251198 Using measurement to improve population health

Thursday, June 23, 2011 : 3:20 PM

Mary Mincer Hansen, PhD , Chair, MPH Program, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA
Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN , Associate Dean, Office of Public Health Practice, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
     
This presentation will summarize the underlying rationale and recommendations for better measurement of the factors that promote health found in the newly released IOM report For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership

Learning Objectives:
Explain the recommendations presented in the IOM report - For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability

Keywords: Accountability, Population

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a member of the IOM committee that wrote this report
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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