Health Disparities Conference Taking Registrations Through Start of Event Friday
Registration may be done online or in person at the beginning of the 2015 Arkansas Health Disparities Conference on Friday, April 10, at the University of Arkansas.
The keynote address will be given by Pearl McElfish, director of research for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences-Northwest, on the topic "Promoting Community and Client Engagement for Better Health." A panel on the benefits and risks of medical marijuana is also scheduled.
The conference includes a full day of presentations by health and social service professionals on topics that include preventing childhood injuries, engaging the diabetic community, health disparities and race, the Arkansas PROMISE program, state prisoners and mental health, research-based nutrition, an update from the Tobacco/Drug Free Coalition, and suicide prevention.
The College of Education and Health Profession and Arkansas Migrant Education are co-sponsoring the conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development, 145 N. Buchanan, Fayetteville.
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Contacts
Heidi Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
(479) 575-3138,
heidisw@uark.edu
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