Session: BPHC Panel:Innovative Community-based Approaches to Program and Policy Development aimed at Reducing Disparities in Primary Care and Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyles
4192.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
BPHC Panel:Innovative Community-based Approaches to Program and Policy Development aimed at Reducing Disparities in Primary Care and Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyles
The panelists will describe effective community based health programs and activities for prevention and disease management that affect patient and families behaviors and lifestyles. We will also describe effective programs and activities that are improving the delivery of care in many of our nation's communities.
Learning Objectives: Participants will: 1)Analyze characteristics of Consolidated Health Centers and their affect on the delivery of quality health care to underserved populations in the community setting, and 2)Analyze issues and partnerships affecting the delivery of quality community based primary health care.
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Organizer(s):Suzanne Feetham, PhD, RN, FAAN
Moderator(s):Sam Shekar, MD, MPH
2:30 PMAdvancing the Public Health: The President's initiative to expand health centers *
Sam Shekar, MD, MPH
2:50 PMDeveloping a community-based infrastructure for improved access and quality for primary health care
Lisa Dolan-Branton, BSN, RN, Susan Lumsden, BSN, RN
3:10 PMServing communities with primary health care to underserved special populations of homeless people, the elderly, persons in public housing and schools, migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Benjamin H. Flores, MPH, Amy M. Taylor, MD, MHS, Jean L. Hochron
3:30 PMInnovative community-based primary health Care: Approaches and outcomes for reducing health disparities and promoting healthy behaviors
David Stevens, MD, Suzanne Feetham, PhD, RN, FAAN, Peggy Coleman, MS, RN, Tricia L. Trinte', MSPH, NP
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Chiropractic Health Care; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA