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1 UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY And The JOINT COLLEGES OF MEDICINE, ORAL HEALTH AND VETERINARY SCIENCES Present The 3 rd Annual International Public Health Conference Challenges to Public Health in a Global Environment: Time for Action! CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Oct 4-6, 2013 Scientific Sessions Jamaica Conference Centre Port Royal Street, Kingston, Jamaica, W. I. 1

2 MAIN SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS DAY ONE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013 TIME ITEM RESPONSIBLE PARTY 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration OPENING CEREMONY 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Welcome Professor Winston Davidson Head, School of Public Health & Health Technology, Jamaica 9:10 a.m. 9:20 a.m. Greetings Dr. Irving McKenzie Dean: Joint Colleges of Medicine Oral Sciences and Veterinary Sciences UTECH 9:20 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Greetings Dr. Nkrumah Young Acting President University of Technology Jamaica 9:30 a.m. -9:40 a.m. Greetings Dr. Kevin Harvey Director of Health Promotion & Protection Ministry of Health 9:40 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Opening Address Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams MP Minister of State: Ministry of Industry Investment and Commerce 2

3 1 ST SCIENTIFIC SESSION Non-Communicable Diseases: Multi-Sectoral Action for Prevention Chair: Dr. Alverston Bailey Lecturer: School of Public Health & Health Technology UTECH 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. SPONSOR S MESSAGE 10:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Trends in Non-communicable Diseases Getting to 25 by 25 10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Non-Communicable Diseases: The Jamaican Experience Dr. Tamu Davidson Dr. Rosemarie Wright Pascoe NCD Committee, Jamaica 10:50 a.m. -11: 30 a.m. Panel Discussion: Institutional Framework for addressing NCDS Chair: Dr. Alverston Bailey Prof Winston Davidson, Prof Homero Silva, Prof Fitzroy Henry Dr. Tamu Davidson, Dr. Knox Hagley, Prof. Rosemarie Wright Pascoe 11:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. COFFEE & VIEWING OF EXHIBITS 2 ND SCIENTIFIC SESSION Public Health Nursing: Outreach & Interventions in Populations at Risk Chair: Mrs. Lorna Miller- Henry Programme Director: Public Health Nursing, School of Public Health & Health Technology 12:00 p.m.-12:10 p.m. SPONSOR S MESSAGE 12:10 p.m. 12:30 p.m. The Impact of The No User Fee Policy on Public Health Nursing 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Health care workers regarding Hepatitis B and Immunization. Dr. Adela Campbell Lecturer, Caribbean School of Nursing, UTech,Jamaica Mrs. Carol Beharie Public Health Nurse, Westmoreland Public Health Department, Jamaica 3

4 1 :00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. LUNCH & VIEWING OF EXHIBITS 2:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m. Sunshine and Sickness: The Vitamin D Connection Dr Anthony Vendryes 2:20 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Herbal Medicine: Ignorance is 3RD SCIENTIFIC SESSION No excuse : Adverse Interaction Occupational Health & Safety Risk Management Mr. David Picking Chair: Mr. Robert Chung Director OHSD Ministry of Labour and Social Security 3:00 p.m. 3:10 p.m. SPONSOR S MESSAGE 3:10 p.m. 3:30 p.m. The dollars and sense of OHS: Productivity at work Mr. Dwight Campbell Industrial Gas Limited 3:30 p.m. 3:50 p.m. Promoting Injury and disease reporting and risk communication Mr. Andrew Dale Ministry of Labor 3:50 p.m. 4:10 p.m. OHS Management Systems in Jamaican enterprises: What works! Mr. Jacob Mc lean Managing Director, Kaizen Training & Management Consultants, Jamaica 4:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Behavioural Safety: Are we there? What are the Lessons Learnt? Sherridah Watkis NORANDA Bauxite 4:30 p.m. 4:45 p.m. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS End of Day One: Closing Remarks 4

5 MAIN SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS DAY TWO: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013 TIME ITEM RESPONSIBLE PARTY 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. 9:05 Introduction of the Minister Chair: Mr. Naphtali Williamson Programme Director Environmental Health, SPHHT 9: 05 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. Opening Address Mr Ian Hayles MP Minister of State Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change 4 th SCIENTIFIC SESSION Environmental Health Challenges Chair: Mr. Naphtali Williamson School of Public Health & Health Technology, UTECH 9:35 a.m. 9:45 a.m. SPONSOR S MESSAGE 9:45 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. Leptospirosis and associated risk factors among butchers and associates in selected communities 10:05 a.m.- 10:25 a.m. Antimicrobial resistance in Meat and Other Foods Mr. William Broughton Director, Environmental Health Unit, Ministry of Health, Jamaica. Dr. Linnette Peters Director of Veterinary Public Health, Ministry of Health, Jamaica 5

6 10:25 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Infection Control in Health Care Institutions Mr. Don Lewis Public Health Inspector (retired), St. Catherine Health Department, Jamaica. 10:45 a.m. 11:10 a.m. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 11:10 a.m. 11: 40 p.m. COFFEE AND VIEWING OF EXHIBITS 5 TH SCIENTIFIC SESSION Climate Change And Healthy/Green Cities Chair: Mr. Peter Knight CEO: National Environment Planning Agency 11:40 a.m. 11:50 a.m. SPONSOR S MESSAGE Sub-Theme 1: Climate Change And Your Health 11:50 a.m. 12:10 p.m. Climate Change - Unforeseen Health Outcomes Ms. Sally Edwards Regional Coordinator,PAHO 12:10p.m. -12:30 p.m. Achieving Optimum Occupational Health is Climate Change a Determinant? 12:30 p.m. 12:50p.m. The impact of Climate Change on Physical Exercise Ms. Sharleane Williams MSc Student, UWI, Jamaica Prof. Homero Silva Lecturer: School of Public Health and Health Technology, UTECH 12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m LUNCH & VIEWING OF EXHIBITS 1:50 p.m. 2:10 p.m. The green city :approach to Sub-Theme 2: Green, Healthy and Walkable Cities for Climate Change Resilience increase resilience for climate change Mr. Ronald Brown Urban Development Corporation 2:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m. The concept of a healthy city Mrs. Gunilla Bergh Sustainable Development Advisor, PAHO/WHO 6

7 2:30 p.m. 2:50 p.m. Walkable Cities: Can this be achieved? 6 TH SCIENTIFIC SESSION Disaster Preparedness & Response Dr. Sonia Copeland Director: Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Jamaica Chair: Dr. C. Riley Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship 2:50 p.m. -3:00 p.m. SPONSOR S MESSAGE JN 3:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Community Disaster Response Ms. Lois Hue Jamaica Red Cross 3:30 p.m p.m. Natural Hazards and Public Health: At the Confluence of Nature and People Dr. Parris Lyew Ayee Director of the Mona Geo Informatics Institute,UWI, Jamaica 3:50 p.m. -4:10 p.m. Disaster response in Jamaica: Public Health implication Ms. Michelle Edwards 4:10p.m. 4:25 p.m. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS End of Day Two: Closing Remarks 7

8 MAIN SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS DAY THREE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2013 TIME ITEM RESPONSIBLE PARTY THEME Food & Public Policy in the Caribbean: The Role of Public Health Nutrition 9:00 a.m. 9:05 a.m. Introduction of the Minister Chair: Professor Winston Davidson Head of School, SPHHT 9:05 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Opening Address Hon. Ronald Thwaites Minister of Education, Jamaica 7 th SCIENTIFIC SESSION Part: I Public Health Nutrition in the Caribbean Context 9:30 a.m.- 9:55 a.m. Reversing the obesity epidemic in the Caribbean Chair: Professor Winston Davidson University of The West Indies Professor Fitzroy Henry 9:55 a.m. -10:20 a.m. Essential Caribbean actions in PHN to meet global obesity/ncd targets :20 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Photovoice: Engaging Youth in Creating a Healthy School Environment Dr. Godfrey Xuereb WHO, Geneva Dr. Carol Henry University of Saskatchewan, Canada 8

9 10:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Beyond promotion: issues of food regulation in combating obesity & chronic disease Dr. Audrey Morris PAHO 11:15a.m. 11:45 a.m. COFFEE BREAK 7 th SCIENTIFIC SESSION Part: II Global Mandates and Public Health Nutrition in the Caribbean Chair: Professor Fitzroy Henry 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The untapped private sector: more a solution than a problem to obesity/ncds 12:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m. From evidence to policy: the case for Caribbean Schools Dr. James Hospedales Executive Director CARPHA Professor Dan Ramdath University Saskatchewan, Canada 12:45 p.m. -1:15 p.m. Utilizing trade agreements to combat obesity and NCDs in Mr. Vincent Atkins OTN, CARICOM the Caribbean 1:15 p.m.- 2:15 p.m. LUNCH 7 th SCIENTIFIC SESSION Part: III Policy Implementation: A Forum With Government Ministers Chair: Professor Winston Davidson 2:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION ON: Obesity, Food Security and Public Policy Invited Panelists: Reps from MOH; MIIC; MOE; MOA; PIOJ: International Experts in Public Health Nutrition End of Day Three: Closing Remarks 9