4375.0 Effective Planning and Policy Development Towards Improving Mind, Body and Community Health

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 4:30 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: • Identify strategies to engage and address health disparities in migrant and seasonal farmworker communities and in native communities • Describe a national collaboration between federal, tribal, and national organizations to develop and implement policy, environmental and systems-based approaches to obesity prevention • Discuss evidence-based MAPPS (Media, Access, Point of Decision, Price, and Social Support) intervention strategies designed to improve health outcomes with sustainable community outcomes
Moderator:
Bob Griss, MA

4:48 PM
A Sustainability Assessment of the Healthy Communities Access Program Coalitions
Jennifer Benz, PhD, Alycia Infante, MPA, Hilary Scherer, BA, Caitlin Oppenheimer, MPH and Wilma Tilson, PhD, MPH

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)