213088 Opening and Background Context

Saturday, November 7, 2009: 9:00 AM

James Emery, MPH , Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
This four-hour workshop will introduce participants to the policy change process, inclduing how a local or state coalition might influence both policy development and implementation.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the competency foundation for this course 2. Describe how this course provides an introduction to a sequence of five skills-based courses.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a Research Associate Professor in the Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education at the UNC Gillings School for Global Public Health for the past eleven years. I have been a guest lecturer in graduate management courses at UNC and am currently the lead developer for a competency-based curriculum to help the public health professionals learn to influence policy and environments.
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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