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Foodborne infections cause 76 million illnesses and 5,200 deaths in the U.S. each year.


Healthy people 2010 objective:

Increase the proportion of adults who are vaccinated annually against influenza and ever vaccinated against pneumococcal disease.

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Public Health - Prevent. Promote. Protect

Second Annual Prevention Health Conference

2nd Annual Prev Health SummitThe Second Annual Prevention Health Conference was held in Tulsa, OK September 25 & 26, 2007. The goal of the annual conference is to emphasize the necessity and benefits of funding prevention-oriented programs, promoting health and wellness in the community, and the importance of partnerships. Below you will find links to presentations made at the 2007 conference. If you have any questions or need more information, contact Cheray Smith at csmith@tulsa-health.org or (918) 595-4462.

Keynote Speakers 

How to Save 100,000 Lives presented by Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH, Director of the Institute for Health Policy at the University of Texas School of Public Health

Secrets to Life Expectancy presented by Lester Breslow, MD, MPH, SCD, Professor Emeritus of Health Services and Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health, UCLA  

An Idea Whose Time Has Come presented by Patrick Reynolds, grandson of tobacco company founder RJ Reynolds and champion of a smoke free society

Breakout Session Speakers Day One

Cancer Risk & Prevention in Men presented by LaKeisha Lovings, RN, MS, WHNP, MBA, Senior Nursing Instructor at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Women Go Red presented by Barbara Hannah, EdD, MS, BS, RN, Nursing Program Manager, Jane Phillips Medical Center

Dangerous Decibels presented by Jacqueline Scholl, AuD, Audiologist, Tulsa Health Department

Food Recalls presented by Sean Cheney, Recall & Emergency Coordinator, US Food & Drug Administration

Men's Reluctance to Seek Mental Health Services presented by Mark Davis, MSW, Director, Mental Health Assistance Center Recovery Services Program, University of Oklahoma

Latest Developments in Adolescent Health Care presented by Mark G. Martens, MD, Professor, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa

An Ounce of Prevention: Limiting Disordered Eating in our Youth presented by Leah Graves, RD, LD, FAED, Supervisor of Nutrition Therapy, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital

Bird Flu: Is the Pandemic Alarm Still Chirping? presented by Kristy Bradley, DVM, MPH, State Epidemiologist, Oklahoma State Department of Health

Denial and Diabetes presented by Gerald Clancy, MD, President, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa

Naturopathic Medicine & Cancer Prevention in Women presented by Katherine Anderson, BSC, ND, Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Early Signs of Autism: The DIR Model & Floortime Approach presented by Cheryl LaFortune, MA, CCP-SLP and Gary Jones, PhD - Psychologist 

Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: 2007 Update presented by Rebecca Coffman, MPH, RN, CIC, Epidemiologist, Oklahoma State Department of Health

Breakout Session Speakers Day Two

It's Not the Fat that Makes You Fat presented by David Fields, PhD, Assitant Professor, Department of Pediatrics/Children's Medical Research Institutes Metabolic Research

Peri-Menopause/Post-Menopause presented by J. Mary Beal, DO, Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University

Reactive Attachment Disorder presented by Marcialee Ledbetter, MD, Medical Director and Grey McKellar, LCSW, Program Director, Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health

Chemical Hazards in the Community presented by Chris Ruhl, On Scene Coordinator, US Environmental Protection Agency