Session: Community Assessment, Planning and Workforce Development

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5039.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral

Community Assessment, Planning and Workforce Development

Abstracts in this session will discuss how to: access community readiness based on modified methods for social transformaiton, identify program direction and planning opportunities thorugh the use of health assessment information and identify ways to build health capacity in a rural community.

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1)access community readiness based on modified methods for social transformaiton; 2)identify program direction and planning opportunities thorugh the use of health assessment information and 3)identify ways to build health capacity in a rural community.

Moderator(s):

John A. Shoemaker, MPH

8:30 AM

Community readiness assessment for social transformation through training, research and outreach

Saleh M. M. Rahman, MBBS, PhD, MPH, Cynthia Harris, PhD, DABT, Richard D. Gragg, PhD, Howard Hu, MD ScD, Jaibun Earp, PhD, ARNP, FNP, Cynthia H. Harris, PhD

8:45 AM

Best practices for addressing health professional shortages in rural communities

Kaia Gallagher, PhD, Kim Riley, MPH, Nancy B. Csuti, Dr PH, Laurel Petralia

9:00 AM

Health workforce planning: – Ensuring rights to access and a career

Marina O. Matthew, RHIA

9:15 AM

Local triennial community health assessments: Gauging how far you've come and where you're headed

Susan Joan Hewitt, MS, Carol Plock, MSW, Bruce Cooper, MD, MSPH, Kendra L. Bigsby, MPH, James N. Burdine, DrPH

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

CE Credits:

CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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