10-10-95 Student Health Conference

                         NEWS ADVISORY:
  OHIO STATE TO HOST OHIO COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

	The Ohio State University Student Health Center will host 
the 70th annual meeting of the Ohio College Health Association on 
Oct. 12-14 at the Great Southern Hotel, 310 S. High St.

	Some 150 Ohio college health professionals will attend the 
conference.  Thursday (10/12) Richard Keeling, director of 
University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison, will begin the conference with a discussion at 1:30 p.m. 
on "College Health and the Context of Higher Education: 
Challenges in a Time of Change."  A panel discussion of 
"Healthcare Reform in Ohio" follows at 3 p.m.  Panelists 
include: state Rep. Robert Netzley, chair of the House Insurance 
Committee; Claire Wolfe, immediate past president of the Ohio 
State Medical Association; Eileen Kilbane Gordon, co-president of 
the Ohio Coalition of Nurses with Special Certification; and 
state Sen. Merle Kearns.  The panel will discuss health care 
issues including Senate Bill 154, which would establish statewide 
legal recognition of advanced practice nurses in Ohio.

	The conference will continue Friday (10/13) with discussions 
on various health issues, including "HIV on Campus: Update 
1995" at 9 a.m.; a lecture by Robert Hatcher, author of 
Contraceptive Technology at 10:30 a.m.; and "Exploring Student 
Health Issues" at 1:30 p.m.

	On Saturday (10/14) the conference will conclude with 
discussions on: "Caring for Diabetic Students" at 8 a.m., 
"Depression as Seen by the Primary Care Provider" at 9 a.m., 
and at 10:15 a.m. "HPV and Other STDs: An Update."  Reporters 
welcomed at all sessions.

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Contact: Ted W. Grace, director, Student Health Services, (614) 
292-8606.  


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