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<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hello health education colleagues!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I wanted to pass along an amazing opportunity for CHES/MCHES hours, brought to you by OPHA and the Oregon Health Authority. <br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Self-Management Forum and Place Matters conference (November 19-21) are approved for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or
Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to
15.5 total Category I continuing education contact hours for the following
meetings:</span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Self-Management
Forum – up to 3 hours (basic level only)</span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">       </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> 
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Place
Matters day 1 – Wednesday, November 19 – up to 3.5 hours basic or advanced</span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Place
Matters day 2 – Thursday, November 20 – up to 6.5 hours basic, 4 hours advanced</span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Place
Matters day 3 – Friday, November 21 – up to 2.5 hours basic or advanced</span></font></p><font>

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<span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></div><font><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You're invited to join this biennial health 
promotion and chronic disease prevention conference. Please join 
colleagues and partners to be inspired, motivated and challenged by more
 than 40 presenters and hundreds of participants. The conference brings 
together state and local organizations that are working together to make
 healthy communities.<br><br>There is still time to register - the fee of $50 ($25 for students and seniors) covers registration and CHES/MCHES credits for all three days. Some scholarships are available and may be requested upon registration. <br><br></span></font></div><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font>For details and registration information, please visit <a href="http://www.healthoregon.org/hcc">www.healthoregon.org/hcc</a>. I look forward to seeing you next month.<br><br>Laura Chisholm, MPH, MCHES</font><br></span></div>