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HPPA Preliminary Program

 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

 

Session I:               8:30 – 10:00

Session Title:        Community, Health, and Happiness

Chair:                       Morris Altman, University of Saskatchewan

Location:                STM Room 260

 

[1]        Presenter/Author: Morris Altman, University of Saskatchewan

             “Is There a Kink in the Happiness Literature: A Healthy Perspective?”

 

[2]        Presenter/Author: Carole Courtney, SWITCH, Saskatoon

“SWITCH – Advancing the Health of Our Community Through an Interprofessional Student-Managed Wellness Center”

 

[3]        Presenter: Janice M.Victor, University of Saskatchewan

             Authors: Janice M. Victor & James B. Waldram

“Sex Offender Legislation: Mediating Individual Rights and Community Safety in Public Policy”

 

Session II:             10:15 – 11:45

Session Title:        Disease and Prevention

Chair:                       Wallace S. Lockhart, University of Saskatchewan

Location:                STM Room 260

 

[1]        Presenter/Author: Caroline L. Tait, University of Saskatchewan

             “Locating Risk, Defining Prevention”

 

[2]        Presenter: Fernando De Maio, Simon Fraser University

             Authors: Fernando De Maio, Michel Joffres, Christine Joffres

             “Chronic Disease in Latin America: Research Challenges & Policy Potential”

 

[3]        Presenter: Recep Gezer, University of Saskatchewan

             Authors: Nazmi Sari, Recep Gezer, Elizabeth L. Harrison, Karen Chad, Nigel Ashworth, Anne Paus Jenssen, Bruce Reeder, Suzanne Sheppard, Koren L. Fisher

             “Economic Contributions of Physical Activity Programs to the Publicly Funded Healthcare System”

 

Session III:            13:00 – 14:30

Session Title:        Healthcare Policy and Knowledge

Chair:                       Hugh Grant, University of Winnipeg

Location:                STM Room 260

 

                     [1]        Presenter/Author: Catherine van Mossel, University of Victoria

             “Acts of Resistance in Public Consultation: Opposition to Privatisation and Profit-Making in Health Care”

 

[2]        Presenter: Wallace S. Lockhart, University of Saskatchewan

             Authors: Wallace S. Lockhart and Rein Lepnurm

             Quality of Care in Health Regions: An Index for Benchmarking

 

[3]        Presenter/Author: Denise Kouri, National Centre for Healthy Public Policy

             “Linking Public Policy Knowledge and Public Health Knowledge: The Inter-Disciplinary Project of the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy”

 

Session IV:            14:45 – 16:15

Session Title:        Healthcare Reforms and Physician Incentives

Chair:                       Nazmi Sari, University of Saskatchewan

Location:                STM Room 260

 

[1]        Presenter/Author: Hugh Grant, University of Winnipeg

             “The Incomes of Canadian Physicians in the ‘Post-Caps’ Era”

 

[2]        Presenter: Kit Ling Lam, University of Saskatchewan

             Authors: Kit Ling Lam and Nazmi Sari

             “Physician Work Force Projection in Saskatchewan”

 

[3]        Presenter/Author: Ake Blomqvist, National University of Singapore

             “Recent Developments in Health Policy in China”

 

Thursday, May 31, 2007

 

Session V:              8:30 – 10:00

Session Title:        Health and Well-being

Chair:                       Fernando De Maio, Simon Fraser University

Location:                STM Room 260

 

[1]        Presenter/Author: So-Yan Seto, University of Toronto

“Children’s Environmental Health in Public Health Nursing: From Learning to Practice”

 

[2]        Presenter/Author: Marusia Kaweski, University of Saskatchewan

             “The Concept of Healing in Social Sciences Research”

 

[3]        Presenter/Author: Nick Mulé, York University

“Recognizing the Health and Well-Being of Gender and Sexually Diverse Populations in Public Health Policy”

 

Session VI:            10:30 – 12:00

Session Title:        Norms and Socioeconomic Behaviour

Chair:                       Ake Blomqvist, National University of Singapore

Location:                STM Room 260

 

[1]        Presenter/Author: Nazmi Sari, University of Saskatchewan

             Anti-smoking policies and the demand for cigarettes: Do social norms matter?”

 

[2]        Presenter/Author: Randy L. Johner, University of Regina

“A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Social Exclusion in Single Mothers”

 

[3]        Presenter/Author: Marilyn Terzic, McGill University

“Seeing Through the Smoke: Challenging and Changing the Social Norms Regarding Tobacco Use”


Session VII:          13:00 – 14:30

Session Title:        Impacts of international health research collaboration

Chair:                       Nina Di Stefano, Association of Universities and College of Canada

Location:                STM Room 260

 

[1]        Presenter/Author: Nina Di Stefano, Association of Universities and College of Canada

“Profiling the Impacts of North-South Research Collaboration for Development”

 

                     [2]        Presenter/Author: Joanne Embree, University of Manitoba

                                  Universities of Manitoba and Nairobi: A 28-year collaboration”

 

[3]        Presenter/Author: Walter Kipp, University of Alberta

                                  Research and policy: A case study from western Uganda

 

14:45 – 16:15        Organized Panel

Location:                STM Room 260

 

 

16:30 – 17:30        Keynote Address

Location:                STM Room 260

                

                

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