23rd Annual Minority Health Conference

Race, Class and Environment: The State of Minority Health

PLEASE NOTE:
The program is now full.  Any new registrations will be placed on a waiting list.

With William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecturer Richard Moore
Co-Founder of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice and the Southwest Organizing Project, and founder and Director of the Bobby Garcia Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Among the most important accomplishments of the public health profession in the U.S. during the last century is the successful reduction of many environmental conditions and risk factors that negatively impact the health of the public. Improved sanitation, cleaner water supplies, and greater regulation of waste disposal are but a few of the improvements. However, even as we enter a new century, environmental risks remain a major public health concern for many poor and minority communities. The disparities suggest that community members, public health practitioners, public health researchers and industry representatives must all come together in order to better understand and address both enduring and emerging environmental threats to public health.

Recognizing that poor and minority communities are disproportionately burdened by environmental threats to health, the 23rd Annual Minority Health Conference, entitled Race, Class and Environment: The State of Minority Health, has one overarching goal: To explore the impact of social and environmental factors on the health of minority populations by:

• Presenting the underlying conditions;
• Examining innovative strategies; and
• Identifying priority areas for future research and practice.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Center for Minority Aging
• Chancellor's Office
• Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
• Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Minority Health Project, School of Public Health
• Minority Student Caucus, School of Public Health
• Minority Student Recruitment Committee, Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine
• North Carolina Institute for Public Health, School of Public Health
• Office of Educational Development, School of Medicine
• Office of the Provost
• School of Public Health
• Student Union Board, School of Public Health
• Vice Provost for Health Affairs

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Chapel Hill-Carrboro Alumni Chapter

American Social Health Association

BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina

CIIT Centers for Health Research

GlaxoSmithKline

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Office on Women's Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services

The University of North Carolina General Administration

The Conference Planning Committee invites you to participate in the poster presentation. To do so, you must submit an abstract, via e-mail or by mail, that demonstrates your topic as timely and relevant to the Conference theme. The abstract must be received at the Office of Continuing Education by January 12, 2001.

Guidelines

Abstracts must be typed, single-spaced and should be no longer than 250 words. The title of the abstract should be centered at the top of the page. The author's name and academic degrees should follow the title. Leave one blank line between the title and the author's name and two blank lines between the author name and the first line of the abstract. Each abstract should include the following headings: introduction, methods, results, and conclusion. All abstracts should be relevant to minority health and to one of the concurrent session topics.

If you would like to present a poster, please e-mail your abstract to yolanda_riggsbee@unc.edu or submit a typed, original copy by mail. Be sure to include the following information: title of abstract, author's name and academic degrees, author's position/title, mailing address, phone number (including area code), fax number and e-mail address. Abstracts that do not adhere to the above guidelines will not be reviewed.

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at several local hotels. Please mention the Minority Health Conference when making reservations (by 1/15/01) at the following hotels:

Red Roof Inn
800-874-9000
$56.99 not including tax

Comfort Inn
919-490-4949
$69.00 not including tax

* Lunch is available to those who pre-register by 2/9/01. Participants who do not pre-register by 2/9/01, may purchase lunch at nearby restaurants.

Registration fees are due prior to the conference. Make checks payable to NCIPH.

Choose one of five ways to register:

• Complete the www registration page for this workshop and click the REGISTER NOW button, OR
• E-mail all registration information to oce@unc.edu, OR
• Fax the information on the registration page to 919-966-5692, OR
• Call 919-966-4032, OR
• Mail your completed registration form to:

Registrar, Office of Continuing Education
CB# 8165 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
UNC-CH School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165
(State Courier Code 17-61-04)

Participation is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register as soon as possible. You will receive written confirmation of your registration. If you have not received a letter one week before the program date, please call 919-966-4032 to check on the status of your registration.

Cancellations/Refunds

Full refunds will be issued to individuals who cancel one week prior to the program. Substitutions from the same agency are allowed at any time with prior notification of the registrar (919-966-4032).