4117.0 Success Stories: Community-Based Public Health Efforts to Inform Politics, Policy, and Public Health (e.g., Social and Environmental Justice)

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session will feature five talks that describe the findings, outcomes, and successes of CBPR endeavors.
Session Objectives: • Provide examples of studies that have determined program success • Describe how successful CBPR endeavors can lead to policy change • Understand how CBPR can successfully address health disparities • How CBPR can be used in research that involves advocacy
Moderator:

12:30 PM
Center for Health Equality: A collaborative approach to reducing health disparities
Martha Monroy, MA, Charlene Clements, MPH Candidate and Veronica Marcantonio, MPH Candidate
12:45 PM
Community Involvement Influences Policy Decisions: Victories of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership
Judith Anderson, BA, Edith M. Williams, PhD, MS, Janice White, Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD and Rhonda Lee
1:00 PM
How building social capital creates momentum for policy change: Findings from Oakland, California
Mia Luluquisen, DrPH, MPH, RN, Tammy Lee, MPH and Liz Maker, DrPH
1:15 PM

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

Organized by: Community-Based Public Health Caucus
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights