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[email protected] European General Practice Research Network Kavala –Greece 19th –22nd October,2006 _____________________________________________________ SCIENTIFIC and SOCIAL PROGRAM THEME: Community Orientation in Primary Care Pre-Conference Workshops Theme Papers Freestanding Papers One slide/Five minutes Presentations Posters __________________________________________________________________________ Place The Lucy Hotel Akti Kalamitsas, Kavala-Greece www.lucyhotel.gr This EGPRN-meeting in Kavala-Greece has been made possible through contributions of the following sponsors: Ɣ Novartis Ɣ ELPEN Ɣ Wyeth The meeting is co-hosted by: Ɣ ELEGEIA Ɣ the Prefecture of Drama-Kavala-Xanthi The meetings of the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) have earned accreditation as official postgraduate medical education activities by the Norwegian, Slovenian, Irish and Dutch College of General Practitioners. Those participants who need a certificate can contact Mrs. Hanny Prick at the EGPRN-Coordinating Office in Maastricht, The Netherlands. “COMMUNITY ORIENTATION IN PRIMARY CARE”. Dear friends and colleagues, ELEGEIA (the Greek Association of General Practitioners) has accepted the great honour to organize the EGPRN autumn meeting of 2006. It is, therefore, a privilege for us to invite all EGPRN members to this important event. The city of Kavala in Northern Greece has the credit to host this meeting, which addresses the theme “Community Orientation in Primary Care”. The theme of the meeting refers to the historical concept of Community–oriented primary care (COPC): a systematic approach to health care which combines principles from epidemiology, primary care, preventive medicine and health promotion (Kark and Cassel, 1952).