Social Forces & System Dynamics that Influence Health, July 17-19, 2008
United Way is pleased to be a co-sponsor of a unique dynamic learning conference that will take place in July.
Partial scholarships are still available--at least 40 % of scholarship dollars is available for persons representing or serving disadvantaged communities and communities of color. The scholarship deadline has been extended--applications will continue to be received and reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis in June. The deadline for overall registration is July 1.
SOCIAL FORCES & SYSTEM DYNAMICS THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH
July 17-19, 2008 (Troutdale, Oregon)
This conference will examine how system dynamics in communities and social institutions influence health. Social forces are major determinants of our health. New research and recent experiences—in our own lives and with those we live, work and serve—prove this daily. Even diseases attributable to individual behavior, like obesity, are influenced by underlying conditions such as poverty, discrimination, stress, marketing by profit-driven global corporations, substandard housing, built environments, and so forth. Health disparities exist because of these forces. This is why approaches that address only individual behavioral change are no longer sufficient to improve health and prevent disease.
Those interested in learning more about how systems influence health are invited to attend this three-day, nonresidential conference in Portland. Leaders of nonprofit organizations that provide services to disenfranchised members of our communities are particularly encouraged to register. Partial scholarships are available for those representing or serving disadvantaged communities and communities of color.
For more information on the conference go to http://www.nwhf.org/events/systemshealth.php
Partial scholarships are still available--at least 40 % of scholarship dollars is available for persons representing or serving disadvantaged communities and communities of color. The scholarship deadline has been extended--applications will continue to be received and reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis in June. The deadline for overall registration is July 1.
SOCIAL FORCES & SYSTEM DYNAMICS THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH
July 17-19, 2008 (Troutdale, Oregon)
This conference will examine how system dynamics in communities and social institutions influence health. Social forces are major determinants of our health. New research and recent experiences—in our own lives and with those we live, work and serve—prove this daily. Even diseases attributable to individual behavior, like obesity, are influenced by underlying conditions such as poverty, discrimination, stress, marketing by profit-driven global corporations, substandard housing, built environments, and so forth. Health disparities exist because of these forces. This is why approaches that address only individual behavioral change are no longer sufficient to improve health and prevent disease.
Those interested in learning more about how systems influence health are invited to attend this three-day, nonresidential conference in Portland. Leaders of nonprofit organizations that provide services to disenfranchised members of our communities are particularly encouraged to register. Partial scholarships are available for those representing or serving disadvantaged communities and communities of color.
For more information on the conference go to http://www.nwhf.org/events/systemshealth.php
