Kansas Healthy People 2020 Public Meeting at KUMC, Thursday, October 22, 2009

Kansas Healthy People 2020 Public Meeting
October 22, 2009
Kansas University Medical Center
(All day meeting. Specific times to be indicated soon)
Battenfeld Auditorium
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will conduct public meetings in Kansas City (Kansas), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), and Seattle (Washington) on draft objectives for Healthy People 2020 in October and November 2009. Participation is open to the public and registration is now open. To read more about Healthy People 2020, go to their main web site at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/default.asp.

Information about the meetings, the draft agenda, and registration may be found under “2009 Public Meetings”.

Purpose
The purpose of the meetings is to receive public comment on the draft Healthy People 2020 objectives and topic areas. HHS is also interested in receiving recommendations on strategies to make national health improvement progress across a range of diseases, conditions, behaviors and determinants of health.

Participants will be provided the draft set of Healthy People 2020 topic areas, objectives and meeting materials in advance of the public meeting date.

Who Should Attend
Participation at the public meetings is open to all individuals interested in the health and wellness of their communities and the nation, including state and local governments, community-based organizations, advocacy groups, professional associations, research and academic institutions, healthcare providers and clinicians, and business.

When you register you will most likely receive the Draft Objectives to be discussed. You can view them at: Healthy People 2020 Public Meetings

KPHA’s New Membership Software!

KPHA has a new membership Software that even members will be able to utilize - its called Wild Apricot!!

To Sign-in and “Explore” the New KPHA Donation, Membership and Event section for the first time:

1. Go to www.kpha.us

2. Click on Donate, Join, or Member Log-In to go to the KPHA member site:www.kpha.camp8.org

3. Type in your email address in field that says E-mail.

a. If you do not have an email address or you share an email address this may be your login: firstname.lastname@noemail.com

i. For example, my name is Jane Doe. My login would be jane.doe@noemail.com

4. The password will be your last name (ie. Jane Doe’s would be “Doe”)

5. If you have forgot your password (and you have an email address), you can click the Forgot Password link and a new password will be sent to your email address. If you do not have an email address and you have forgotten your password, you will need to contact KPHA at director@kpha.us for a new password.

6. We encourage you to change your password once you login. Click the “Change Password” link in the orange box, located just below your name and the View Profile link.

7. You can also visit your profile from here. The link is located just below your name. Here you can view your membership details, such as your membership level, status, renewal date, email address and other information. If you click the Edit Profile button at the bottom of the page, you can change your contact information and certain membership question answers. You can also change the text that shows up in the Member Directory.

8. You can also view Member Only documents and Conference Handouts by clicking the Members-only section link.

9. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so before or after logging in. If you donate more than $35 you will a member of the Crumbine Club (see Crumbine Club link under Donate).

10. You can find additional membership documents and applications under the Member Application link.

11. View upcoming events from the Events link.

If you would like a personal demonstration, please contact: director@kpha.us!

Please Support your Professional Association. To become involved, you can contact any one of the Board members or the office. We need volunteers to help with Committees, Sections, and events such as Health Day at the Capitol, the Public Health Statutes and Regulations Book, newsletter articles, putting together a Kansas Public Health Journal and the list goes on and on. Pease, show your spirit and get active today!

KPHA Fall Conference a Success

The Fall Conference was well attended this year, even though the numbers indicated many members would not be able to make it. Watch for the power point slide shows to be added to the website soon. Also here are the winners from the Awards Ceremony.

Tis the Season for Giving—Please Remember KPHA

For the past few weeks we all have heard on the radio, television and have read in the newspapers all the campaigns on giving. If you are a United Way Supporter you can designate your contribution to go to a non-profit of your choice. Just write “Kansas Public Health Association” on your contribution designation. You also have the opportunity to become a member of the KPHA Crumbine Club along with current and past Board members. If you still have your Conference Program, tear out the form fill it out and send it with your check. Make sure you indicate in the memo area that it is for the Crumbine Club. We will post donors on the website soon. So far, many thanks to: Heather Hincklin-Henke, Caron Shipley, Linda Frazier, Aaron Davis, Sonja Armbruster, Marvin Stottlemire, Debbi Baugher, Eldonna Chesnut, and Janis Goedeke! The KPHA Crumbine Club was the brain child of Dr. Stottlemire and you will be hearing soon from him and the Membership Committee volunteer “Chair to be”, Nicole Heim, on more information about the club. We hope to build the funds and use them to do special things for public health in Kansas.