organized by the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities
in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
The conference will be held at the Central European University Conference Center in Budapest from June 10 through 14, 1997.
General Introduction
9:00 am Principles of Epidemiology and Public Health, Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, Dean,
Johns Hopkins
9:45 am Principles of Organization of Community-based Activities, Lee Bone, MPH,
Instructor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins
10:30 am Break
10:45 am The Country-wide Integrated Non-Communicable Disease Intervention (CINDI)
Program, Igor Glasunov, MD, Director of WHO's CINDI Program in Russia
11:30 am Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
12:00 pm Lunch
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
1:00 pm Epidemiology and Public Health Issues Related to Prevention of Cardiovascular
Disease in US, Leon Gordis, MD, Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins
1:45 pm Trends of Cardiovascular Diseases in Europe: Will Health Promotion Provide and
Answer? Wolfgang Scheuermann, MD, Ruprecht-Karls University Hospital of Heidelberg
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Community-Based Prevention and Health Education Project Linda Landwirth,
Program Manager, American Heart Association
3:30 pm Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
4:00 pm Closing of Day
Cancer Prevention
9:00 am Epidemiology and Public Health Issues Related to Prevention of Cancer in US, Leon
Gordis, MD
9:45 am Priorities for Prevention and Epidemiology of Cancer in CEE, Prof. Ivan Plesko,
National Institute for Oncology, Slovakia
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Community-Based Prevention and Health Education Project, Kristen Bulkovitch,
Executive Director of the Northwest Regional Office, American Cancer Society
11:30 am Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
12:00 pm Lunch
Pediatric and Adult Injury Prevention
1:00 pm Epidemiology and Public Health Issues Related to Prevention of Pediatric and Adult
Injuries in US, Stephen Teret, JD, Directory, Center for Gun Policy and Public
Research, Johns Hopkins
1:45 pm Community-Based Projects for Injury Prevention , Stephen Teret, JD
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Injuries and Violence in CEE countries, Dr. Peter Zajicek, Director,
Traumatology Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
3:30 pm Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
4:00 pm Close of Day
DAY 3
Oral Health
9:00 am WHO: Oral Health Projects
Speaker TBA
9:45 am Public Health Issues in Oral Health: Western Europe, Dr. R.M.H. Schaub, Chair,
Dept. of Oral Health, University of Groningen, Netherlands
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Public Health Issues in Oral Health: Central and Eastern Europe
11:30 am Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
12:00 pm Lunch
Afternoon Open: tours to clinical sites, meetings with interest community groups
DAY 4
Mental Health
9:00 am Major Public Health Issues Related to Mental Health in US, Wallace Mandel, PhD,
ProTem Chair, Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins
9:45 am Community-Based Mental Health Projects in the US, Wallace Mandel, PhD
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Preventive Mental Health Projects: Central and Eastern Europe, Speaker TBA
11:30 am Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
12:00 pm Lunch
Ethical Issues in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
1:00 pm Ethical Issues in Epidemiology and Preventive Health Strategies, Prof. Andrew
Edgar, Centre for Applied Ethics, University of Wales at Cardiff
1:45 pm Health Care Ethics Issues for the 21st Century, Julius Landwirth, MD, JD,
Director of ASIH Health Care Development Programs; Consultant, Connecticut Hospital Association
Ethics Resource Center
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm New Priorities for Goals of Medicine: The Hastings Center International Project, Bela
Blasszauer, PhD, Professor of Medical Ethics, Medical University of Pecs, Hungary
3:30 pm Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers
4:00 pm Close of Day
9:00 am Six Concurrent Workshops - Session 1
(Participants can choose one of six workshops: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Cancer
Prevention, Injury Prevention, Oral Health, Mental Health, Ethical Issues)
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Repeat of above workshops
12:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Plenary Session: Planning Sustainable Behavioral Changes for Improved Health in a
Community, Martin Rusnak, MD, PhD, Slovakia
Reports from workshops
Closing Remarks: Dr. Julius Landwirth
3:00 pm Close of Day