211583 Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)

Monday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AM

Monica Feit, PhD, MPH , U.S. Senate, Silver Springs, MD
As the 2009 American Public Health Association Fellow, the speaker had the opportunity to work on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) during a time when national health reform was being debated. The speaker will discuss how that process worked in the HELP Committee, as well as the role of public health organizations in that process. Although the outcome of that debate is still unknown at printing, the speaker will reflect on her experience and present some specific ways that public health organizations can effectively influence policy in general.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the session participants will be able to: 1. Describe the organization and composition of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and how that committee operates; 2. List three ways in which public health advocates can influence health policy.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Currently working on the US Senate COmmittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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