252339 Integrating public health into clinical settings and delivery systems

Friday, June 24, 2011 : 3:00 PM

Deborah K. Walker, EdD , Health Division, Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA
     
This presentation will provide recommendations for how to integrate public health into clinical settings and delivery systems. Lessons learned from prior literature and opportunities pushing delivery systems to integrate with community and public health prevention will be reviewed.

Learning Areas:
Program planning
Provision of health care to the public
Public health administration or related administration

Learning Objectives:
To describe the rationale for linking clinical services and public health and community settings. To identify examples of clinical settings that are integrated with public health

Keywords: Clinical Prevention Services, Public Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been in the public health field as a researcher and manager for over 40 years. I lead the public health epidemiology practice at Abt Associates and am on the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health and at the Boston University School of Public Health
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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