Session: Creating Leadership in the Community-Lessons Learned from the Maternal and Child Health Community Leadership Institute

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

3089.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Oral

Creating Leadership in the Community-Lessons Learned from the Maternal and Child Health Community Leadership Institute

This session will describe lessons learned from APHA's Maternal and Child Health Community Leadership Institute. The Institute, funded by Colgate Palmolive Company was designed to build the capacity of participating teams to advance the Healthy People 2010 maternal and child health objectives with a particular focus on eliminating racial and ethnic disparities.

Learning Objectives: Participants will 1. Identify "best practices" and benchmarks for achieving the Healthy People 2010 Objectives 2. Understand the application of social scientific knowledge to a practice 3. Discuss the importance and applicability of the concepts - social and human capital---to enhance the well-being of women and children in their community.

Panelist(s):

Deborah Goebert, DrPH
Lena Camperlengo, RN, MPH
Jewel Shelton, BA
Antoinette Means, MBA, HCM
Cleopathia Moore, PhD
Melissa Brionnes, MPH
Judith F. Clark, MPH
Debra Lookabill, MSW

Organizer(s):

Mighty Fine, MPH

Moderator(s):

Phyllis Kaye, MPA

10:30 AM

Creating Leadership in the Community-Lessons Learned from the Maternal and Child Health Community Leadership Institute

Antoinette Means, MBA, HCM, Julia Dlhopolsky Block, MD, MPH, Lena Camperlengo, RN, MPH, Judith F. Clark, MPH, Cleopathia Moore, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

APHA

CE Credits:

CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA