Register soon for the Western Migrant Stream Forum

[Guest guest]

15th Annual Western Migrant Stream

Forum

Trabajando Juntos: In the

Field, Home & Community

January 27-29, 2006

Portland

Marriott Downtown Waterfront

Portland, OR

Registration brochure available at www.nwrpca.org

Only one week left for early registration - Deadline is December 23, 3005

Don’t miss

out on the opportunity to network, share best practices, and learn from other migrant

health professionals in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Arizona and Nevada!

PRE-CONFERENCE

WORKSHOP

Evaluating

the Effectiveness of Workplace Safety & Health Interventions: A

Participatory Workshop: Thursday,

January 26, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

This

participatory workshop will begin with typical problems encountered in

promoting and maintaining workplace safety and health and community health for

farmworkers:

1) Evaluating Your Home-Based Promotora Women’s

Health Education Program,

Cartwright, PhD, Idaho

State University

2) Certificates for Proper Bending and Lifting, Pamela Elkind, PhD, Eastern Washington University

3) Wine Grape Vineyard Case, Faucett, RN, PhD, FAAN, University

of California, San Francisco

4) Diabetes Dental Case, Sherri

Lukes, RDH, MS, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Workshop is suitable for migrant clinic staff, promotoras,

outreach workers, health educators, clinicians, and other health promotion

professionals, as well as occupational safety and health professionals, and

researchers. Facilitated by: Ted Scharf, PhD, National Institute of

Occupational Health and Safety; “Val” Valosen, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention. Visit: http://www.nwrpca.org/conf/forum.php

for more details.

SAMPLE

WESTERN FORUM SESSIONS:

Developing Successful Migrant Health Delivery Models and

Funding Proposals

HIV/AIDS: Prevention, Screening & Treatment intensive

Growing New Leaders in Migrant Health: A Roundtable

Discussion

Addressing Obesity in a Farmworker Population

Developing Promotora Programs

A Popular Education Approach to Prenatal Education for High

Risk Women

Language Assistance Plans for Health Care Providers

And many more!

Call (206)

783-3004 or visit www.nwrpca.org if you

have any questions or need additional information.

The Western Forum is produced by Northwest

Regional Primary Care Association

in partnership with the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration,

Bureau of Primary Health Care