234022 Implementation: What happens to APHA policies after they are adopted?

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Don Hoppert , Director of Government Relations, APHA, Washington, DC
The process of developing APHA resolutions and policies has been carefully documented in various APHA manuals and outlined on APHA's website. Yet, because each policy topic is unique and potentially involves multiple and diverse stakeholders, there is no cookbook approach or simple recipe for translating the process into action. APHA members who embark on the policy development process will benefit from keeping in mind some unwritten rules of the road. This presentation will highlight lessons and insights from a “recovering JPC member” who is now “walking the talk” of the APHA policy process with a proposed policy for Governing Council consideration in 2010.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate an understanding of how different APHA units and APHA’s affiliates can work to implement policies adopted by the association.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I served as the primary staff liaison at APHA for the JPC process for 8 years.
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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