Health Behavior Intervention: Combining Research and Practice
September 24-25, 2007  
Amelia Island, Florida

The University of Florida's Addictive & Health Behaviors Research Institute, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and The American Academy of Health Behavior, proudly invites you to the 3rd Symposium on Addictive & Health Behaviors Research titled Health Behavior Intervention: Combining Research and Practice. This is the first year that the Symposium will be open to national participation. It is also the first time the Symposium will be held at the beautiful Amelia Island Plantation Resort in northeast Florida, September 24th and 25th, 2007.

The 3rd Symposium will provide a forum for the multi-disciplinary exchange of both scientific and application knowledge of health behavior intervention.

This year's Symposium is designed to provide health professionals and researchers with state-of-the-art research knowledge and practical solutions on developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating successful interventions for affecting addictive and health behaviors.

Nationally recognized researchers will present leading scientific information in the areas of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, physical activity, and obesity intervention, as well as cross-cutting topics such as brief interventions, and multiple behavior interventions for improving health and preventing harm.

The Symposium is a two-day meeting involving in-depth presentations from invited researchers with allotted time for audience-researcher interaction, lunch roundtables permitting small group discussions with invited speakers, and an evening reception showcasing poster research, and permitting researchers and practitioners to socialize and network.

Previous Symposia have been broadly attended by addictions specialists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, health educators, public health specialists, nurses, physicians, researchers, and students.

Abstract submissions are due August 16, 2007, online at: http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/addictive/

CME's will be provided for physicians, health educators, nurses, and social work and mental health specialists for a $25 processing fee. Registration fees are $325 regular registration (by September 17, 2007) and $375 during late registration (on or after September 18, 2007). Full-time student registration fees are $200 during regular registration and $225 during late registration. For more information, contact (904) 281-0726.   

Registration Fees include continental breakfasts and box lunches on both days of the Symposium, as well as an evening reception on the first day. In addition, all attendees will receive a Symposium packet including presenter slides and reference lists. Registrants are responsible for all other meals and lodging.

Register online at: http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/addictive/