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Session: Advocating for Health Promotion and the Prevention of Chonic Diseases
3304.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Advocating for Health Promotion and the Prevention of Chonic Diseases
This session contains papers that describe how to: develop indicators for assessing media advocacy outcomes, describe the basic components of a legislative advocacy effort and understand the tools developed to support the CriticalMASS movement at local, regional and state levels
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn to: 1)develop indicators for assessing media advocacy outcomes; 2)describe the basic components of a legislative advocacy effort and 3)understand the tools developed to support the CriticalMASS movement at local, regional and state levels.
Moderator(s):Nancy A. Myers, PhD
2:30 PMEvaluating media advocacy: Lessons from the field  [ Recorded presentation ]
Annette Gardner, PhD, MPH, Sara Geierstanger, MPH, Claire Brindis, DrPH, Nell Marshall, BA
2:45 PMApplication of science to public policy: A community-based coalition impacts public policy change  [ Recorded presentation ]
Irwin A. Goldzweig, MS, Nathaniel Briggs, MD, MSc, David Schlundt, PhD
3:00 PMLegislative advocacy for public health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Charles G. Huntington, PA, MPH
3:15 PMMobilizing the community, regional, and state levels to eliminate disparities in health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Peter R. Lee, MPH, Brunilda Torres, MSW, Roxanne Reddington Wilde, PhD, Gisele Thornhill, MD, MPH, Sheryl D. Taylor, MPH, Elmer Freeman, MSW, Riché C. Zamor, MS, MPH, PhD, Peter Droese, MSLS, AHIP
3:30 PMCreating sustainable chronic disease programs: From concept to policy  [ Recorded presentation ]
Mary Kreger, Dr PH, Dana Hughes, DrPH, Mary Beth Love, PhD, Vicki Legion, MPH, Jeni Miller, PhD, Rebecca Dorman, MPH, Savi Malik, MPH, Peter Long, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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