Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Coordinators: Peter Landless & Gary Hopkins

Presentation: Overview of the World Tobacco Problem
Presenter: Dr Linda Hyder Ferry, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Loma Linda, University School of Medicine & School of Public Health Loma Linda, California
Time: 2:00 – 2:10 pm

Presentation: Policies and Strategies to Tackle Smoking and Drug Abuse in Hong Kong
Presenter: Professor Lee Shiu Ming, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Time: 2:10 – 2:30 pm

Presentation: Innovating in Health and Literacy about Tobacco Use
Presenter: Dr Luis Saboga Nunes, Department of Public Health, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Time: 2:30 – 2:50 pm

Presentation: Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Stop Smoking Programs – What Works?
Presenter: Dr Linda Hyder Ferry, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine & School of Public Health Loma Linda, California
Time: 2:50 – 3:20 pm

Break: 3:20 – 3:40 pm

Presentation: Alcohol – Are there Real Health Benefits?
Presenter: Dr David R. Williams, Florence & Laura Norman Professor of Public Health, Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology, Harvard School of Public Health
Time: 3:40 – 4:05 pm

Presentation: Does the 12-step Program Work?
Presenter: Dr Mihran Ask, Specialist in Addiction Medicine, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center and Loma Linda University
Time: 4:05 – 4:30 pm

Presentation: How Drugs affect those with No Choice and No Voice – especially the Children
Presenter: Dr Kiti Randall-Freier, Specialist Psychologist and Consultant to Drug Endangered Children and The Institute for the Prevention of Addictions
Time: 4:30 – 5:00 pm

Break: 5:00 – 5:20 pm

Presentation: Service and Mentoring in Prevention of At-Risk Behaviors – Prevention as Primary Care
Presenter: Dr Duane McBride, Chair of Behavioral Sciences, Andrews University and Director of The Institute for Prevention of Addictions; Dr Gary Hopkins, Associate Director of The Institute for the Prevention of Addictions and Assistant Director, General Conference Health Ministries
Time: 5:20 – 6:00 pm

End: 6:00 pm

Thurdsay, July 8, 2009

Coordinators: Peter Landless & Gary Hopkins

Presentation: Marijuana – Safer than Tobacco? Should it be Freely Available?
Presenter: Richard Willis, Director of the National Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, United Kingdom
Time: 3:15 – 3:35 pm

Presentation: How to Implement a Recovery Program
Presenter: Dr Mihran Ask, Specialist in Addiction Medicine, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center and Loma Linda University
Time: 3:35 – 3:55 pm

Presentation: The Impact of Alcohol Use on Social Determinants – Are the Consequences Equal for All?
Presenter: Dr David R. Williams, Florence & Laura Norman Professor of Public Health, Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology, Harvard School of Public Health
Time: 3:55 – 4:15 pm

Panel discussion
Time: 4:15– 4:25 pm

Break: 4:25 – 4:45 pm

Presentation: How to Construct and Implement Stop-Smoking Programs
Presenter: Dr Linda Hyder Ferry, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine & School of Public Health Loma Linda, California
Time: 4:45 – 5:30 pm

Presentation: Harnessing the Internet in Stop-Smoking Endeavors
Presenter: Dr. Luis Saboga Nunes, Department of Public Health, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Time: 5:30 – 6:00 pm

End: 6:00 pm

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