ADVISORY/Community Forum On Child Abuse; National Experts Connect Child Abuse To Disease Later In Life.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Monday Monday: see week. (Nov. 18) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Community Forum will explore solutions to reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect An omission to do or perform some work, duty, or act. As used by U.S. courts, the term neglect denotes the failure of responsibility on the part of defendants or attorneys. and issue a State Call To Action. The Forum is sponsored by The Mohegan Mohegan (mōhē`gən), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Also called the Mohican, they were the eastern branch of the Mahican. Tribe tribe [Lat., tribus: the tripartite division of Romans into Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans], a social group bound by common ancestry and ties of consanguinity and affinity; a common language and territory; and characterized by a political and economic of Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. , and co-sponsored by the Office of Policy and Management, State of Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). and Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Landmark A structure that has significant historical, architectural, or cultural meaning and that has been given legal protection from alteration and destruction. Although landmark preservation laws vary by city and state, they have the same basic purpose: to keep landmarks as close research will be shared that demonstrates that child abuse and neglect is directly linked to multiple risk factors for several of the leading causes of death in adults -- cancer, heart disease and stroke.
Who:
-- Mark Brown, chairman, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians
-- Marc Ryan, secretary, Connecticut Office of Policy and
Management
-- Larry Gold, president and CEO, Connecticut Children's Medical
Center
-- Robert F. Anda, MD, MS, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (co-author of study connecting child abuse and
other adverse childhood experiences to disease later in life)
-- Ron Howard, executive board member, National Call To Action
Authentic Voices
-- Tim Flaherty, MD, immediate past chair, American Medical
Association and member National Call To Action Board of
Directors
-- Frederick Berrien, MD, medical director, Aetna Children's
Center and SCAN program staff member at Connecticut Children's
Medical Center
-- Eva Bunnell, executive board member, National Call To Action
Authentic Voices, and Connecticut Health Policy Project
What: A coalition of more than 25 leading national health and child
abuse prevention organizations are coming together at a
Community Forum in Connecticut to explore solutions to
reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect.
Participating groups are members of a unique initiative,
called the National Call To Action: A Movement to End Child
Abuse and Neglect, and include the American Academy of
Pediatrics, American Medical Association, National Children's
Alliance, Prevent Child Abuse America, as well as child abuse
survivors (Authentic Voices).
Why: Child abuse and neglect is an insidious public health crisis
that must urgently be addressed. Authentic Voices, including
Youth Leaders from the Senator's Community Foundation, will
lend a voice for children -- children that are currently
suffering and cannot speak out about the harm inflicted upon
them.
When: Monday, Nov. 18, 2002 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (lunch provided)
Where: The Mohegan Sun Hotel and Convention Center -- Uncas Ballroom
(Interviews can be arranged with individual speakers.)
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