250985 Advocating for Prevention and Wellness on the State level

Saturday, June 25, 2011 : 8:30 AM

Susan Sherry, MA , Community Catalyst, Boston, MA
     
The Affordable Care Act offers new policy opportunities to redirect resources from the high cost medical system into prevention and wellness. Many of the specific levers to promote this shift are in implementation at the state level.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education

Learning Objectives:
Identify specific state level policy levers to promote prevention and wellness in the implementation of national health reform (Affordable Care Act)

Keywords: Prevention, Wellness

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have 30 years experience in health policy and health reform issues at the state and national levels working with advocates, policymakers, foundations and stakeholders.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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