3143.0 Communities shaping policy

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session provides examples of community-led initiatives resulting in systemic changes to policies and practices that affect the social, economic and physical environments that are the determinants of health and equity.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe benefits and challenges of mobilizing community support to effectuate systemic change in public health efforts. 2. Discuss central tenents of health and human right approaches.
Moderator:
Carmen Milagros Vélez-Vega, MSW, PhD

10:30am
South Los Angeles Declaration of Health and Human Rights: Lessons for community mobilization
Rishi Manchanda, MD MPH
     
10:45am
Building policy capacity through a community-based health impact assessment
Kristine Suozzi, PhD, Victoria Sanchez, DrPH, Jacqueline Garcia, BA and Kitty Richards
     
11:00am
Building a multicultural movement for health care reform
Cary Sanders, MPP
     
11:15am
Lessons learned in partnerships and social change: Community Alliance for Research Empowering Social change (CARES)
Jewel D. Stafford, MSW and Melody S. Goodman, PhD
     
11:30am
King County WA equity & social justice initiative: Working toward fairness and opportunity for all
Sandra Ciske, MN, RN
        

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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