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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04191988 - IO.4 To._ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra April 11 ,. 1988 C .�)sta DATE: c`. i "J SUBJEcT: Bay Area Cancer Prevention Summit SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMWIENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Endorse the planning which has been done for the Bay Area Cancer Prevention Summit as presented in the attached report from Dr. Wendel Brunner. . 2 . Express. the Board' s appreciation to. Dr. Brunner and all of the, staff- in. the Health Services Department who have been responsible, for„planning the Bay Area Cancer Prevention Summit. 3 . Remove this item .as a referral ' to our Committee. BACKGROUND-. t On titarch 1, 1988, the Board of Supervisors reaffirmed its support for the Bay Area Cancer Prevention Summit and asked the Health Services Director to report to our Committee on the final details of the planning for the Summit. , Dr. Brunner presented the attached report to 'our Committee April 11, 1988.. The Summit will be held May 18 and 19 ' at the Kaiser Family Foundation Convention Center in Palo Alto. The agenda which is attached to Dr. Brunner' s memo demonstrates how outstanding this Summit will be. We have brought together leaders in cancer research and cancer prevention from the Bay Area as well as nationally. This Summit is .probably unique in the United States in bringing together leaders from throughout a geographic region to :develop a coordinated, regional approach to cancer. prevention. As Dr. Brunner indicates in his memo, many of the costs .for the Summit are being borne by the Kaiser Family Foundation and for this we are especially grateful. The agenda for the second day of the. conference is being planned by the Stanford Health Promotion Resource Center at the Stanford University Medical School. We enthusiastically recommend the Board' s endorsement of the Bay Area Cancer Prevention Summit. CONTINUED, ON ATTACHMENT: -X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF.COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR �_ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE 071E ?G,�( SIGNATURE(S1: Sunne W Mc-Pea 6_ Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON Apr11 19, 98�8 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 1S A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND .CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT' 'ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED _ April l9, 1988_ Health Services Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Dr. Wendel Brunner SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY r ,DEPUTY M382/7-83 k. f CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT To: Internal Operations Committee Date: Supervisor McPeak, District 4 April 11, 1988 Supervisor Torlakson, District 5 From: Wendel Brunner, M.D. ! subject: Update on Bay Area Director of Public Health Cancer Prevention Summit The Bay Area Cancer Prevention Summit is scheduled for May 18th and 19th at the Kaiser Family Foundation Convention Center in Palo Alto. The conference will be limited to approximately 80 participants and will consist of representatives from the Bay Area health departments as well as the American Cancer Society, the School of Public Health, State Health Services Department, Northern California Cancer Center, public policy makers, and key agencies and individuals from the Bay Area. The purpose of the Summit is to evaluate the trends and patterns of cancer in the Bay Area and to develop a coordinated, regional approach to cancer prevention. A major component of the conference will be a planning process which will incorporate the Bay Area health departments and key regional cancer agencies into an ongoing cancer prevention effort. The agenda for the first day of the conference is attached. The subjects covered include the epidemiologic description of cancer in the Bay Area and various models for interventions. Most of the speakers represent expertise available here in the Bay Area and will be involved in the ongoing regional pre- vention efforts. In addition to the local speakers, the following persons will participate to give a national Perspective to our regional efforts: From the National Cancer Institute - Jeff McKenna From the Kaiser Family Foundation - Alvin Tarloff, President Sarah Samuels, Program Director Larry Green, Vice President for Health Promotion The second day of the conference will be a series of workshops focused on planning the ongoing regional activities. These workshops will be organized by Stanford Health Promotion Resource Center. Funding for this conference has been obtained from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the State Health Services Department, the Northern California Cancer Center, the California Public Health Foundation, and local health departments. The evident interest of the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Cancer Institute is particularly encouraging, and we will be pursuing substantial future fundinq with both of those agencies as well as others. WB:rm Attachment cc: Supervisors Fanden, Powers, Schroder County Administrator Phil Batchelor A-41 �I81 .;.- Bay Area n r Su rnm �t Regional Ca Ce . Bay Area Regional Cancer Summit MAY 18-19 FIRST DAY AGENDA 8 : 00 Registration and Coffee 8 : 30 Why We Need Regional Cancer Prevention Strategies Supervisor Sunne McPeak, M.P .H. Contra Costa County 8 : 45 Defining Health Problems from a Community Perspective Carl Smith, M.D . , Director Public Health Alameda County Health Care Service Agency 9 : 00 Risk Factors and Cancer Epidemiology in California Panel Presentation and Discussion Don Austin, M.D . , Chief , Cancer Prevention Section State Department of Health Services L. Duncan Saunders , M.D . , Epidemiologist S . F. County Health Department, Chronic Disease Division Peggy Reynolds , Ph.D . , Epidemiologist Cancer Prevention Section, State Department Health Services . Lorelei DiSocra, F.D . , Ed.D . , State Department of Health Services , Nutrition and Cancer Prevention Program 10 : 20 BREAK 10 : 45 Linking outcome Data with Levels of Intervention Wendel Brunner, M.D Director Public Health Contra Costa County Health Services Department 11- : 00 Public Information/Social Marketing Campaigns Panel Presentation and Discussion Jeff McKenna, Ph.D . , Cancer Communication Division, National Cancer institute Sarah Samuels , Dr. P .H. , Program Coordinator; Hen::y J . Kaiser Family Foundation �w 12 : 00 LUNCH 1 : 15 Community Mobilization Campaigns Panel Presentation and Discussion Enid Hunkeler, M.A. , Senior Investigator Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research Ellen Feighery, M. P .N_. , Executive Director, North Bay Health Resource Center Davis Leino-Mills , M. P .H. , Public Education Director, American Cancer Society, California Division 2 : 30 BREAK 2 : 50 Organizational and Policy Change Panel Presentation and Discussion Lorelei DiSogra, R.D . , Ed.D . , State Department of Health Services, Nutrition and Cancer Prevention Program Marianne O' Sullivan, M. P .H. , Executive Director Health Access Coalition Mark Pertshuck, Esq. , Executive Director Americans For Nonsmokers Rights 4 : 05 Prevention Strategies and Program Planning Larry Green, Dr . PH. , Vice President, Kaiser Family Founda- tion Health Promotion Program 4 : 45 Health Department Reaction Panel Health Officers and Conference Participants 5 : 15 KICK-OFF TO DAY 2 ! 5 : 30 Social Hour, Informal Conversation with Presentors and Participants \barescnf