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5053.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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This session addresses how strengthening the relationship between health institutions and civil society creates common ground and provides a unique opportunity for citizen involvement. Successful relationships have fostered civil society involvement in all aspects from data gathering and dissemination to advocacy and policy dialogue. | |||
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to (1) describe the benefits of establishing health and civil society relationships; (2) explain how civil society groups can generate major policy change. | |||
Maggie Huff-Rousselle, MA, MBA, PhD | |||
Introductory Remarks | |||
Informal and Formal Mechanisms of Dispute Resolution and Conflict Prevention on Health Service Users Rights: Involving civil society organizations and the health sector Marcela Huaita, Mario Rios | |||
Withdrawn -- Shifting the balance of power in a local health market: Purchasing of hospital care by a community primary health network in Peru Jaime Diaz, MD, Alfredo A. Sobrevilla, MD, MSc | |||
Using social and political participatory methods to build trust and public support for decentralized health services Oscar Ugarte, MD, Ricardo Alania, MBA, Barbara O'Hanlon, MPP, Midori M. De Habich | |||
Promoting Public Health through Civil Society Mobilization: Lessons from Reproductive Health Policy Change in Romania Imelda Zosa-Feranil, MA | |||
Community Empowerment For Health Management and Promotion Rosario Vargas, MBA, Gloria Arcos, RM, MPH | |||
Concluding Remarks | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | International Health | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |