2010 Summer Scientific Meeting of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine 
24/05/2010 
The Faculty of Public Health Medicine held its 2010 Summer Scientific Meeting on 24 & 25 May. The Programme is available here and areas covered will include Health Protection, Health Information, Quality Health Care and Patient Safety 

This event was open to all Public Health Consultants and Specialist Registrars
and to other allied specialties.

Development of, and Early Findings from, the Wales Electronic Cohort for Children (WECC)
Professor Ronan Lyons, Professor of Public Health, Swansea University, Wales

Public Health And The National Cancer Control Programme – The Role Of Community Oncology
Dr Triona McCarthy, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, National Cancer Control Programme

Implementing A Population Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme In Ireland
Dr Alan Smith, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, National Cancer Screening Service

Quality and Safety In Practice: Planning To Improve Stroke Care
Dr. Emer Shelley, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Population Health HSE

Keynote Address
Enhancing Drug Safety with Information and Communication Technology
Professor Tom Fahey, Head of Department of General Practice, RCSI Medical School

Salt and Health
Dr Siobhán Jennings, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Population Health, HSE

Fit For Purpose?  A Systematic Audit of Height, Weight and Waist Circumference in Patients’ Charts in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital
Ms Una Mulholland, Student Health Promotion Researcher, Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin

Is There Healthy Food For All?
Dr Cliodhna Foley-Nolan, Director Human Health & Nutrition, safefood

A Customised Intervention Improves Health Practices In “Hard To Reach” Men
Dr KG OConnor, Lecturer in Public Health, School of Health Science, Waterford Institute of Technology

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