On behalf of the leadership of the Ohio Public Health Association, I invite you to attend the 68th Annual Meeting of the Association on April 28-30, 2009 at the Indian Lakes Resort in Bloomingdale, Ohio.  This year’s theme will emphasize the value of public health advocacy in strengthening the public health infrastructure.  The program content will focus on the intersection of citizen advocacy with organizational advocacy as a method to redefine broad support for the public health infrastructure.  The annual meeting committee will select topnotch speakers to address models of “cause development” that have succeeded at local, state and national levels.  Over the past several years, important public health programs have been significantly under funded -- underscoring the need for developing a new public health infrastructure in Ohio. 

Michael Jordon