PUBLIC HEALTH
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Brevard Healthcare Forum, sponsored by the Florida Institute of Technology College of Psychology and Liberal Arts, will host their inaugural Community Health Summit on Friday, June 4, at Florida Tech‘s Denius Student Center. (Click for directions)
This event is open to local government officials, educators, community leaders, CEOs, leaders of non-profit organizations, healthcare providers and anyone interested in learning about the current status of the health of Brevard County residents and the county’s top healthcare needs.
The program will begin with a presentation of data from a recent Community Health Assessment survey by Dr. Karen Van Caulil, Executive Director of the Health Council of East Central Florida, Inc. The Health Council serves as the regional health planning body for four Central Florida counties – including Brevard.
Dr. Van Sickle
Following, Dr. Kristi Van Sickle, Executive Director of the Brevard Healthcare Forum, will discuss the organization’s current community health priorities and the initiatives developed by the Forum. The remainder of the program will consist of breakout groups and a large group discussion to determine future healthcare priorities and solutions.
Seating is limited to the first 125 registrants, and the registration fee of $10 includes a continental breakfast and boxed lunch. The registration deadline is May 28. (CLICK HERE to register online)
For more information log on to http://brevardhealthcareforum.org or call 321-674-7148.
About Brevard Healthcare Forum
Since 1996, the Brevard Healthcare Forum has been sponsored by Florida Institute of Technology and served as a county-wide coalition of healthcare providers and other organizations. BHF’s current membership includes representatives from the following:
- Health First, Parrish Medical Center and Wuesthoff Health System – the county’s three hospital systems
- Circles of Care, Inc. – the county’s largest behavioral health provider
- Brevard County Government
- Brevard County Health Department
- Brevard Health Alliance – the county’s only federally qualified health center
- Brevard Public Schools
- Healthy Start Coalition of Brevard – nonprofit that provides services to pregnant women and infants to identify and address risk factors to normal growth and development
- Florida Institute of Technology – one of Florida’s top private universities
- Devereux Florida – the largest nonprofit provider of mental health, developmental disabilities and child welfare services to children and families in Florida
- Health Council of East Central Florida, Inc. – one of 11 regional health planning councils created by statute by the Florida Legislature in 1982, it covers a four county area that includes Brevard County
About Florida Institute of Technology
Founded at the dawn of the Space Race 51 years ago, Florida Tech is the only independent, technological university in the Southeast. With more than 8,000 students enrolled on main campus, extended campuses and online, Florida Tech has been named a Barron’s Guide “Best Buy” in College Education, listed among America’s best colleges in U.S. News & World Report, and ranked in 2009 as one of the nation’s top 18 engineering technical institutes by the Fiske Guide to Colleges. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. Fields of study include science, engineering, aeronautics, business, humanities, mathematics, psychology, communication and education. For information log on to www.fit.edu.
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