The 6th annual State of the Public’s Health (SOPH) conference was held Tuesday, October 17, 2017 and featured presentations from top national, regional, and state public health leaders. View the conference program here.
Keynote Speakers
- Laura Hanen, MPP, NACCHO Interim Executive Director and Chief of Government Affairs,
- Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department and NACCHO Immediate-Past President
- J. Patrick O’Neal, MD, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Public Health
Conference Briefs
- As rural hospitals, healthcare become scarce, telehealth still shows promise
- CDC program improves prenatal testing for HIV
- Georgia Dept. of Health aims to reduce word gap with new program
- Birmingham’s Greg Townsend offers model to improve health equity in divided communities
- Improving health literacy can play key role to prevent opioid misuse
- Policy plans in the works to reduce opioid abuse in Georgia
- Two Georgias Initiative launches, seeks to reduce health disparities in rural counties
- UGA partners with, empowers rural communities to reduce obesity
