Yesterday marked multiple firsts for the Ounce of Prevention Conference! Record attendance. Four concurrent plenaries. First social media campaign. In our first live-tweet event, conference attendees tweeted photos, questions, reactions and presenter quotes in real-time using the hashtag #Ounce2013. Instant gratification! Here are some of our favorites.
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| Elecia Miller |
Elecia Miller, of the Lawrence Mayor's Health Task Force, is longtime and dynamic member of the Ounce of Prevention Conference Planning Committee, involved in crafting the Healthcare Reform and the Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention plenaries. Here, Elecia reflects on her work and the on this year's conference.
What do you want participants to learn at the conference?
I often hear “how does what I do affect Public Health?”, or “what does that have to with me?” Public Health is everyone’s business, no matter who you are. Think of the impact of smoking bans in public places, or immunization requirement for all residents and then ask those questions again. I am hoping that the conference keynote and plenaries will bring some of that thought process home.
