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Reclaiming Our Communities:

Reclaiming Our Communities:. Reducing Drug Use in Rural Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health. General Information. November 12, 2008 Eight sites in the state Broadcast panel discussions combined with on-site facilitation Nominal registration fee of $25 Diversified support

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Reclaiming Our Communities:

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  1. Reclaiming Our Communities: Reducing Drug Use in Rural Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health

  2. General Information • November 12, 2008 • Eight sites in the state • Broadcast panel discussions combined with on-site facilitation • Nominal registration fee of $25 • Diversified support • White paper for use with General Assembly and others

  3. Policy makers Rural advocates County-based MH/MR drug administrators and other county officials School officials and clinicians Law enforcement Penn State Cooperative Extension Educators Researchers Insurance companies Relevant state agencies Community-based social service and health care administrators Target Audience

  4. Agenda Opening Panel Discussion: The Characteristics of Rural Communities in Pennsylvania and Their Influence on Illicit Drug Use • Barry Denk, Director, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania • Sgt. Phillip Harchack, Station Commander, Pennsylvania State Police • David Withers, MD, Associate Medical Director, Marworth, Geisinger Health System

  5. Panel Discussion Two: Rural Drug Use Data and Trends and the Impact of Drug Use on Individuals, Families, and Communities • Keith Aronson, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Children, Youth and Families, The Pennsylvania State University • Randy Feathers, Regional Director, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General • Laurie Roehrich, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  6. Panel Discussion Three: Effective Prevention and Intervention Programs that Address Rural Drug Use • Garrison Gladfelter, Director, Division of Prevention, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Health • Lee Sizemore, Director, The Family Center, The Guidance Center • Linda Rosenberg, Director, Office of Criminal Justice System Improvements, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

  7. Conference Sites

  8. Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health 202 Beecher-Dock House University Park, PA 16802 Telephone: (814) 863-8214 Fax: (814) 865-4688 www://porh.psu.edu

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