2009 Priester Health Conference


	Call for Abstracts/Presentations Sorry...the deadline has passed! Call for Presentations Conference Tracks Conference Purpose Conference Objectives Conference Format Proposal Review Process and Criteria 2009 Priester Award Download complete Call for Abstracts/Presentations information and form [pdf] Call for Presentations Cooperative Extension professionals, their federal, state and local partners, and their students are invited to submit proposals related to the conference theme Healthy Transitions in a Changing World. Proposals should be related to one of the three tracks described below. ˆ topˆ Conference Tracks The 2009 conference theme, Healthy Transitions in a Changing World, celebrates Cooperative Extension's long history of promoting health and preventing disease for individuals of every age and background, in families of all types, living in rural, sub-urban, and urban communities. While the following tracks will allow participants to focus on areas of particular interest, participants may attend any presentations of their choosing. This year's Conference Tracks: *Healthy Families, Health Across the Lifespan,* and *Sustaining Communities* focus on programs that address today's challenges. Our communities, families, and youth are facing challenges such as baby boomer retirement, care giving for aging parents and other sandwich generation issues, new immigrant health, global consumer product safety, green living, and growing up healthy in a world of unprecedented affluence and communication technology, yet growing disparities among rich and poor. Participants are encouraged to take advantage of all conference tracks, since communities and professionals alike benefit from integrated programming. • *Healthy Families* – Even though dramatic medical advances continue to improve the health and well-being of families, a significant majority of family members continue to suffer and die from preventable and treatable diseases. From generation to generation, some of the most pressing physical, emotional, mental and social health problems still negatively impact families. Rooted in this millennium are social and economic difficulties that motivate families to seek answers for positive and long-term changes. Minority and limited-resource families are often more significantly impacted by these issues. • *Health Across the Lifespan* – Multidimensional intervention strategies are necessary in the identification, prevention, and attempt to address health needs across the lifespan. Components to include are physical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, environmental, and family influences on health. • *Sustaining Communities* – A desire to enhance accessibility to health education and information for individuals and families is critical to sustaining healthy communities. Communities who value diversity can promote efforts to effectively reach community residents who have little or no access to resources. Building relationships with community members is necessary to support individuals making healthy decisions and to assist them in overcoming personal barriers to achieving good health. Important to the success of a sustainable community is community capacity building and creating an environment that supports health choices. ˆ topˆ Conference Purpose The Priester National Extension Health Conference offers professionals from Cooperative Extension, their federal, state, and local professional and community partners, and their students an opportunity to share health- related educational programs and resources, applied research, and collaborative strategies. The annual conference is named in honor of retired CSREES National Program Leader Jeanne Priester. This year's conference is sponsored by the Purdue University College of Consumer and Family Sciences Extension, and the United States Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (USDA-CSREES). ˆ topˆ Conference Objectives Participants in the 2009 Priester National Extension Health Conference will: • increase knowledge of health trends and emerging issues • increase knowledge of current health education theory and research • increase knowledge of effective research-based health education programs and health promotion practices for diverse audiences • encourage program speakers/presenters to generate articles for publication in professional journals • increase knowledge of partnerships for health education, promotion, and policy • develop a network of colleagues and partners for initiating or expanding health initiatives • explore activities that support work/life balance • for students, gain experience in presentation skills and increase awareness of career paths ˆ topˆ Conference Format Proposals are invited for workshops, presentations, contributed papers and share fair displays. Contributed papers are designed to encourage student participation. Students may also participate as co-presenters. The proposal submission form follows. Submitted proposals should focus on programs that educate community members about research in one of the focus areas, individual behavior change strategies, health care access and quality, health policy, community health infrastructure, and/or health literacy. Programs in the areas of healthy lifestyles, chronic disease prevention and management, health literacy, environmental or occupational health, and health policy that relate to conference tracks are strongly encouraged. Workshops and presentations are sought that demonstrate innovative ideas, promising practices, and outcomes and impacts based on evaluation; that are designed to reach diverse or targeted audiences, for example: limited resource, low literacy, Hispanic/Latino, African-American, new immigrants, rural, urban; that are focused in a particular specialty area or that utilize integrated programming, i.e. that combine the efforts of Extension's traditional program areas of 4-H youth, family and consumer sciences, agriculture and natural resources, and community health and rural development; that address critical and emerging issues; or that are community, needs, or assets-based. Workshops that provide skills development and that apply to multiple tracks are also sought. • Workshop: 60-minute sessions intended to share established and innovative curriculum, programs or evaluation resources, or community or policy development strategies through interactive activities and presentations. • Presentation: 30-minute sessions intended to present information, research or evaluation results in a lecture format with some time for discussion. • Contributed Paper: 30-minute presentation given during a session with other presenters of accepted papers. Presenters will be grouped by subject matter for session. • Share Fair: An opportunity for Extension professionals to showcase successful programs, projects, research, evaluation strategies or resources. Skirted tables will be provided during this activity. Presenters are encouraged to share tabletop displays, sample materials, brochures, and contact information. Share Fair presenters will be expected to stand near their display during Share Fair. ˆ topˆ Proposal Review Process and Criteria Conference tracks are being planned by subcommittees. Subcommittee members include state and county Extension educators, university faculty, and their state and federal partners. Tracks may include presentations or workshops selected through the RFP process as well as sessions specifically planned by the subcommittee. In other words, subcommittees have the option of carving out a portion of the concurrent session time to plan and conduct a specific educational experience for conference attendees. Proposals that are submitted will undergo a blind review using the following criteria. Proposed Session: relates to the conference theme relates to one of the three identified tracks (or if skills-based, is relevant to health programming/research) has clearly defined learning objectives for conference participants describes a program/policy/activity that addresses identified need in community uses a collaborative approach provides participants with skills, knowledge, and abilities engages participants in active learning has clearly stated participant outcomes presents information in a new or creative way provides information that is replicable and applicable to other areas or populations provides evaluation data (where applicable) is appropriate for conference audience and objectives is research based with implications for application The quality of writing will be reviewed as well. The writing criteria include: grammar and spelling clear and concise writing ˆ topˆ 2009 Priester Award Consider submitting your program/activity for the Priester Award. The Priester Award is made in honor of the accomplishments and contributions of Jeanne M. Priester to the Cooperative Extension System. Ms. Priester was a leader in advancing health education within CES during her tenure at the United States Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the award is to honor Extension programs that are positively impacting the health of people in communities across the United States and are expanding Extension's capacity to effectively provide health programs. The Priester award will recognize sound and innovative health education programs on the county/multi-county and state/multi-state level. Look for award nomination forms and procedures in January 2009 at http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/extension/priester09/09PriesterConf.htm. Download complete Call for Abstracts/Presentations information and form [pdf]

Call for Abstracts/Presentations

Sorry...the deadline has passed!

Call for Presentations
Conference Tracks
Conference Purpose
Conference Objectives
Conference Format
Proposal Review Process and Criteria
2009 Priester Award

Download complete Call for Abstracts/Presentations information and form [pdf]

Call for Presentations

Cooperative Extension professionals, their federal, state and local partners, and their students are invited to submit proposals related to the conference theme Healthy Transitions in a Changing World. Proposals should be related to one of the three tracks described below.

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Conference Tracks

The 2009 conference theme, Healthy Transitions in a Changing World, celebrates Cooperative Extension's long history of promoting health and preventing disease for individuals of every age and background, in families of all types, living in rural, sub-urban, and urban communities. While the following tracks will allow participants to focus on areas of particular interest, participants may attend any presentations of their choosing.

This year's Conference Tracks: Healthy Families, Health Across the Lifespan, and Sustaining Communities focus on programs that address today's challenges. Our communities, families, and youth are facing challenges such as baby boomer retirement, care giving for aging parents and other sandwich generation issues, new immigrant health, global consumer product safety, green living, and growing up healthy in a world of unprecedented affluence and communication technology, yet growing disparities among rich and poor. Participants are encouraged to take advantage of all conference tracks, since communities and professionals alike benefit from integrated programming.

• Healthy Families – Even though dramatic medical advances continue to improve the health and well-being of families, a significant majority of family members continue to suffer and die from preventable and treatable diseases. From generation to generation, some of the most pressing physical, emotional, mental and social health problems still negatively impact families. Rooted in this millennium are social and economic difficulties that motivate families to seek answers for positive and long-term changes. Minority and limited-resource families are often more significantly impacted by these issues.

• Health Across the Lifespan – Multidimensional intervention strategies are necessary in the identification, prevention, and attempt to address health needs across the lifespan. Components to include are physical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, environmental, and family influences on health.

• Sustaining Communities – A desire to enhance accessibility to health education and information for individuals and families is critical to sustaining healthy communities. Communities who value diversity can promote efforts to effectively reach community residents who have little or no access to resources. Building relationships with community members is necessary to support individuals making healthy decisions and to assist them in overcoming personal barriers to achieving good health. Important to the success of a sustainable community is community capacity building and creating an environment that supports health choices.

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Conference Purpose

The Priester National Extension Health Conference offers professionals from Cooperative Extension, their federal, state, and local professional and community partners, and their students an opportunity to share health- related educational programs and resources, applied research, and collaborative strategies. The annual conference is named in honor of retired CSREES National Program Leader Jeanne Priester. This year's conference is sponsored by the Purdue University College of Consumer and Family Sciences Extension, and the United States Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (USDA-CSREES).

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Conference Objectives

Participants in the 2009 Priester National Extension Health Conference will:

• increase knowledge of health trends and emerging issues

• increase knowledge of current health education theory and research

• increase knowledge of effective research-based health education programs and health promotion practices for diverse audiences

• encourage program speakers/presenters to generate articles for publication in professional journals

• increase knowledge of partnerships for health education, promotion, and policy

• develop a network of colleagues and partners for initiating or expanding health initiatives

• explore activities that support work/life balance

• for students, gain experience in presentation skills and increase awareness of career paths

ˆ topˆ

Conference Format

Proposals are invited for workshops, presentations, contributed papers and share fair displays. Contributed papers are designed to encourage student participation. Students may also participate as co-presenters. The proposal submission form follows. Submitted proposals should focus on programs that educate community members about research in one of the focus areas, individual behavior change strategies, health care access and quality, health policy, community health infrastructure, and/or health literacy. Programs in the areas of healthy lifestyles, chronic disease prevention and management, health literacy, environmental or occupational health, and health policy that relate to conference tracks are strongly encouraged. Workshops and presentations are sought that demonstrate innovative ideas, promising practices, and outcomes and impacts based on evaluation; that are designed to reach diverse or targeted audiences, for example: limited resource, low literacy, Hispanic/Latino, African-American, new immigrants, rural, urban; that are focused in a particular specialty area or that utilize integrated programming, i.e. that combine the efforts of Extension's traditional program areas of 4-H youth, family and consumer sciences, agriculture and natural resources, and community health and rural development; that address critical and emerging issues; or that are community, needs, or assets-based. Workshops that provide skills development and that apply to multiple tracks are also sought.

• Workshop: 60-minute sessions intended to share established and innovative curriculum, programs or evaluation resources, or community or policy development strategies through interactive activities and presentations.

• Presentation: 30-minute sessions intended to present information, research or evaluation results in a lecture format with some time for discussion.

• Contributed Paper: 30-minute presentation given during a session with other presenters of accepted papers. Presenters will be grouped by subject matter for session.

• Share Fair: An opportunity for Extension professionals to showcase successful programs, projects, research, evaluation strategies or resources. Skirted tables will be provided during this activity. Presenters are encouraged to share tabletop displays, sample materials, brochures, and contact information. Share Fair presenters will be expected to stand near their display during Share Fair.

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Proposal Review Process and Criteria

Conference tracks are being planned by subcommittees. Subcommittee members include state and county Extension educators, university faculty, and their state and federal partners. Tracks may include presentations or workshops selected through the RFP process as well as sessions specifically planned by the subcommittee. In other words, subcommittees have the option of carving out a portion of the concurrent session time to plan and conduct a specific educational experience for conference attendees. Proposals that are submitted will undergo a blind review using the following criteria.

Proposed Session:

relates to the conference theme

relates to one of the three identified tracks (or if skills-based, is relevant to health programming/research)

has clearly defined learning objectives for conference participants

describes a program/policy/activity that

addresses identified need in community

uses a collaborative approach

provides participants with skills, knowledge, and abilities

engages participants in active learning

has clearly stated participant outcomes

presents information in a new or creative way

provides information that is replicable and applicable to other areas or populations

provides evaluation data (where applicable)

is appropriate for conference audience and objectives

is research based with implications for application

The quality of writing will be reviewed as well. The writing criteria include:

grammar and spelling

clear and concise writing

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2009 Priester Award

Consider submitting your program/activity for the Priester Award. The Priester Award is made in honor of the accomplishments and contributions of Jeanne M. Priester to the Cooperative Extension System. Ms. Priester was a leader in advancing health education within CES during her tenure at the United States Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the award is to honor Extension programs that are positively impacting the health of people in communities across the United States and are expanding Extension's capacity to effectively provide health programs. The Priester award will recognize sound and innovative health education programs on the county/multi-county and state/multi-state level. Look for award nomination forms and procedures in January 2009 at http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/extension/priester09/09PriesterConf.htm.

Download complete Call for Abstracts/Presentations information and form [pdf]