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Venue : Sheraton Hotel, Kuwait
Date    : 7TH – 9TH March, 2005
 
 
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Day I Monday 7.3.2005
Opening ceremony:
8:30 am
1. HE Dr Mohamed Ahmad Al-Jarallah, Minister of Health.
2. Dr Tawfiq Khoja, Executive Director, Health Ministries' council for GCC states
3. Dr Ahmad Al-Shatti, Conference Coordinator.
Plenary Session:
9:00 am
Revisiting Old Health Challenges.

Professor Zohair Sebai, Family and Community Medicine. KSA
Health Promotion, Who is Responsible?
Dr Tawfiq Khoja, Executive Director, Health Ministries' council for GCC states,
New horizons of Health promotion in GCC.
Walf Kirstin, International Health Consulting, Germany.
A Global Perspective to Health Promotion - Examples of current global Projects.
Dr Ahmad Al-Shatti, Director HEMD & OHD. MoH. Kuwait.
Promoting Kuwait's health, an insight.
Session-1
10:30 am
Health Promotion at the core of Public Health

Dr. Layla Al-Jasem , HEMD, MOH
Socio-cultural influences on health behavior in health promotion.
Dr Jasem Ramadan, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
Role of Physical Activity in Public Health Promotion: A Reality or Fallacy
Dr Mohammed Zubaid, Chair, Cardiology dept, Mobarak Al-Kabir Hospital
Are we following the right lifestyles?
Dr. Nawal Al-Hamad, Nutrition Dep. MoH
Promoting a healthy choice of nutrition, community level interventions
Session-2
12:30 pm
e-health as a tool of health promotion

Prof. Amal A El Badawy, Community Medicine Department, Zagazig Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Health Promotion: From Theory to Practice
Dr Abdulatif El-Mor, Consultant PH, HED, MOH
e-Health in community Medicine
Prof. Amal A El Badawy, Community Medicine Department, Zagazig Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Role of e-Health in Health Promotion
Day/Mini Symposia D1MS1-
4:00 pm
Presentations and Communication Skills. Train the trainers

Dr Moosa AL-Jowaiser, Consultant Family Pr phctitioner.

Effective Presentation:
1. How to prepare for a presentation?
2 What to say and how to say it?
3. Meta language.
4. Psychological and Mental Preparation.
5. Have Fun.
6. Communicating with All.

Day II Tuesday 8.3.2005
Session- 3
8:30 am
Health Promotion & Community Based Initiatives CBI

Dr. Abdulhalim Jukhdar, RA, EMRO, WHO
Key issues in Health Promotion.
Dr Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani, director, Preventive affairs, School health. MoE
Islamic principles of Health promotion
Dr. Abdulhalim Jukhdar, RA, EMRO, WHO.
The Experimental Multi-media Updated Arabic version of the Action Oriented School Health Curriculum for Basic Education
Session- 4
10:30 am
Risk Factors Survey, step-wise

Dr. Osama Al-Khateeb, RA, EMRO, WHO.

Behavioral Factors & Health (Diet, Physical Activity, Obesity, Tobacco)

1- NCD Risk factors.
2- NCD Risk Factors and PHC.
3- Diabetes prevention and care at PHC.
Session- 5
12:30 pm
Prof. Salman Rawaf
Socio-cultural influences on health behavior in health promotion.
Day/Mini Symposia D2MS2-
4:00 pm
Evidence-Based practice in Health Promotion

Walf Kirstin, International Health Consulting, Germany.
Health Risk Assessment - Creating a Baseline for Health Promotion Programs
Dr Salim Adib, Assoc. Prof. of Epidemiology, University of Balamand, Lebanon
Evidence-Based Research in Health Promotion
Walf Kirstin, International Health Consulting, Germany.
The Evidence of Health Promotion Effectiveness - Examples of successful health promotion programs in different settings and countries.

Day III Wednesday 9.3.2005
Session- 6
8:30 am
National experiences: Challenges and success stories in Health promotion. I:

1. KSA
2. Oman
3. Dr. Amal Al-Jawder, HED. MoH. Bahrain. Health promotion in Bahrain, the chances and challenges
Session- 7
10:30 am
National experiences: Challenges and success stories in Health promotion. II

1. Yemen
2. UAE
3. Qatar
4. Dr Hamdiya Al-Fadhly & Dr Majed Radwan. HEMD. MOH. Kuwait.
Healthy clinics and smoking cessations clinics, the Kuwaiti experience.
Session- 8
12:30 pm
Community Health promotion, special groups needs. Special needs groups (Women’s Health, Youth Health, Geriatrics, school health, workforce, expatriate workers…).

Dr.Amal Al-Yahya, HEMD, MOH
Promoting Women's Health after 40.
Dr Saleh Saad Al-Ansari, General Director, School health, MoE. KSA.
Health promotion at Saudi schools.
Dr Ahmad al-Shatti & Sunkara Rao. OHD. MoH
Expatriate workers, special health needs and hazards.
Dr. Lina Abu Dheir, KOC
Ahmadi Hospital Experiences in Health promotion efforts in oil sector.
Day/Mini Symposia D3MS3-
4:00 pm
Social Marketing...the Healthy choice!

Dr Abdulhaleem Jukhdar, RA, EMRO, WHO.
Practical aspects of social marketing.
Dr Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani, director, Preventive affairs, School health. MoE
Social marketing and its role in Health promotion programs.
Dr Hamza Zowba. Consultant, circle international media company
Planning and executing an integrated social marketing campaign.
 
 
 
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