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SPR
2005 ANNUAL MEETING MEDIA MATERIALS |
CONTACT:
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Prabhu
Ponkshe, Health Matrix
703-918-4930
202-942-1538 (May 25-27, 2005)
703-615-2466 (cell)
Joe Sutherland, Burness Communications
301-652-1558
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MEDIA ADVISORY
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NATION’S
LEADING PREVENTION RESEARCHERS TO RELEASE NEW FINDINGS
ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AMONG COLLEGE KIDS, ECSTACY AND HIV, TEEN DRINKING
& DRIVING, OBESITY AND ADOLESCENTS, AND OTHER CHALLENGES
Leading researchers
in prevention science will meet May 25-27, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (400
New Jersey Avenue, NW) in Washington, D.C. to release new research on many topics,
including how college students get and use prescription drugs; how the use of
the drug Ecstasy can increase sexual encounters and HIV risk; why teenagers let
their friends drink and drive; and what adolescents think about food choices in
the school in the face of obesity.
The 2005 annual
meeting of Society for Prevention Research (www.preventionresearch.org) will also
present innovative ways that prevention programs can be implemented by schools;
local, state and federal agencies; community organizations; advocacy groups; physicians
and counselors.
More than
275 researchers will present the latest findings of their work on prevention science,
answering questions such as:
WHEN: |
May 25-27,
2005 |
WHERE: |
Hyatt
Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Avenue (Capitol Hill), N.W., Washington, D.C. |
WHO:
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David Hawkins,
PhD, President, Society for Prevention Research
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The
Society for Prevention Research is an international organization focused on the
advancement of science-based prevention programs and policies through empirical
research. The membership of the organization includes scientists, practitioners,
advocates, administrators and policymakers who are concerned with the prevention
of social, physical and mental health problems and the promotion of health, safety
and well being.
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