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Co-sponsored by:
West Virginia Healthy
Kids and Families
Coalition; American
Academy of Pediatrics,
West Virginia Chapter,
CAMC
Health Education and
Research Institute, WV
Community Voices; Office
of Maternal Child and
Family Health; West
Virginia Primary Care
Association; Office of
Healthy Schools,
Department of Education;
West Virginia Institute
for Health Policy
Research.
Generously Supported
By: Claude
Worthington Benedum
Foundation; Sisters of
Saint Joseph Health and
Wellness Foundation; WV
Children’s Health
Insurance Program;
Mountain State Blue
Cross & Blue Shield;
Office of Maternal Child
and Family Health,
Bureau for Public
Health, Office of
Epidemiology and Health
Promotion |
First Lady Gayle
Manchin Will Host
Children's Health
Forum
 First
Lady Gayle Manchin
will host the Child
Health Forum on
November 2-3, 2006.
This is the second
annual event on
child health hosted
by the First Lady.
Last year, the Child
Health Conference
explored topics in
child health
including
prevention, obesity,
quality of care,
oral health, school
health and perinatal
health. This year we
are sponsoring a
smaller event with
three plenary
sessions and a
number of updates.
The purpose of the
forum is to continue
the State
conversation on
child health,
celebrate our
progress and come to
consensus around the
most urgent issues.
Co-hosts for the
forum will be Joan
Phillips, MD,
president of the
West Virginia
Chapter of the
American Academy of
Pediatrics and
Fernando Indocochea,
MD, president elect.
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With plenary sessions focusing on:
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Perinatal Health: Findings and Recommendations of the
Perinatal Health Study Group |
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School Health: Findings and Recommendations of the
School Health Partnership |
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Mental Health: Organizing to Identify and Address
Priorities for Children's Mental Health |
Updates on:
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SCHIP Re-Authorization in 2007: Find out how you can
help. |
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FamilyUSA Campaign for Children's Health Care |
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West Virginia Medicaid Redesign: What does it mean for
child health? |
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West Virginia Child Health Quality Initiative |
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Taking Care of Your Sick Child Parent Education Project |
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What West Virginia Communities Have to Say About
Priorities in Child Health |
Guest Speakers:
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Professor Mark D. Weist is currently
a Professor at the University of Maryland, School of
Medicine. He has been involved in school mental health (SMH)
training, practice, research and policy since 1991. He
directs the School Mental Health Program and the Center
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Dr. Pat Cooper is the superintendent
of schools in McComb, MS and is in his thirty-fifth year
of public education service. He has served as a
classroom teacher, principal, university faculty member,
and as Assistant State Superintendent in the Louisiana
State Department of Education. Dr. Cooper is also
President of the Mississippi Alliance for School Health
(MASH), and serves on the Governor’s Association to
develop a national network on school/health
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Conference Planning
Committee: Dr. Joan Phillips, Robin Rector, Sharon Carte,
Phil Edwards, Dr. Fernando Indocochea, Nancy Tolliver, Ann
Dacey, David Majic, Linda Anderson, Becky King, Rebecca
King, Eileen Barker.
Staff: Renate Pore, Anne Durham, Mountainside
Media. If you would like to help plan or participate
contact Renate Pore.
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