Welcome to the Tenth International Forum on Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain – Focusing on Function, Activity and Participation

Plans for 2009 are well underway. This, our tenth meeting, will be structured around improving low back pain (LBP) outcomes, with an emphasis on engaging patients and other stakeholders to achieve the outcomes important to them.

To serve as an agenda around which the program will be formed,
the Local Organizing Committee poses the following questions:

Question One:
What are the outcomes of LBP, and how do they inter-relate?
Stakeholder perspectives and models for understanding

Question Two:
What factors are related to outcomes?
Risk factors, co-morbidities, subgroups and the like

Question Three:
How can we improve outcomes?
Including new approaches and what we might learn from other disciplines

Question Four:
How can we translate research to practice?
Insight from theorists, researchers and clinicians

Come learn about what others are thinking and contribute your own expertise.

The Forum venue will be The Harvard School of Public Health, which is located in downtown Boston, close to hotels, public transportation, an international airport, as well as shopping and tourist sites.

An announcement will follow with details regarding registering for this participant-limited event (max. 185). In the meantime, save the date and add your name to the “I’m interested” list so that we can send you new information as it becomes available.

We hope you can join us for what is intended to be an informative and thought-provoking meeting.

Sincerely,

The Local Organizing Committee
LBP Forum X
Boston MA, June 14–17, 2009

Stay tuned. More information is coming soon!

For more information, please contact us at • CCPE Dept. A • 677 Huntington Avenue
• Boston, Massachusetts 02115 • USA • phone: 617-384-8692 • fax: 617-384-8690
• email: contedu@hsph.harvard.edu • web: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe