by the Arizona Board of Regents in January 2000, the UA Mel and
Enid
Zuckerman College of Public Health is the only
accredited college of public health in a 12-state mountain/pacific region. The
UA Zuckerman College of Public
Health's mission is to promote the health of
individuals and communities with a special emphasis on diverse populations and
the Southwest.
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Susan
Guthrie
Associate Director of Public
Affairs
The University of Arizona
College of Medicine -
Phoenix
4001 N. Third Suite, Suite
415
(602)631-6555
sguthrie@email.arizona.edu
Follow this link to learn more about the
expansion of the UA College of Medicine in
Phoenix.