Pre-Conference Workshop
Title/Theme: Health Promotion Core Competency, Innovations and Health Literacy
Date and Time: 2019/11/20 14:00-20:00
Location: Payathai Campus, Mahidol University
Overview:
Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Collaborating Centres for Health Promotion (APACPH CCHP) will co-host this pre-conference workshop with Thailand Ministry of Public and Health and Taiwan Health Promotion Administration, Department of Health and Welfare. This pre-conference workshop will not only provide key principles for health promotion core competencies with a focus on health planning, implementation, and evaluation; partnership building; and diversity and inclusiveness but also incorporate health promotion innovations, such as digital health and information and communications technologies (ICTs), as well as health literacy into the main theme of the workshop.
This workshop intends to bring together health promotion experts from Asia-Pacific countries including Thailand, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan to talk about health promotion core competencies and to share the best practice experiences and/or lessons learned from these countries. The workshop will focus on three key health promotion core competencies; each of them will be followed by a country case sharing to illustrate how the given core competencies are applied in the real world setting.
Intended Audience: This workshop is designed for health promotion professionals, researchers, students who are interested in learning more about principles and real-world experiences for the three key health promotion core competencies, as well as acquiring the latest knowledge and development in the areas of health promotion innovation and health literacy.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand health promotion core competencies and how they are manifested in real world cases.
- Acquire up-to-date knowledge and development in health promotion, innovation, and health literacy.
- Build networking skills among trainees, new and experienced researchers, and practitioners.
Registration: Please register for our pre-conference workshop at the 51st Annual APACPH Conference official website. Please note seats are limited, so reserve yours early!
Invited Speakers
Vice President Finance, APACPH
Director and Distinguished Professor, Master Program in Applied Molecular Epidemiology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
- Dr. Amporn Benjapornpitak (TBA)
Deputy Director-General, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
- Dr. Chanuantong Tanasugarn (TBA)
Dean, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand
Director, Planning Division, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
Secretary-General, APACPH
Director, Centre for Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University, Australia
Inspector Director, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
President, APACPH
Professor and Chair at The Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
- Dr. Surintorn Kalampakorn
Associate Professor, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand
President-Elect, APACPH
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Dr. Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn
Executive Director, ASEAN University Network-Health Promotion Network (AUN-HPN), Thailand
Workshop Organizing Committee
Director-General, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
Vice President Finance, APACPH
Director and Distinguished Professor, Master Program in Applied Molecular Epidemiology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Director, Taiwan Regional Office, APACPH
Director and Professor, Ph.D. Program in Global Health and Health Security; Master Program in Global Health and Development, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Professor, Master Program in Long-Term Care, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Associate Professor, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Assistant Professor, Department of Leisure Industry and Health Promotion, College of Health Technology, National Taipei University of Nursing Health Sciences, Taiwan
Secretariat, APACPH Taipei Treasure Office
Project Manager, APACPH CCHP
Project Manager, APACPH CCHP