Ellen McIntyre, PHC RIS
 4-6 June, Hobart Tasmania
The 2008 GP & PHC Research Conference will celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, in Kazakhstan. We will reflect on what we have (and have not) done towards achieving the goal of health for all. We will debate what still needs to be done to protect and promote the health of all the people of the world. And we will hear from many at the conference as to how their work is contributing to the goal health for all.
To refresh your memory - the Declaration of Alma-Ata at the 1978 International Conference on Primary Health Care, held in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, expressed the need for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all the people of the world. It was the first international declaration underlining the importance of primary health care. The primary health care approach has since then been accepted by member countries of WHO as the key to achieving the goal of health for all.
Can you help?
We have had several suggestions for workshop topics for this conference (see below) and invite you as a potential facilitator to submit a short summary (up to 300 words) of your preferred topic plus an outline of how you propose to conduct the workshop. If you have another topic you believe would be of interest to our conference delegates (researchers, practitioners, policy advisors) and that fits with the conference theme, please send a submission too.
There will be six workshops so competition will be robust. Deadline for submission of workshop summaries is 31 October. Please send your submission to Louise Baird at l.baird@flinders.edu.au.
Workshops will be conducted concurrently on Wednesday 4 June.
Proposed topics for workshops include:
- youth health
- men's health
- Indigenous health
- multidisciplinary teams
- health care delivery models
- health inequalities
- eHealth/health informatics
- advanced research methodology
- workforce matters
- making best practice easy practice
- the impact of BEACH data on policy and practice
- health economics
- working with the media
- linkage between researchers, policy makers and implementers
Further information is available at www.phcris.org.au/conference/2008
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