Mark Your Calendar! SOPHE's 2012 Midyear Scientific Conference
Tuning Up Health Promotion: New Lyrics across the Lifespan | April 11-14, 2012 | Sheraton Music City Hotel | Nashville, TN
Attend the conference to network, socialize, and explore health promotion across the lifespan in four sub-themes, including environmental policy & change, health communications & informatics, health disparities & health equity, and healthy aging. Registration opens soon—stay tuned to www.sophe.org/2012midyear.cfm!
Call for Applicants for the 21st Century Student Scholarship to Attend the SOPHE Midyear Scientific Conference
Apply today to receive one of SOPHE’s 21st Century Student Scholarships for Conference Support to attend the Midyear Scientific Conference April 11-14, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. Deadline for applications is Feb. 6, 2012. READ MORE.
January is Birth Defects Prevention Month
One important means to help prevent birth defects is for pregnant women to quit smoking. SOPHE is involved in the Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Treatment (SCRIPT) Program. SCRIPT is an award-winning, evidence-based program shown to be effective in helping thousands of pregnant women quit smoking. Read more at: http://www.sophe.org/SCRIPT.cfm and http://www.marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/alcohol_smoking.html.
15th Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit
March 3-5, 2012 | Washington Court Hotel | Washington, DC
Online Registration Deadline: February 15, 2012
SOPHE invites seasoned professionals, first-time advocates, and students to join us, along with the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations and partners, for one and a half days filled with educational advocacy workshops and trainings all leading up to a full day of congressional hill visits. Click here for details on the summit and to register!
- Call for Papers: Health Promotion Practice
This call for papers focuses on strategies to effectively decrease tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke in Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. - SOPHE-AAHE Move Forward in Merger Discussion
Since December 2008, AAHE and SOPHE leaders have been discussing how to work more collaboratively to create a stronger voice for the health education profession. Read the Release of Joint Statement. - Call for Prospectuses: SOPHE Book on Global Health Promotion
SOPHE seeks proposals for a Global Health Promotion book that will advance the theoretical foundations, knowledge bases, and global applications of global health promotion. 
SOPHE's New Textbook - NOW HERE!
In 2011, SOPHE released its comprehensive textbook, Health Promotion Programs. For more information, click here.
