What is the �Inter-Island Public Health Forum�?

The IIPHF is a loose confederation of health professionals and others with an interest in the special health needs of small island communities.�� Participants tend to be drawn from the English-speaking �islands� of North West Europe (Gibraltar is considered an �honorary island� for this purpose), but tentative links have been established with a similar group of health professionals working in the islands of the South Pacific, who also have their own Forum.

Professions represented include public health physicians and trainees, environmental health officers, health promotion specialists, occupational health practitioners, health and safety and disaster-planning experts, clinicians involved in providing services to populations (e.g., breast-screening) and many other health-related disciplines.

How did it start?

Credit for recognising the need for those charged with developing and providing health services for small island communities, to meet and discuss common problems and to share workable solutions, must be given to the Isle of Wight authorities, who organised the first IIPHF in the Isle of Wight in 1993.

Further Fora have been held approximately every eighteen months, as follows:� Autumn 1995 � Second IIPHF in Jersey; Spring 1997 � Third IIPHF in the Isles of Scilly; Autumn 1998 � Fourth IIPHF in the Isle of Man; Spring 2000 � Fifth IIPHF in Gibraltar; and Autumn 2001 � Sixth IIPHF in Guernsey.� Our first �north of the border� Forum is scheduled to be held in Stornoway, Western Isles, in Spring 2003.

About the �Sixth Inter-Island Public Health Forum�

The Sixth IIPHF will be held at �Les C�tils� Christian Centre, Cambridge Park, Guernsey, between Wednesday 17^th October and Saturday 20^th October 2001.� �Les C�tils� is an old mansion on a hill overlooking the town of St. Peter Port and the surrounding Channel Islands, with spectacular views of Herm, Sark and, on a clear day, Jersey, Alderney and the French coast.� �Les C�tils� adjoins Cambridge Park, originally a military parade ground but now converted to public parkland.�� It is an easy downhill stroll to the historic and charming town of St. Peter Port.��� Getting back up the hill complements a personal fitness programme �

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To find out more, visit these pages:

�Scientific programme, Abstracts, Social programme, Accommodation, Registration form, Delegates and Links to other sites

Dr David Jeffs - Forum Organiser� / Dr John Harvey - Scientific Programme Organiser