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The 7th
Annual Partnership for a Heart-Healthy, Stroke-Free Massachusetts
conference took place at the Hoagland-Pincus
Center in Shrewsbury, MA, on June 3, 2011. The program began with a
business meeting led by co-chair David S. Weed, Psy.D. to nominate new
executive committee members and to make several procedural changes.
Awards were then presented to keynote speaker Senator
Harriette Chandler, a strong advocate of prevention, Mass.
Partnership for Healthy Communities director Peter Lee, and Dr. Weed
among others. Following lunch and an update on the burden
of heart disease and stroke in Massachusetts presented by DPH
epidemiologist Erin Kulick, David Hiltz of the American
Heart/Stroke Association led the group in a practice session using
the new
hands-only CPR procedure. The conference concluded with two
half-hour rounds of individual presentations and displays by resource
providers from around the Commonwealth. Click
here for a
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(Top row, left) Assistant Senate Majority Whip Harriette L. Chandler receives an award for her work in spearheading the Prevention Caucus in the Massachusetts State Senate from Allyson Perron, Senior Government Relations Director at the American Heart/Stroke Association. (Top row, center) Massachusetts Partnership for Healthy Communities director Peter Lee receives the Community Service Award from Paul Hattis, M.D. (Top row, right) Healthy City Fall River coordinator David Weed receives the Media Award. (Middle row, left) Stefanie Valovic of Health Resources in Action leads off the one-minute presentations of the heart/stroke health promotion initiatives throughout the Commonwealth. (Middle row, right) Dietitian Amanda Szot of Southcoast Hospital Cardiac Prevention program briefly describes the development of gardens in inner-city schools. (Bottom row, left) David Hiltz of the American Heart/Stroke Association leads the group in practicing hands-only CPR. (Bottom row, center and right) Pat Bebo of the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program, right, and Southcoast Hospitals Community Benefits director Kerry Mello, center, listen to presentations at two of the tables. |
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video of the CPR training.