Please join us for the 2020 Kansas Governor’s Public Health Conference to be held at the Marriott Wichita in Wichita, KS, March 31st – April 2, 2020.
The 2020 Kansas Governor’s Public Health Conference will feature nationally-recognized keynote speakers on topics including:
–Improving school and community cultures to prevent school violence and suicides
–How to transform yourself and your community to live longer and healthier
–Lessons learned from disaster response around the world
and
–Strategies to ensure governmental public health is well-prepared for present and future health challenges
In addition, a wide selection of breakout sessions tailored to meet the changing needs of the populations served through public health programs and initiatives will be offered.
The Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning and MCH Home Visiting sessions will include immigration policy, domestic minor sex trafficking, behavioral health and fertility awareness-based methods of contraception. The Public Health sessions will include updates on syphilis, earthquakes in Kansas, CBD, vaping, vaccine hesitancy, drug trends and mosquitoes. The conference will include a ‘hot topics session’ featuring distracted driving, sexual violence prevention, suicide prevention and Kansas’ electronic surveillance system for notification of community based epidemics (ESSENCE).