About 200 public health administrators and nurses from across Kansas are expected to attend the Fourth Annual Governor's Public Health Conference Monday through Wednesday, April 20-22, at the Wichita Marriott Hotel.

The conference title is "Kansas: A Great Environment for Growing Healthy Families."

Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby will give the welcome address and state Sen. Jim Barnett will give the opening keynote.

Marilyn Yourdon, director of Student Health Services at Wichita State University, and Nancy Powers, assistant professor and Janice R. Riordan Distinguished Professor in the WSU School of Nursing, will be among those presenting.

Major sponsors of the conference are Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Family Health, Maternal and Child Health Program, Kansas Public Health Association and Wichita State University.