Why does Conference on Immunization and Health Coalitions Single out Autism?

Why is autism the only diagnosis singled out for a breakout session at the  9th Annual Conference on Immunizations and Health Coalitions ? Not cancer. Not juvenile diabetes. Not ADHD. Not bi-polar. Not muscular dystrophy. Just autism.  Is it because the autism community has questioned vaccine safety? Is this why Alison Singer of Autism Science Foundation is presenting at this conference? You may recall the Dr. Paul Offit, vaccine expert and patent holder is with ASF as well. See schedule below:

2010 NCIHC SCHEDULE

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
 
7:30am - 5:30pm

Registration
9:00am -12:00pm  Pre-conference Workshops
 
 
·   Coalition Maintenance and Tune-Up
Frances Dunn Butterfoss, PhD

·   Utilizing the Media to Promote Your
Message
Amy A. Pisani, MS
 
2:00pm - 3:30pm

 Welcoming Remarks and Opening Plenary
 
·   National Current and Future Climate for
 Immunizations
  –   Challenges and Success
  Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS)
 
 
3:30pm - 4:00pm

Break
Visit Exhibitors and Poster Session
4:00pm - 5:15pm

 Concurrent Sessions
 
·  Government Agencies and Coalitions:
  Roles, Conflicts of Interest and
  Opportunities
 
·  Strategic Planning, Programmatic Using
  Logic Models
 
·    Autism

·   Non-traditional Partnerships:  How to Create
   Win-Win Relationships

· Provider Trainings

5:30pm - 7:00pm

 Reception
Visit Exhibitors and Poster Session
 
   
Thursday, May 27, 2010
 
 
7:30am - 5:00pm
 Registration
 
7:30am - 9:00am  Continental Breakfast
Visit Exhibitors and Poster Session
 
9:00am - 10:00am Plenary Speaker
 
 
· An Immunization Expert’s Experience with
    Coalitions and the Media
    Ari Brown, MD, FAAP
 
 
10:00am - 10:30am Break
Visit Exhibitors and Poster Session

10:30am - 11:45am  Concurrent Sessions
 
· Legislative and Administrative Advocacy
 
· Strategies to Reach the Hard to Reach
  Population

· Coalition Media Relations
 
· Coalitions Working with Schools

· Starting a Coalition
 

12:00pm - 2:00pm
 Lunch
Visit Exhibitors and Poster Session
 
2:00pm - 3:15pm
 Concurrent Sessions
 
· Coalition Effectiveness and Efficiency

· H1N1 Update

· Vaccines and Science

· Addressing Disparities in Health Outcomes

· Working with Faith Communities

 
 
3:15pm - 3:45pm  Break

3:45pm - 5:00pm Plenary Speaker
 
 
·     Technology and “E-Tools”
  Trish Parnell 

 
Friday, May 28, 2010
 
 
7:30am - 12:30pm Registration
 
 
7:30am - 9:00am Continental Breakfast
 
9:00am - 10:15am Concurrent Sessions
 
· Coalition Fundraising in Lean Times
 
· Collaboration Between Health Coalitions:
  Working Together and Sharing Agendas

· Using Technology

· How to Use Volunteers
 
· Communicating with Parents
 

10:15am - 10:45am Break
 
 
10:45am - 11:45am: 
 Plenary Speaker
 
 
· Social Marketing of Our Issues
  Daniel Swartzman, JD, MPH
 
 
11:45am - 12:00pm: 
 Closing Remarks and Adjourn
 
 
 

 

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