Our Education Programs
Women’s Health Virginia’s annual conference and other education programs bring Virginians together to focus on medical and non-medical issues relating to women and girls’ wellness, the development of their health behavior, and their use of health care.

Register now for our Annual Conference


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FROM TV TO TWITTER:

Media’s Links to Healthy &
Risky Behaviors

Friday, June 11, 2010

At Alumni Hall in Charlottesville



National and Virginia experts will increase your understanding about:

  • How young females are exposed to media from infancy to young adulthood
  • How media exposure is changing with the development of new media and constant connectivity
  • How media affects physical and mental health, social and educational development
  • The connection between media and risky behaviors in eating, physical activity, violence, substance use, or relationships
  • How girls and young women can be more savvy about media and get reliable information about wellness issues from media
  • How media, medical and educational professionals, parents and peers can increase media’s positive impacts and mitigate negative ones

 

This day-long program is for all who are concerned about
the future of girls, teens and young women.

Check back soon for schedule details and speakers!

The registration fee is $75 (early registration fee of $65 before March 15); $40 for students.

REGISTER NOW!

  • Register ONLINE
  • Download a registration form
  • Or call us: 434-220-4500.

FEES:

Before March 15th: $65
After March 15th: $75
Student registration: $40

Processing fee added for credit card transactions.

*WHV will consider requests for a limited number of partial or full scholarships. If you wish to apply, e-mail or mail a letter to WHV explaining your reason for requesting financial assistance and the amount you request.

 

Continuing education credits

Women’s Health Virginia is applying for continuing education credits:

CMEs from the American Academy of Family Physicians, Nursing contact hours
to be approved by the Virginia Nurses Association
CHES continuing education contact hours from the Virginia Dept of Health
CPEs from the Virginia Dietetic Association
Continuing education credits from the NASW-Virginia Chapter

Please let us know of other accreditation you want us to consider.

WHV will provide certificates of attendance, upon request.

 

Accommodations

Women’s Health Virginia has reserved a block of rooms at the
Cavalier Best Western Inn, 105 N. Emmet Street (one block from the conference)
at the rate of $87 per night single or double (plus tax).
To make reservations, call 434-296-8111 and indicate you are with the
Women's Health Virginia group by May 11, 2010.

 

 

Other education programs

HPV Vaccines: Making an Informed Decision

(date and location TBA)

Are you a parent, educator, health professional or early teen
who wants to understand more about the HPV vaccines?

This workshop will examine the public and personal health issues
regarding the vaccines. Check back soon for details.

 

If you are interested in becoming a conference sponsor or exhibitor of a future program,
call (434) 220-4500 or e-mail us.

 

Our previous annual conferences were:

Growing Girls Strong — Strategies for Building Life Skills & Preventing High Risk Behavior (2009)

Stepping Over the Lines—Young Women’s Risk-Taking, Time for Concern (2008)

10 Years on the Way to Women’s Wellness—Roads Well Traveled, Directions Ahead (2007)

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Self-Image & the Challenge for Women & Girls’ Wellness (2006)

Pathways to Women’s Wellness:
Integrating Conventional, Complementary & Alternative Approaches to Prevention & Treatment (2005)

Working Women’s Wellness 9-5 24/7 (2004)

Women as Caregivers—Cradle to Grave (2003)

Food & Fitness: Lifelong Challenges (2002)

It’s More Than Words: Communications and Women's Health (2001)

The Multicultural Mosaic and Virginia Women’s Health (2000)

The Dollars and Sense of Women's Health (1999)

Virginia's Challenge: Women's Wellness (1998) (prior to WHV incorporation)