Off the Cuff March 25, 2019

Off the Cuff: CVH Clinical and Community Connections for State & Local Public Health Departments
Information from state and national partners
Facilitated by the Cardiovascular Health Network of NACDD
Issue 139, March 25, 2019
Contact us at healthsystems@chronicdisease.org

Calls and Webinars Worth Your Time

Cardiovascular Health Network and Epidemiology and Evaluation Collaborative meetings at the DP18-1815/DP18-1817 Recipient Meeting, March 26-28 in Atlanta, GA
Sponsor: NACDD CVH Team 

Cardiovascular Health Network Meeting
Tuesday, March 26, 4:45–5:45 p.m. in Ravinia E

With icebreaker activities and small group conversations, this networking meeting will give you opportunities to share your resources and ideas and other folks working on Category B strategies.

Epidemiology and Evaluation Collaborative Meeting
Wednesday, March 27, 5 – 6:00 p.m. in Ravinia G

Do you think data is EEC-xiting? Are you enthus-EEC-astic about writing survey questions? Sometimes you wanna go where everybod-EEC knows your name: the EEC Social! All working with 1815/1817 epidemiology, evaluation and performance measurement are welcome to attend. You will meet our awesome EEC leads and your friends in other states. Come join our fun-filled event!  


NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services
June 19-20, 2019

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention Register for the free Pathways to Prevention (P2P) Workshop: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services. The workshop is open to the public and is designed for researchers, practitioners, and other professionals interested in clinical preventive services in a healthcare setting and issues of health equity. Registration is required, and attendees can join either in person at the Natcher Conference Center (Building 45) NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, Maryland  or via NIH VideoCast (in-person attendance is strongly encouraged).

Description
This P2P workshop will assess the available scientific evidence on achieving health equity in the use of clinical preventive services in a healthcare setting, focusing on the three leading causes of death in the United States: cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. 

News and Resources from CDC, NACDD and National Partners

From CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, NACDD, and Rice University
Reminder: Travel scholarships available to attend the 2019 Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference

CDC, NACDD, and Rice University are pleased to announce the availability of travel scholarships for GIS Network members to attend the 2019 Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Annual Conference June 2-6 in Raleigh, North Carolina. 

All state, local, tribal and territorial health department staff who use GIS for chronic disease prevention and control are eligible to apply, including those who have already registered and/or proceeded with travel approval through their health departments. Scholarship recipients will be asked to 1) complete a short online survey regarding how you are using GIS, and 2) assist with staffing the NACDD GIS exhibit table for two thirty-minute shifts during the CSTE Conference.

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