1002.0 Building the evidence base for public health

Tuesday, June 26, 2012: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Since early public health interventions, often focusing on environmental health concerns, were often trial and error, there has been a move to create an evidence-base approach to public health interventions. Finding the balance between adhering to the evidence while moving forward with critical services and program to improve the nation’s health is always a challenge but is becoming more important in this fiscal climate. This session will focus on some of the approaches currently underway by the federal government to help establish a evidence-based approach to the field of public health and highlight the benefits to healthier communities.
Session Objectives: 1. Access innovative communication and outreach approaches to public health interventions 2. Identify the balance between adhering to evidence base while moving forward to critical services
Organizer:
Susan Polan, PhD
Moderator:
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP

3:00pm
Use of Information technology and GIS mapping to identify and eliminate disparities in the number and density of tobacco retailers and amount of tobacco marketing at the point of sale
Kurt Ribisl, PhD
     
3:20pm
Expert guidance finding and using the best available evidence in public health
Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
     
3:40pm
Public health and prevention: The NIEHS strategic plan
Linda Birnbaum, PhD
     

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Organized by: Mid-Year Meeting Abstracts

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

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