4087.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | ||||
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| Given that eliminating health disparities is a important focus of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as the public health and health care sectors, is is timely to highlight successful community-driven models from across the United States and around the globe. Communities are effectively taking action to systemically address the factors at play regarding health disparities. Increasingly, evidence shows us that the social determinants of health, such as income, education, early childhood development, fairness, housing, transportation, and others, are key factors that impact health status. Community leaders are collaborating across sectors to bring creativity and resources to bear on improving health status and community quality of life outcomes. Community-driven models are found in a number of movements, including healthy cities/communities, sustainable communities, livable communities, and environmental justice. This session will address the core principles of community-driven efforts and will highlight specific success stories from communities that are taking action | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Susan West, MPH | ||||
| Overview Susan West, MPH | ||||
| How a Healthy "Community" creates a "Healthy" Community Tyler Norris | ||||
| Stories from an Environmental Justice and Urban Perspective -- New York City Peggy Shepard | ||||
| Stories from a US-Mexico Border Perspective Letitcia Paez, MA, MPA | ||||
| Stories from a Rural Perspective -- Rural South Carolina Peggy Parker, EdD | ||||
| Community Action & Global Power: Examples from Ecuador Jose Suarez | ||||
| Discussion and Question/Answer--Suzanne Cashman | ||||
| Sponsor: | APHA-Special Sessions | |||