New England Health Promotion Institute

New England Health Promotion Institute
September 30 - October 2, 2001

NOW AVAILABLE! The National Conference of State Legislatures Health Promotion Program held a New England Health Promotion Institute in Nashua, New Hampshire, September 30-October 2, 2001, that included sessions on cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, physical activity, nutrition, obesity and tobacco. This report reviews progress that the six New England states have made toward implementing their action plans, including a review of legislation introduced during the 2002 session.

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New England Health Promotion Institute Six-Month Evaluation

Updated August 2003

In the fall of 2001, the Health Promotion Program at NCSL hosted the first Health Promotion Institute. The objectives of this meeting were to:

Increase state policymakers' knowledge about chronic disease prevalence and prevention (arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes) and strategies to eliminate health disparities related to chronic diseases.
Increase state policymakers' knowledge about risk factors that support health promotion and disease prevention (tobacco, nutrition and physical activity.
Explore roles that state legislators play to develop effective health promotion and disease prevention policies and activities in their respective states.
Stimulate dialogue among state legislators, state health department staff and private, nonprofit organizations about health promotion and chronic disease prevention.

Following is the agenda and speaker presentations for the New England Institute.

Opening Remarks: Charting New Directions in Health Promotion Policy

Speaker: Dr. Jim Marks, Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Coming into View: Strategies to Promote Healthy Hearts

Speaker: Nancy Watkins, Team Leader, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation, Cardiovascular Health Branch, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC

Pathways Towards Cancer Prevention: Navigating Policy Options

Speaker: Randy Schwartz, M.S.P.H., Senior Vice President for Cancer Control, American Cancer Society
Speaker: Graham Colditz, Dr.P.H., M.D., Harvard University
Speaker: Ms. Judith B. Stephany, Secretary, New England Board of Directors, American Cancer Society

Exploring Approaches to Diabetes Prevention (not available)

Speaker: Ms. Laura Simpson, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Diabetes Center