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Perspectives in Public Health: Maternal and Child Health
Texas Department of Health Quarterly CME Conference
On Friday, September 28, 2001, from 8:00 Am to 4:00 PM, the Texas Department of Health (TDH) will
present its Quarterly CME Conference, Perspectives in Public Health: Maternal and Child Health.
Designed for public health and primary care physicians, the conference will be held at the North
Austin Medical Center, in the Decherd Auditorium, 12221 Mopac Expressway N. in Austin, Texas.
The program will consist of lectures supplemented by audiovisual slide presentations.
After attending this conference, the participants will be able to
+ prevent, detect at an early stage, treat, control, or take remedial action against specific
medical conditions that may adversely affect the health of individuals and populations in
Texas;
+ identify policies, processes, and products that promote and protect the health of people and
preserve environmental quality; and
+ establish relationships with other physicians concerned with public health and preventive
medicine issues through dialogue with presenters and other participants.
Topics covered at the upcoming conference include
+ Part I: Panel on Texas Health Steps
Stephen Barnett, Consultant for TDH, Texas Health Steps Program, Austin, Texas
+ Part II: Panel on Texas Health Steps
Josie Williams, MD, Medical Director, Texas Health Quality Alliance, Austin, Texas
+ Addressing a Silent Crisis: Childhood Obesity, Prevention and/or Management
Stephen Barnett, MD, Consultant for TDH, Texas Health Steps Program, Austin, Texas
+ Medical Management and Rehabilitation of the Most Complex Cases in Traumatic Brain
Injury Coma Management
Mary Carlile, MD, Medical Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Services, Baylor Institute for
Rehabilitation, Dallas, Texas
+ Part I: Sex Education: What Should We Tell Our Kids?
Janet Realini, MD, Director of Family Planning,, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, and
Josh Mann, MD, MPH, Director of Research, The Medical Institute or Sexual Health,
Austin, Texas
+ Part II: Sex Education: What Should We Tell Our Kids?
Janet Realini, MD, Director of Family Planning, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, and
Josh Mann, MD, MPH, Director of Research, The Medical Institute for Sexual Health,
Austin, Texas
The Texas Department of Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 hours in
Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim
only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
This program has been reviewed and is acceptable for 6 prescribed hours by the American Academy
of Family Physicians.
The Texas Department of Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
For further information and to register, call the TDH Public Health Professional Education Program at
(800) 252-8239, Press 4, or (512) 458-7677. You may pay the registration fee at that time by credit card or
you may send a check with the completed form located on the back page of this issue.
Additional conference information is available on the TDH website at www.tdh.state.tx.us/phpep/cme/
cmeevents.htm.
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Vol. 61 No. 18
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