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The New Jersey Public Health Association (NJPHA) is excited to announce its 2019 Annual Conference!

The Conference theme this year is "Pressing Public Health Challenges: Systems Thinking, Opioid Crisis, and Use of Artificial Intelligence". A dynamic group of speakers will present on topics that are both timely and relevant to public health practice in the 21st Century.

On-line registration is now open! Please use the link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/njpha-2019-annual-conference-pressing-public-health-challenges-tickets-69221552527

"This conference has been approved for 4.5 NJ Public Health CE hours."

"An application has been submitted to award Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) up to 4.5 Category 1 Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH). Maximum Advanced-level contact hours are 4.5. The Rutgers Center for Public Health Workforce Development is a designated multiple event provider of CECHs by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing."

Click Here to Download a Printable NJPHA Conference Flyer

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The 2018 NJPHA Annual Conference was a huge success - thank you to all who participated. If you weren't able to join us, please click on the talk titles to view individual video recordings. We look forward to seeing you in 2019.

NJPHA 2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

“What Dictates Health - Is it Genetics or Zip Code?

 Health Equity, Research and Policy for a Healthier New Jersey

Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Time: 9 am – 4 pm

Location: Paul Robeson Campus Center

350 Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard

Rutgers University

Newark, NJ

This Conference is a collaboration between the New Jersey Public Health Association and the Rutgers University School of Public Health. The conference will bring local, state, and national public health leaders together to initiate a pragmatic dialogue addressing broad determinants of health and integrated solutions, and exhibiting the need for partnership and collective efforts towards provision of a fair and just opportunity for all New Jersians to be healthier.

This theme has been established to describe how health is linked to broader geospatial factors and community needs; to showcase a place-based needs approach that addresses social, and environmental factors impacting individual community health; and to discuss relevance of compatibility of the State and community health data as needed for making policies and developing programs aimed at removing barriers to health.

Keynote speaker

Pamela M. Aaltonen, PhD, RN

President-elect, American Public Health Association

 “What is the Domain of Equitable Health and Why Address the Social Determinants of Health?”

           Distinguished Speakers

Denise V. Rodgers, MD, FAAFP

Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Programs

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Director, Rutgers Urban Health and Wellness Institute

            “Addressing Barriers to Health- One Zip Code at a Time.”

Valerie L. Mielke, MSW

 Assistant Commissioner, NJ Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services

“Where Is the Place of Mental Health in Equitable Health?”

Abate Mammo, PhD

Director, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health

 “Can We Rely on Currently Collected Data to Identify Clusters of Social Determinants That Can Be Used For the Place-based Approaches to Address the Health Issues?”

Panel 1

“Mapping and Placed-based Approaches to address social and environmental factors impacting community health”

Panel 2

“Legislators, Advocates, and Media

Alliance Towards Promoting Equitable Health”

Click here for Conference at a Glance and event flyer

Registration is now CLOSED - thank you to all who attended.