When: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 (11 a.m. to 12:30 PT / 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET)
Price: Free
Where: Webinar
Join UNITY Co-Chair Larry Cohen in conversation with national public health leaders on preventing violence, and hear remarks by Howard Spivak, the new director of the Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Register now.
This webinar features an extensive question-and-answer session for the audience to interact with an expert panel of presenters, which includes:
- John Auerbach, Massachusetts health officer and president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- Barbara Shaw, director of the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
- Howard Spivak, director of the Division of Violence Prevention, CDC
- Adewale Troutman, director of Public Health Practice and Leadership at the University of South Florida, and former director of the Louisville Department of Public Health and Wellness
- Larry Cohen, executive director of Prevention Institute (moderator)
Discussion topics include opportunities for strengthening efforts to create healthy communities by preventing violence, and ways for state and local health departments to partner with each other and with other sectors. To submit questions for the panel in advance, email benita@preventioninstitute.org by Monday COB, Oct. 3.
Preventing Violence Is Critical to Our Nation's Health
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST / 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST
Register Now
The third in a series hosted by the CDC, ASTHO, National Association of County and City Health Officials, the American Public Health Association, and Safe States Alliance, this webinar will build on previous webinars and extend the conversation on using public health infrastructure, programs and policies to prevent violence.