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3019.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This invited session will provide a history of the community health center movement focusing on the values of its founders in terms of social justice and health equity. It will give voices to the movement; address the development and role of community health centers in public health practice; identify innovative community health initiatives led by Boston community health centers; and outline the role and response of community health centers in the call to eliminate racial ethnic disparities in health. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1.Increase understanding of the roots and values of the community health center movement in the struggle for social justice and health equity for underserved populations. 2. Discussion of health center innovations to respond to four decades of dynamic health system change to ensure continued accessible, quality care for underserved populations. 3. Gain understanding of health care as a basic human right and increase advocacy for universal health coverage and access for all Americans. 4. Identify opportunities to engage community health centers as partners with public health in the quest to eliminate racial ethnic disparities in health. | |||
| Elmer Freeman, MSW | |||
| Elmer Freeman, MSW | |||
| Roots of a movement take hold in Boston and Mississippi H. Jack Geiger, MD, MSciHyg | |||
| Community health centers: Surviving, striving and thriving through the decades Sara Wilensky, JD, MPP, H. Jack Geiger, MD, MSciHyg, Sara Rosenbaum, JD, James Hunt, MUA, CAE | |||
| A community of consumers: Voices of the movement Dorothy Garrison, Elmer Freeman, MSW, Ellen Hafer, MTS, MBA | |||
| Leading innovation in community health James Hunt, MUA, CAE, Elmer Freeman, MSW, Ellen Hafer, MTS, MBA | |||
| Community health centers on the frontline in eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities Elmer Freeman, MSW, Brunilda Torres, MSW, Gisele Thornhill, MD, MPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Latino Caucus; Medical Care; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA