<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Baskerville Old Face";
panose-1:2 2 6 2 8 5 5 2 3 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.14pttype
{mso-style-name:"14 pt type";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Please share the following information with your partners and contacts. We encourage all to join us for this year’s place matters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">The Oregon Public Health Division’s Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section invites all Oregon Health Authority employees to
the 2012 Place Matters conference, “Working together to create healthy communities.”
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">Place Matters is an opportunity to join others from the Pacific Northwest in sharing ideas, learning from experts in the field, celebrating
successes, and identifying opportunities to partner and collaborate on the best ways to make our communities healthy for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">The meeting offers many plenary and breakout sessions focused on creating environments that support being tobacco free, healthy eating, active
living and people taking care of themselves where we live, work, play, and learn. Professionals from throughout Oregon and across the nation will share their experiences and wisdom in promoting health, and creating communities and neighborhoods that offer
the opportunity for everyone to be healthy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"">In addition to numerous experts featured during breakout sessions, the four plenary speakers include Dr.
</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><a href="http://srph.tamhsc.edu/office-of-the-dean/sanchez.html">Eduardo Sanchez</a><span class="14pttype"> from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas;
</span><a href="http://tcenews.calendow.org/pr/tce/tony-iton-bio.aspx">Dr. Anthony Iton</a><span class="14pttype"> from the California Endowment;
</span><a href="http://www.sph.unc.edu/?option=com_profiles&Itemid=1874&profileAction=ProfDetail&pid=706269233">Dr. Kurt Ribisl</a><span class="14pttype"> from University of North Carolina; and
</span><a href="http://people.healthsciences.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=9857">Dr. Tony Kuo</a><span class="14pttype"> from Los Angeles County Office of Senior Health. A full agenda for the meeting is available at
</span><a href="healthoregon.org/hcc">healthoregon.org/hcc</a>; register by <span class="14pttype">
clicking on the “register now” link, and look at the summary and agenda tabs to learn more about the meeting.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="14pttype"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sabrina Freewynn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 NE Oregon Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 971-673-1121<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BB: 971-212-1661<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>