Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #120922

Cynthia Moore Chestnut, DPA, Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, Post Office Box 2877, Gainesville, FL 32602, (352) 264-6900, cmchestnut@alachua.fl.us

In August, 2004, efforts to win public support for health care in Alachua County succeeded when voters approved a ballot initiative providing a quarter cent sales tax to finance health care for the working uninsured. This presentation will outline the steps taken in building public support and describe how the 2004 victory was won.

Learning Objectives:

Learn about (
• developing a program to provide access to health care and health education for the working uninsured; and (
• winning public support a ballot initiative financing health care for the working uninsured.

Keywords: Policy/Policy Development, Politics

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Recorded presentation