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There are new public health policies being developed and enacted across the country to improve the public’s health dealing with such problems as the high rates of obesity and chronic disease prevention. Public health scholars are increasingly documenting and analyzing the value of integrating policy advocacy into the work of community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships. It is of primary interest that researchers attempt to determine whether these initiatives and policy changes are having a significant impact on society as well as the barriers to their implementation.

Session Objectives: At the end of this session, the participant will be able to: (1) List key strategic measures that allow practitioners of CBPR to evaluate their partnership capacity to engage in successful policy change interventions (2) Identify opportunities to leverage and expand existing relationships to effect environmental and/or policy change

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing