April 2008

Rural health conference

Chronic disease will be a focus of the 2008 Rural Health Conference to be held in Bendigo between April 30 and May 2.

Topics will include:

•           The role of health services in health promotion and the prevention of chronic disease;

•           How to respond to chronic disease as a coordinated health system;

•           Workforce implications of chronic disease prevention and management.

Keynote speakers will include:

•           The University of Dundee’s Professor Andrew Morris;

•           The University of Melbourne’s Professor Kerin O’Dea;

•           Director of the Health Department of Western Australia’s Office of Public Health Genomics Adjunct Professor Peter O’Leary.

The conference will be hosted by the Department of Human Services.

•           For more information visit www.ruralhealth2008.com.au.