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Oakland
Monday, October 29, 2007: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

A7: A-7 Making the case to policy makers: Effective advocacy

This session will showcase the expertise and opinions of individuals with advocacy and lobbying experience in preconception-health related areas (women and infants health policy).This panel will focus on making the translations from these areas into preconception health. The panel discussion will also include examples of preconception health legislation and policy from states for analyis and discussion.
Moderator:Lisa Speissegger
1:30 PMCongressional Interest in Women's and Infants Health
Karen Thiel
1:50 PMLessons Learned from Past Advocacy Efforts on Women's and Infant's Health
Kay Johnson

The 2nd National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care of CDC